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Ssebulime murder: Family, MP Nantaba unhappy with swift court verdict
October 19, 2021 by URN
The swift guilty plea and sentencing of police officer corporal David Ssali for the murder of Ronald Ssebulime in 2019...
Ochola orders police to monitor spaces after UK terror warning
October 19, 2021 by URN
Three days after the United Kingdom issued a terror alert for its citizens in Uganda, police boss Martins Okoth Ochola...
Zimbabwe govt: No COVID-19 shot, no work, no pay
October 19, 2021 by VOA
Union leaders have angrily reacted to the Zimbabwean government’s announcement Sunday that workers who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19...
'Killer' boyfriend paid hostel guards to monitor Mirembe's movement - …
October 19, 2021 by URN
The lead pastor of Christ Heart Ministries International, Pr Isaiah Mbuga told court that the murder suspect, Matthew Kirabo bribed...
17-year-old boy arrested for announcing IGP Ochola dead on Facebook
A 17-year-old senior two student has been arrested for allegedly announcing the Inspector General of Police Martins Okoth Ochola dead on Facebook. Last month, stories made rounds on social media claiming that the police boss was critically ill and that he had been admitted in the intensive care unit following…
Book detailing Rwanda’s dissident killings angers President Kagame
Rwandan dissidents have died under mysterious circumstances inside and outside the country with alarming frequency in recent years. On September 14, Revocat Karemangingo, an ex-Army officer, was gunned down while driving in Mozambique. Since 2016, Karemangingo had told authorities he had been targeted for assassination. Earlier in September, a popular Rwandan…
New traffic lights, Umeme worsen Acacia Avenue traffic gridlock
Motorists expected a smooth ride on the newly built John Babiiha Avenue, also known as Acacia Avenue to replace their experience of the old narrow and potholed road. However, as Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) fully opens the road to traffic, it has become a scene of gridlocks with the situation…
PM Nabbanja to probe corruption in Buyende ice plant construction
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has vowed to investigate the mismanagement of funds involved in the construction of the Shs 2.5 billion Bukungu ice plant in Buyende district, eastern Uganda. Nabbanja stresses that the failed operationalization of the multi-billion project, even when available records indicate that the funds to ensure full capacity…
Shs 14bn lost as hackers wreak havoc across Ugandan banks
Latest figures compiled by Interpol-Uganda show that hackers have become more lethal during the current coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic era. Statistics on cyber-crimes contained in a report by Interpol director Charles Birungi, indicate that $4 million (Shs 14.4 billion) has been lost to online fraudsters in the last twelve months.
Mumbere cancels coronation anniversary celebrations over 'disturbing info'
The king of Rwenzururu in Kasese district, Charles Wesley Mumbere has halted his 12th coronation anniversary day celebrations that were due to take place on Tuesday next week. The kingdom was set to celebrate its first coronation anniversary in 5 years since the arrest of Mumbere when the kingdom prime minister Joseph…
Mother, daughter hacked by machete-wielding thugs in Katwe
Fear has engulfed residents of Nsuwa zone in Katwe after machete-wielding men hacked Aisha Nakitende alongside her daughter Olivia Namatovu, in the wee hours of Saturday morning.Nakitende, according to neighbours, was attacked about 10 minutes to 6 am during the morning downpour. At the time of the attack, Nakitende had…
Digital fraud: Former MTN manager loses appeal against Shs 5bn fine
The Court of Appeal has upheld a High court decision that ordered Patrick Ssentongo, the former finance manager at MTN Uganda Limited to compensate his former employer Shs 5 billion.A panel of three justices, Kenneth Kakuru, Muzamiru Mitangula Kibeedi and Irene Mulyagonja have also ordered Ssentongo to continue serving his…
Ssegirinya's mother breaks down in court after son showed torture wounds
Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya's mother Christine Sanyu Nakajumba today broke down inside Buganda Road Magistrate's court after her son who was appearing via video link from Kigo prison, lifted his foot to display visible torture wounds allegedly inflicted on him by the state. The state has slapped fresh charges of…
Mbale city suspends traffic on potholed municipal roads
Mbale city council has suspended all motorized traffic on Mugisu Hill and Nabuyonga Rise roads to pave way for rehabilitation works. The council is working with Dott Services Ltd, a construction company to rehabilitate sections of the two roads that developed defects.
