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Sydney man finds venomous snake in lettuce bought at supermarket
April 18, 2021 by VOA
Alex White thought he was watching a huge worm writhing in plastic-wrapped lettuce he'd just brought home from a Sydney...
KCCA could lose $288m grant over questionable Chinese contractor
April 16, 2021 by OUR REPORTER
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) executive director Dorothy Kisaka’s grand dream to turn Kampala into a smart city has hit...
US imposes visa restrictions on Ugandan officials over human rights
April 16, 2021 by OUR REPORTER
US secretary of state Antony J. Blinken has announced visa restrictions to Ugandan government officials whose actions he says interfered...
Kabaka not poisoned, suffering from allergic reaction - Mayiga
April 16, 2021 by URN
The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II wasn’t poisoned but rather got an allergic reaction from wearing masks and...
Lukwago's life out of danger - Nyanjura
Kampala capital city lord mayor Erias Lukwago's life is out of danger, deputy lord mayor Doreen Nyanjura has said. Social media rumours indicated that Lukwago who is hospitalised in Nairobi, Kenya had become critically ill, with some even pronouncing him dead on Thursday evening.
S.Africa pauses J&J vaccination campaign over blood clots
South Africa’s Health minister says the nation will still hit its COVID-19 vaccination targets, even as it pauses the use of the Johnson & Johnson shot amid concerns over blood clots.
Retired Italian diplomat arrested in Bugolobi over ivory pieces
Diego Marino Enrico, a retired Italian diplomat is in trouble after being found in possession of over 5 kilograms of ivory. A team of detectives from Bugolobi police station in Kampala picked up Marino on Tuesday following a search at his residence in Panda–Pier Village in Nakawa Division that yielded the…
Ssegirinya granted bail
Kawempe North MP-elect Muhammad Ssegirinya has been granted bail. Through his lawyers led by Medard Lubega Sseggona, Ssegirinya asked court presided over by Buganda Road Grade One magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu to be released on bail on grounds that the charge against him is bailable and that he ready to report to…
Kyenjojo ANT coordinator shot during police suspected robbers chase
Police in Rwenzori West are investigating circumstances under which Peter Mwesige, coordinator of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party in Fort Portal was shot in the leg in Kyenjojo district on Tuesday night.
Kiruhura district bans livestock mov't over Foot and Mouth Disease
Kiruhura district has announced a total ban on the sale and movement of livestock in a bid to contain the spread of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD). In a letter addressed to the sub-county chairpersons, town clerks and extension workers, Charles Kiberu, the Kiruhura district chief administrative officer says that farmers have continued…
20 Niger pre-school children die in school fire
At least 20 nursery-school children died in Niger on Tuesday in a fire that trapped them in straw-hut classrooms in a school in a poor neighbourhood of the West African nation's capital, government officials said.
Mother sues Nsambya hospital over negligence, seeks Shs 400m
A mother has sued St. Francis Hospital Nsambya over alleged professional negligence. In a suit filed before the Civil Division of the High court in Kampala through her lawyers; Kirunda and Wasige Advocates, Rose Namara, contends that she was admitted to Nsambya hospital on April 12, 2018, with labour pains and…
Deputy IGP probes police officers leaking internal communication
The deputy inspector general of police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech has ordered a probe into how internal police communication keeps getting leaked to the public.
Big crimes committed per district
The Uganda that emerges from 200 pages of the freshly released Police Annual Crime Report 2019 is a hotbed of corruption, theft, rape, defilement, violent and economic crimes. The 200-page annual crime report 2019 released last week paints a clearer picture of the prevalence and trends of petty and violent crime…
Gov't declines demands to lift COVID-19 curfew
Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has said that the 9 pm-5.30 am curfew time will be maintained despite calls by members of parliament to have it lifted.Rugunda was on Tuesday speaking during the plenary after MPs called for the curfew to be lifted to enable Muslims to pray and freely fast…
MP: Why Museveni is losing Busoga
In an interview, Zijjan David Livingstone, the MP-elect for Butembe County in Jinja district took questions about the troubled sugar cane growing and the defeat of President Museveni in Busoga by closest challenger Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu in the February 2021 general election.
Mother stages lone protest over son shot dead during riots, seeks Shs 2bn
A mother whose teenage son was shot in the mouth and died during the November 18-19, 2020 riots is demanding Shs 2 billion compensation. Hajjarah Nakitto on Monday staged a lone protest at the gates of parliament seeking justice for her 15-year-old son, Amos Ssegawa. Dressed in a black dress, Nakitto…
Arnold Ssimbwa: What a jolly good fellow full of life
Prince Arnold Ssimbwa, who died on April 8 after a stroke, was one of the most recognisable persons in Kampala’s high-end social scene. Always charming and amiable, Ssimbwa was an integral member of several charities although he was best known as one of the survivors of the November 24, 2018…
Villagers not compensated for East Africa oil pipeline - activists
Chinese and French oil companies involved in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project, to be built from Uganda to Tanzania, say affected villagers are being compensated. But rights groups representing hundreds of families who will be displaced by the project tell a different story. The $3.5 billion project is projected…
Kasaija tables Shs 41.2 trillion budget for FY 2021/22
The minister of Finance Matia Kasaija has tabled a budget proposal of Shs 41.2 trillion for the financial year 2021/2022.The budget is Shs 4.3 trillion less than last year's budget. According to the proposed budget tabled before parliament’s budget committee, governance and security will take the lion's share with Shs…
Contractors on the spot as Road Fund prepares to release users survey
The ongoing nationwide survey to compile views of road users is set to put the competence of road contractors to the test. The Uganda Road Fund (URF) is conducting a month-long survey by interviewing road users about the status of roads in the country.
