Uganda Radio Network

27 arrested in Pallisa for assaulting police officers

PALLISA, UGANDA: The police in Pallisa district have arrested 27 people for allegedly assaulting two police officers. The officers have been identified...

841

MP Rukaari accused of swindling UGX 10Bn in another land deal

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A family in Isingiro district has petitioned the government after losing over ten billion Shillings to Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari, a...

723

Masindi district registers 1,000 cases of defilement in one year

MASINDI, UGANDA: Masindi district has registered a surge in defilement cases with more than 1,000 reported between January and November 2021. Records...

762

Kidnappers demand Sh30M to release Budaka teenager

BUDAKA, UGANDA: Police are investigating the alleged kidnap of 14-year-old Kasita Muyinda, a student of Naalya secondary school and resident of Bwase cell...

999

Just In

Another Ugandan arrested at Rwanda border

KABALE, UGANDA: Security personnel in Rwanda have arrested a 21-year-old Ugandan man. Anthony Twijukye, a resident of Buhoro village in Rwene parish...

1.6K

Strange disease claims lives in Kyotera district

KYOTERA, UGANDA: More than 10 people have reportedly died of a strange disease within just two weeks at Kijjonjo village in Kasasa...

802

Court

Court orders state to produce Sheikh Kirevu’s widows

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Security have up to December 6th, 2021 to produce the widows of the late Sheikh Abas Muhammad Kirevu before High...

827

Parliament to investigate UMEME over unlawful acts

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has directed the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) to...

787

MPs to probe agreement with Russian car tracking company

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Parliament is to examine the agreement between Uganda and Global Security JSC, a Russian company that was awarded a 10-year...

1.1K

Former Busongora South MP Jackson Mbaju joins NUP

KASESE, UGANDA: The former Busongora South Member of Parliament in Kasese district, Jackson Mbaju Kathika has joined the National Unity Platform (NUP)...

1.2K

Unvaccinated people won’t be allowed in Kampala next year – Minister

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government will not allow people who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 to operate in the city come January 2022. The...

881

Education

Makerere University to tag salary to work attendance

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Makerere University Appointments Board will tag the salary of staff to the number of days they work, the institution has...

917

Six police officers arrested over aggravated robbery

SIRONKO, UGANDA: Six police officers attached to Sironko central police station have been arrested for allegedly robbing a resident of 10 million...

730

Over half of Ugandan women abused by sexual partners

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu says the church is committed not to remain...

1.2K

UPDF soldier arrested for supplying uniforms to impostors

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF is holding their own for allegedly supplying military and police uniforms to three suspected imposters....

760

Trade committee wants all energy drinks tested for adulteration

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Parliamentary Committee on Trade, Tourism, and Industry has directed Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS and National Drug Authority-NDA, to...

717

Prime Minister pleads with Ugandan doctors to call off strike

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja on Friday pleaded with doctors to call off their strike. Nabbanja met members of the Uganda...

924

Judiciary deploys 48 newly appointed magistrates

The judiciary also transferred 17 Magistrates. According to the Chief Registrar Sarah Langa Siu, the deployments shall take immediate effect while the...

984

FDC elects new Rukiga district chairperson

RUKIGA, UGANDA: Michael Kwarikunda Mbareeba has been elected unopposed as the new Rukiga district Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party chairperson. Kwarikunda...

909

Education

Gov’t issues guidelines for admission in vocational institutions

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Ministry of Education and Sports has issued new guidelines for admission of learners in Technical Vocational Education and Training...

860

Breaking

Five injured as building collapses in Bweyogerere

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A three-storied building under construction has collapsed in Bweyogerere along the Kampala Jinja highway, injuring five people. According to eyewitnesses,...

819

DP fronts candidate for Kayunga LC5 by-election

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The opposition Democratic Party-DP has fronted Anthony Waddimba as its candidate for the Kayunga LCV by-election. Last month, the Electoral...

619