All posts tagged "National News"

President Museveni Assents to Law on Human Sacrifice

All persons involved in killing other people for rituals will now face a life sentence after President Museveni assented to the Prevention...

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Police Destroy Four Acres Of Marijuana In Soroti

SOROTI DISTRICT | UGANDA: Security officers led by Soroti Resident District Commissioner, Patrick Okumu have uprooted four acres of marijuana in Oculoi...

COVID-19

Museveni to address Ugandans on Covid-19 this Saturday as lockdown nears end

KAMPALA: President Yoweri Museveni will on Saturday, July 31 at 8pm address the nation to give an update on the state of...

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Museveni eulogizes Dr. Mbonye, describes his death as a big disappointment

STATE HOUSE | UGANDA: President Museveni has eulogized former acting director-general health services, Prof Anthony Kabanza Mbonye describing his death as a...

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Former minister, Canon Azaria Baryaruha laid to rest

President Museveni has eulogized the late Canon Azarius Ndiira Baryaruha as a nationalist who greatly contributed to Uganda’s economic growth. Baryaruha, 85,...

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Breaking

Prof. Anthony Mbonye, ex-director general health services dead

Prof Anthony Kabanza Mbonye, the husband to outgoing State House Comptroller Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye is dead, State House has confirmed. “We regret...

Crime

Village Chairperson murdered in cold blood over land wrangles

RUKUNGIRI – Police in Rukungiri district have arrested a 29-year-old on allegations of killing the village Chairperson over land wrangles in the...

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PAC demands probe into Covid relief cash beneficiaries

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) members in parliament headed by Busiro East MP Hon. Medard Lubega Ssegona have revealed that they will...

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14 teen girls ‘being trained to sleep with dogs’ rescued in Muyenga

KAMPALA | CRIME: Police have stormed a guesthouse on Muyenga Hill in Kampala and rescued 14 girls found living in terrible conditions....

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Exclusive

Details emerge on Hoima girl who committed suicide over PLE Results

EXCLUSIVE: More details have come out on a 15-yr-old girl in Hoima district who committed suicide after being harassed by parents and...

NUP to deduct Shs10m from MPs’ 200m for vehicles to finance party headquarters

The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has announced that the party will deduct a minimum of Shs 10 million from each party...

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Breaking

URSB Deputy Registrar General Alfred Mugisha passes on

KAMPALA: The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) Deputy Registrar General in charge of Finance & Administration, Mr. Alfred Mugisha has died. Mugisha,...

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MPs receive UGX 200m each for vehicles

Parliament of Uganda has started remitting UGX 200 million to each of the 529 legislators and the 26 ex-officios in the 11th...

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Current Affairs

Covid-19 claims Prof. Kamuntu’s son, Henry Ruchwere

The Former Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Mr. Ephraim Kamuntu has lost his son, Henry Ruchwere Kamuntu, a renowned top banker,...

Education

Schools warned against illegal online admissions of S.1 students

The Education Ministry has warned schools admitting senior one (S.1)students online that they are doing so illegally as the government has not...

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Crime

13-year-old girl hangs self over PLE Results Harassment

HOIMA DISTRICT: A 13-year-old girl in Hoima has committed suicide by hanging herself after getting harsh comments from her parents and neighbours...

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Fact-Check

Muwanga Kivumbi is well, NUP dismisses motor accident reports

The National Unity Platform party leadership has dismissed earlier reports claiming that Butambala County MP Muwanga Kivumbi got an accident. Earlier reports...

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