Bukwo district officials embezzle Shs 700m through ghost projects
Four Bukwo district officials are reportedly on the run after being summoned to record police statements for allegedly creating several ghost Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) III projects leading to a loss of Shs 700 million. The affected officials are Jonah Chewere, the NUSAF desk officer, Stephen Sikor Mella, the acting human…
Govt to lose Shs 3bn/year following suspension of Interpol certificates
The government is set to lose more than Shs 3 billion per year following the ban on the issuance of a certificate of good conduct to people travelling abroad for jobs. Recently, the Gender, Labour and Social Development minister, Betty Amongi Ongom wrote to her Internal Affairs counterpart, Gen Kahinda Otafiire…
3 killed in Mbarara road accident
Three people died on the spot following an accident at Rwemiyenje Rugando trading centre along the Mbarara-Rwampara road.
Govt to monitor learners using new EMIS tracker
Government is in the final stages of rolling out a new system of management of learners’ information in the country’s education institutions, which will help the ministry of Education and Sports track all learners from primary to university level. The development, according to officials, is to be preceded by the deployment…
Auditor General exposes financial indiscipline at Uganda’s Embassy in Denmark
A new report by the Auditor General has revealed financial indiscipline at Uganda’s Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark. This is in relation to the utilization of Shs 5.6 billion total budget disbursed to the Embassy for the financial year 2019/2020.AG John Muwanga’s report on the embassy’s audited financial statements was tabled…
UN calls for 30 km/hr speed limit in Kampala
At more than 140 kilometers per hour mph, a road crash is potentially inevitable. At such speed, pretty much everything is possible. A report authored by the United Nations (UN) found that Uganda loses about 10 people per day in road crashes mainly caused by high speeds, the most in the…
Two arrested over issuing fake COVID-19 test results to travellers
Police in Kampala has arrested two people suspected to be part of a racket issuing fake COVID-19 test results to travellers.Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire identified the suspects as Francis Lule and Joshua Bakabuye, both residents of Kawempe. Their arrest came after a woman who was travelling abroad…
Museveni, teachers clash over 'discriminative' salary increment
President Museveni and teachers under their umbrella body, Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) on Tuesday sharply disagreed over government’s plan to increase the remuneration of only science teachers, leaving out their arts counterparts. Speaking at the National Teachers Day celebrations at Kololo ceremonial grounds, Filbert Baguma the UNATU general secretary…
Bribery: Former minister Kabafunzaki survives jail, pays Shs 10m fine
Former state minister for Labour Herbert Kabafunzaki has paid the Shs 10 million fine imposed on him by the Anti-Corruption court in Kampala as an alternate sentence for a bribery conviction.
Muhoozi army campaigns for his 2026 presidential bid
KAMPALA – The taste for the trappings of power has become a noticeable subplot among an adoring crowd of Lt. Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s supporters. An army of loyalists is helping whip up the presidential ambition of the First Son, who is yet to express interest in replacing his father Yoweri Museveni…
Besigye: Uganda has a large supply of idiots
Dr Kizza Besigye, stung by harsh criticism that his new political pressure group; the Peoples’ Front for Transition (PFT) launched last week, will fail to oust President Museveni just like the post-2016 election People’s Government he superintended – said in a an extensive interview that the most useless Ugandans are…
Civil Aviation dismisses fraud allegations levelled against Bamwesigye by former top official
A former top official at Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has petitioned the parliamentary committee on commissions, statutory authorities and state enterprises (Cosase) to investigate irregularities surrounding the appointment of Fred Kanyogoga Bamwesigye, the new director general of UCCA. In his October 11, 2021 petition, Jabbe Pascal Osinde Osudo, the former…
Young women turn emergency pill into daily contraceptive as complacency in HIV/Aids fight rises
Desire Kabega, 21, (not real name) swears by a small contraceptive pill called Postinor whenever she has unprotected sex with her boyfriend who is also at university. Within the next 24 hours, she pops one of these pills and so the dating goes. Like many young women today, Kabega’s biggest fear…
Ssebulime murder: State fails to produce 3 remaining witnesses
The state has today failed to produce in court, three witnesses in the case in which, a police officer, corporal David Ssali is accused of shooting dead a handcuffed suspected assassinator Ronald Ssebulime in March 2019.