State to produce 7 witnesses in minister Rukutana case
The hearing of a case in which the state minister for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana is charged with attempted murder, assault, malicious damage and threatening violence has commenced at Ntungamo Chief Magistrate's court.The case that was supposed to start yesterday Monday, failed to kick off following failure by the prosecution to…
Mabirizi gives govt 21 days to make public oil pipeline agreements
Lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi has given the ministry of Energy and Mineral Development 21 days to make public the oil pipeline agreements that were signed on Sunday, between the government of Uganda and Tanzania. Mabirizi threatens legal action if the permanent secretary does not comply with what he calls the…
Bigirimana: JSC to resolve fight between Owiny-Dollo and Kisakye
Investigations into the fight between chief justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and Supreme court justice Esther Kisakye are still ongoing, the permanent secretary of the Judiciary Pius Birgirimana has said.
Uneb scout collapses, dies in Seguku
A Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) scout has collapsed and died while heading to scout the ongoing Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations in Makindye-Ssabagabo Municipality in Wakiso district. Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the deceased as Ahmed Musanje, a teacher from Masha secondary school…
Laid off constables 'confiscate' police uniforms over salary arrears
Laid off special police constables (SPCs) in Kabale district have vowed not to hand over police uniforms until they have been paid all their salary arrears.
Immigration stuck with 1,500 passports of individuals quarantined during lockdown
The immigrations directorate in the Internal Affairs ministry is stuck with 1,504 passports of people who were quarantined during last year's Covid-19 lockdown. Jacob Siminyu, the Internal Affairs ministry spokesperson, says the passports were confiscated during lockdown since it was one of the ways to keep track of people returning to…
4 killed, 35 injured in Zombo road accident
Four people have died and 35 others critically injured after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned along the Zombo-Nebbi road. The accident which occurred on Sunday evening involved a lorry that was carrying over 50 people who were returning to Lira district from a traditional marriage in Zombo.
Uganda, Tanzania sign agreement to start construction of $3.5bn oil pipeline
Uganda and Tanzania have finally signed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) agreement which signals the four-year start of the construction of the pipeline that will transport Uganda’s oil from Hoima to the coastal port of Tanga. Today Sunday, President Yoweri Museveni and Samia Suluhu Hassan, and officials from the…
WHO warns of rising COVID cases, cites vaccine complacency
The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that COVID-19 cases and deaths are rising globally, partly because of complacency setting in that vaccines will stop the spread of the disease. The latest WHO report confirms more than 133.5 million cases of coronavirus infections, including nearly 3 million global deaths.
Archbishop Lwanga death: Fake news thrives on social media
The most sought after social media videos about the demise of Kampala Archbishop Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga were fake, according to an analysis by Uganda Radio Network. A video of Raymond Soulfa alias Peng-Peng, a Ugandan blogger based in Sweden titled “Bano Baswaaza! Ekyama Ekiviriddeko Okufa Kwa Cyprian Lwanga, Amaziga…
MPs reject Shs 200,000 annual licence on vehicles
Parliament’s finance committee has rejected a proposal by the government to introduce a Shs 200,000 annual licence on all motor vehicles and Shs 50,000 for motorbikes.
Myanmar military junta sentences 19 to death
Nineteen people have been sentenced to death in Myanmar for killing an associate of an army captain, the military-owned Myawaddy TV station said Friday. These are the first such sentences announced in public since a February 1 coup and crackdown on protesters. The report said the killing took place on March…
Two arrested in Mbale over dealing in fake dollars
Two people have been arrested in Mbale in eastern Uganda for allegedly dealing in counterfeit money.
Egypt unearth 3,000-year-old lost city
Egyptian archeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old lost city, complete with mud-brick houses, artifacts, and tools from pharaonic times.
Former Crane bank staff petition court over documents held dfcu
At least 400 former employees of Crane bank Ltd have petitioned the High court in Kampala seeking orders to compel dfcu bank to produce documents that were allegedly withheld by the bank after their dismissal.
Fire guts Madhvani, Joint Medical Stores warehouses
Fire has gutted warehouses belonging to Madhvani Group of Companies destroying properties worth millions of shillings. The warehouses are located at the 5th Street Industrial Area. Among the warehouses that have been gutted by the fire that started at 12 pm, is that of the Joint Medical Stores.
Tanzania trims back president's order to reopen media outlets
Earlier this week, new Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced that media outlets shut down under her predecessor could reopen. But the chief government spokesman said Wednesday that Suluhu was only referring to online television. Journalists are confused and not happy with the new administration.
Ramadan: Muslims advised to wash up from home
Upon sighting of the moon, this year’s holy month of Ramadan is expected to start either on April 13 or 14 and Muslims have been advised to have their communal evening prayers (Taraweeh) at home so as to prevent further spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Police beating of journalists for their own good was a joke - IGP Ochola
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Martins Okoth Ochola has backtracked on his statements in which he appeared to endorse police brutality against journalists. Ochola, early this year, at a joint security press briefing said that police would continue beating journalists for their own safety.
Archbishop Lwanga laid to rest as Ssemogerere takes interim charge
The late archbishop of Kampala Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has been laid to rest inside Rubaga Cathedral in Kampala. Lwanga died of a heart attack last Saturday according to a postmortem report released by the doctors.
Ssegirinya further remanded till April 15
Kawempe North MP-elect Muhammad Ssegirinya has been further remanded to Kitalya prison until April 15 after his legal team indicated that it was not ready to start his trial today. Ssegirinya, who faces charges of inciting violence was arrested on March 22, 2021, from Mini Price in downtown Kampala during a…