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Suspect 'killed' in Mutundwe robbery shows up at Nateete police
December 13, 2019 by URN
A suspect who the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) said had been killed in an armed robbery in Mutundwe has...
Don't run to us since you're the people's president, judges tell off B…
December 13, 2019 by URN
A panel of five Constitutional court judges has dismissed an application by four-time presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye asking court...
Police sets tough conditions for FDC 15th anniversary celebrations
December 13, 2019 by URN
The inspector general of police Martins Okoth Ochola has issued strict conditions to Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) as the...
'Prophet' Mbonye threatens to sue police over Facebook posts
December 12, 2019 by BAKER BATTE
Flamboyant born-again preacher, 'Prophet' Elvis Mbonye has threatened to take individual police officers to court over what he calls persecution...
‘Missing’ boy found in police facility after 2 months of searching
A young boy, who police has been searching for in the last two months, has finally been found at ReTrak Uganda, a child care centre. It has emerged that Success Mwesigwa, who disappeared from Little Angel day and boarding school in Kampala on October 16 this year, was picked by police…
Former Botswana president Khama accused of siphoning €8bn
Botswana's former president has hit back against corruption allegations, vowing to sue a lead investigator for defamation after he accused the ex-leader of siphoning-off billions in state funds. After a decade in power, Khama, 66, dramatically resigned from the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in May -- which has held power since…
Ethiopian PM receives Nobel Peace prize, but peace on ground is questioned
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year, mainly for the 2018 deal he reached with Eritrea to end a long-running border conflict. In accepting the prize in Oslo on Tuesday, Abiy insisted the prize also belonged to his "partner and comrade in peace, President Isaias…
Uganda’s first Health minister dies aged 103 years
Uganda's first indigenous Health minister, Dr Emmanuel Bijugo Ssajjalyabeene Lumu is dead. Lumu breathed his last at his residence in Bakuli in Kampala this morning aged 103 years.His daughter, Vivian Kityo, says her father died in the early hours of the morning from a suspected pneumonia attack. “Mzee has been unwell for…
Akena murder: Trial of Kanyamunyu brothers pushed to next year
Hearing of a murder case against the Kanyamunyu brothers in the High court has been scheduled to start next year in January. Mathew Kanyamunyu and two others are accused of murdering child activist, Kenneth Akena in November 2016. Kanyamunyu is jointly charged alongside his Burundian girlfriend Cynthia Munwangari and his elder brother…
Slow tourism growth as tourist arrivals drop in 2019
Uganda's tourism earnings are estimated to have grown slower in the first ten months of 2019, Bank of Uganda (BOU) has said.The government planned to attract more than one million tourists this year to spurt on the 1.8 million people received in 2018. But the Central Bank says after ten…
How Ugandans lost billions in forex trading scam
“They were conned out of billions of shillings in just twelve months.” Hundreds of Ugandans woke up last week to a sad reality – they had been trapped in an exploitative scam by four Ugandans and four West Africans trading under the name Dunamiscoins Resources. Dunamiscoins Resources is registered in the names…
If you used Life Guard condoms, get tested
When Marie Stopes Uganda took out huge newspaper adverts in November to announce a recall of two batches of defective Life Guard condoms, what it carefully avoided to say was that some of the so-called “poor-quality or defective condoms” could have gotten tears while in active use putting lives of…
DPF urges customers to update personal info
The Deposit Protection Fund of Uganda is urgently calling upon customers of all financial institutions regulated by Bank of Uganda to verify and update their personal information with their respective institutions. The exercise is intended to ease the setting up of systems of enhancing the security of customers’ deposits in…
Makerere ordered to reinstate suspended female activist
The Makerere University Students Disciplinary Committee has ordered the immediate reinstatement of Siperia Mollie Saasiraabo, who is accused of leading a strike over the 15 per cent tuition hike. The disciplinary committee delivered its verdict on Tuesday afternoon, saying Saasiraabo has no case to answer. This came after Saasiraabo appeared together with…
15 admitted in Budaka over suspected cholera outbreak
Fifteen people have been admitted at Budaka health centre IV in critical condition following a suspected cholera outbreak. The cholera suspects are residents of Sekulo B Sekulo parish in Kadimkoli sub-county in Budaka district.They were rushed to Budaka health centre IV with stomach complications. Dr Erisa Mulwani, the Budaka district…