Govt lauds civil society Shs 96bn investment in water sector
While the services sector slowed as the Covid-19 outbreak and prolonged lockdown dampened consumer sentiment, civil society organizations working in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector had reasons to celebrate. They managed to navigate the difficult terrain and continued to support communities to have access to clean water, live in a…
Lukwago: Judges shying away from Ssewanyana, Ssegirinya bail application
High court justices are now shying away from hearing the bail application of MPs Allan Ssewanyana and Muhummad Ssegirinya following anti-bail comments by President Yoweri Museveni according to their lawyer, Erias Lukwago. Museveni recently castigated the courts for granting bail to suspects accused of capital offenses like murder and terrorism -…
Army court remands 3 to Kitalya prison over murder of Ntoroko NRM chairperson
The General Court Martial has remanded three suspects over the kidnap and subsequent murder of former Ntoroko district National Resistance Movement (NRM) chairperson, Japheth Kabagambe Ahebwa. The suspects include Barnabas Alleluya a businessman and traditional doctor and resident of Kagando Cell in Mbarara district, Deus Ahimbisibwe, a driver and resident of…
After 34 years, murder trial of former Burkina Faso president Sankara begins
A trial on the assassination of Burkina Faso’s former president, Thomas Sankara began today Monday, more than three decades after he and 13 others were killed in a 1987 coup. Former President Blaise Compaore, the main defendant in the trial, who lives in exile in Ivory Coast, will not be present…
Ssebulime murder: Former minister Nantaba accuses police of doctoring evidence
Kayunga District Woman MP Idah Erios Nantaba has accused police of tampering with evidence related to the killing of her suspected assassinator Ronald Ssebulime.
Gulu city reaps big from online revenue collection system
Gulu city council has phased out the physical collection of local revenue in preference for the online system following leakages which led to a drop in the collections.In the 2019/2020 financial year, Gulu city then, a municipality projected to collect Shs 4.8 billion in local revenue but only realized Shs…
Study: Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine 90% effective against hospitalization for up to 6 months
A new study reveals the two-dose COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is 90 per cent effective at keeping someone from being hospitalized from the virus up to six months after receiving the second dose.
Who hoisted Uganda's flag on Oct 9, 1962? 4th claimant emerges
About 10 kilometers outside the bustling Kitgum Municipality in Olet village, Pamolo parish in Labongo Layamo sub-county, lives Lt Col (Rtd) Terencio Okello, a decorated former Ugandan soldier. Here, for the past 20 years, Okello has been living a quiet life away from the public eye with his family after his…
Thugs break into moving truck in Arua, steal goods worth Shs 20m
Police in Arua is hunting for a group of thugs who broke into a moving cargo truck belonging to California Bus Services and made off with goods worth over Shs 20 million. The thugs reportedly timed and waited for the Fuso truck, registration number UAJ 797M while at Enzeva climbing lane…
Controversy as KCCA disburses Shs 99m to "volunteer" city cleaners
Controversy is shrouding Kampala Capital City Authority's (KCCA) move to disburse over Shs 99 million for the payment volunteers under the Seven Hills Group for the month of August. The funds have been sent to accounts of division community Saccos, which provide cleaning, landscaping and engineering services in Kampala. In correspondences…
New Ebola case confirmed in eastern DRC
A case of Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Health minister said Friday, five months after the end of the most recent outbreak there.
Museveni 59th Independence day anniversary speech
Countrymen and Countrywomen, Today, the 9th of October, 2021, is the 59th Independence day anniversary of Uganda. In these past two years - 2020 and 2021 - the new Uganda, has shown that it can stand on its feet and defeat any challenge. In these two years, as many of you know…
Luweero family buries wrong man, son resurfaces 3 days later
There is excitement and confusion in the family of Christopher Kazirya and Gertrude Kazirya after the resurfacing of their son, Bernard Wajja Nsamba they thought they had buried 4 days ago. On Tuesday this week when the Kaziryas received the terrible (now false) news that their son Nsamba had been killed…
Real Infant head teacher jailed for life over sodomising 6 pupils
Didas Mpagi, the youth pastor and former headteacher of Real Infant primary school in Wakiso district has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of sodomizing six boys in his school. He was convicted by justice David Wangututsi of the International Crimes Division, who found him guilty of…