Eastern Uganda has been neglected - EU ambassador
Eastern Uganda has been neglected, the EU ambassador to Uganda Attilio Pacifici has said. Pacifici who is also the head of the EU delegation expressed concern that little effort has been made to exploit eastern Uganda's tourism potential and attractions through deliberate marketing and infrastructural development leaving the region to wallow in…
Nigerian arrested for confining 3 female MUBS students
A Nigerian national and KCCA FC striker, John Odemwegu, 25, has been arrested on allegations of holding hostage three female students of Makerere University Business School (MUBS) for over 10 hours. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga, says on Saturday, the suspect invited his girlfriend, Grace Nakibuuka, whom he met five days ago…
Dozens suffer losses in sham cryptocurrency scheme in Masaka
Dozens of people in Masaka district are counting losses after investing in a sham a cryptocurrency business scheme. Dunamiscoin Resources Limited opened in Masaka town in November this year and started enrolling clients on its digital currency network. However, several people are crying foul after learning that the company, which has…
IGP orders Kiira police to evict Madhvani from public road
The inspector general of police, Martins Okoth Ochola has ordered the Kiira region police commander, Paul Nkore to enforce a court order and evict sugar baron, Mayur Madhivani from a public road.The road that is next to Kakira Sugar Ltd airfield connects ASM Minerals Processors Ltd and surrounding community to…
Bududa mudslides death toll rises to 9
Four more bodies of people killed in the mudslides in Bududa have been recovered. This raises the number of retrieved bodies to 9.The mudslides hit the villages of Naposhi and Namasa in Bushika sub-county following heavy rains on Tuesday. Residents have since been using rudimentary tools like hoes, garden forks…
Gold-loving Nairobi governor arrested on corruption charges
Kenya's public prosecutor Noordin Haji on Friday ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of Nairobi County governor Gideon Mbuvi Sonko. He said the governor and nearly a dozen senior Nairobi County officials face charges of unlawful acquisition of public property, money laundering and other economic crimes. Known for his chunky gold…
Bundibugyo landslides: 17 bodies recovered, several still missing
17 bodies have been retrieved in Bundibugyo so far following landslides that hit the district after the Saturday morning heavy rains. At least 30 houses were reduced to rubble and property buried in the mud. Also, several hectares of crops were also washed away. 15 bodies were retrieved on Saturday evening and…
100 police officers retired over poor health
More than 100 police officers from the ranks of police constable (PC) to inspector of police (IP) have been retired on medical grounds.In a message signed and released by message authorising officer ACP Emmanuel Muheirwe, 19 IPs, 21 sergeants, 23 corporals and 30 PCs have been retired due to deteriorating…
Casual labourers storm UNRA offices in Kabale over unpaid wages
More than 30 casual labourers on Thursday stormed Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) offices demanding for their unpaid wages. The masons and porters accuse UNRA of failure to pay them since May 2019. Bashil Ngabirano, one of the affected casual labourers says that out of Shs 1.34 million he is…
Employing PWDs is not a favour, companies told
Employing people with disabilities (PWDs) is not a favour and companies should stop treating it as a social corporate responsibility, Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE) has said. While launching the Uganda Business and Disability Network (UBDN) on Tuesday on the International Day of Disabled Persons, Annette Nakawunde, the Federation of Uganda…
Investor coddling fuelling inequality, poverty in Uganda - Oxfam
The over pampering of investors with incentives has done little to solve the unemployment and instead escalated inequality levels in Uganda, a new report by Oxfam has said. The report titled: How unjust land systems are driving inequality in Uganda indicates that land allocated to investors does not benefit ordinary Ugandans…
Gov't to borrow Shs 2 trillion to cover budget deficit
Government plans to borrow Shs 2.43 trillion to finance a budget shortfall realized a few months into the current financial year.According to a domestic loan request presented to parliament on Wednesday, government says that out of the Shs 2.43 trillion, €300 million is to be borrowed from Stanbic bank Uganda…
I know who the thieves in gov't are - Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has said he’s aware of and knows who the thieves in his government are. Addressing the anti-corruption crusaders at Kololo Independence Grounds after a march against corruption on Wednesday, Museveni said he knows the thieves in his government but lacks enough evidence to arrest them. ”I know many of…
Security guard shoots dead Kampala University student
Police in Jinja is investigating circumstances under which a security guard attached to Star React Security Guard Limited shot dead a third-year student of Kampala University, Jinja branch.Isaac Katagwa who has been pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Hotel Management, Tourism and Leisure was shot through his back at close range…
Rwanda partners with French club PSG in battle for tourists
Rwanda has added another European club to promote its tourism and products like coffee by announcing a partnership with French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).The club announced today that Visit Rwanda will also be displayed at the Parc des Princes stadium where fans of PSG will be exposed to the country…
Parent sues Kibuli SS for dismissing daughter over sugar theft
A parent whose daughter was suspended for allegedly stealing sugar has dragged Kibuli secondary school to court.Barbara Lubwama Nakku contends that her daughter was illegally suspended indefinitely from the school after being coerced by the matron, Christine Nalwadda, to confess to the theft. Nalwadda reportedly battered the student and put…
Floods paralyse transport in northern Uganda
Transport to northern Uganda has been paralysed following Tuesday's flash floods that submerged roads and collapsed bridges. The floods also submerged the docking pier at Paraa in Murchison Falls national park in northwestern Uganda. The water levels substantially rose on Tuesday afternoon after R. Nile burst its banks - making it…
Zimbabwe's Mugabe left behind $10 million, no will
Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe left behind $10 million, 10 cars, a farm and several homes, but apparently no will, his estate revealed Tuesday. The state-run Herald newspaper reported Tuesday that Mugabe's daughter, Bona, registered the estate with the High court on behalf of the family. The family's lawyers say they…
Bobi Wine, Muntu inch toward 2021 deal
A strategy alliance ahead of the 2021 general election between Col Kizza Besigye and Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine against President Museveni has long been plotted and torpedoed by internal suspicions and fears. But Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu and the People Power leader seem to be firmly united in opposition against the…
Mayiga: Museveni can’t buy me
The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has said he is not a prized commodity that can be traded. Addressing the Buganda Lukiiko [parliament] at Bulange Mengo on Monday, Mayiga said those who claim President Museveni bought him with a Shs 300m dummy cheque don’t know what they are talking about. Mayiga…
1.3m teenagers to miss voting
Civil society organisations demand an extension but the Electoral Commission insists the December 11 deadline won’t be moved. Without a deadline extension civil society organisations argue that at least 1.3 million teenagers who will turn 18 years old after the registration process or before voting day will be locked out. Crispin…
Farmers irrigate, lose crops in rainy season
The skies continue to douse the country with unrelenting rain but that hasn’t stop farmers in the central Wakiso district from irrigating their crops. And now they have lost their entire crop. They are crying foul. The unfortunate farmers are allied to Magezi-Muliro Farmers’ Association, which received the pilot demonstration mini…
Floods cut off West Nile
Floods have cut off West Nile from the rest of Uganda after R.Nile burst its banks on Tuesday. This north-western part of the country is now only accessible via ferries and air after the floods deposited heavy debris and weed on the road near the Pakwach bridge in Nwoya district…
Four killed as fresh landslides hit Bududa
Four people have been confirmed dead and several others feared dead after fresh landslides hit Bududa district in eastern Uganda yesterday afternoon. The landslides affected the two villages of Namasa and Naposhi, all in Bushika sub-county, Bududa district. Gerald Fungo, the chairman of Bumasa village says that a number of people…
Shs 218m stolen from Soroti Pride Microfinance
Over Shs 218 million was stolen when thugs robbed Pride Microfinance institute in Soroti. The financial institute was broken into by unknown thugs on Saturday night. The thieves reportedly accessed the control room for cash after vandalizing the safe. They also removed CCTV cameras and left with money after chaining the…
Magistrate asks suspect to count his teeth after lying about age
Kitgum Chief Magistrate’s court was a scene of drama on Monday when a suspect lied about his age to escape being tried as an adult. It all started after Ivan Cankara was arraigned before the Kitgum Grade one magistrate, John Paul Obuya to plead to the charges of stealing a mobile…
