All posts tagged "News"

URA Orders Bobi Wine to pay sh337m in taxes for his Armoured Vehicle or forget it

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has told Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine, to either pay Shs 300m in...

Big Story

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Kabaka poised to make changes in Mengo leadership’ – Sources

INSIDE STORY: Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II could make changes within the leadership of the Mengo establishment very soon, a well-placed source...

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Breaking

Born Again Pastor Arrested for Defiling, Impregnating 14-yr-old girl

The Police in Bushenyi is holding in custody a born again pastor for allegedly defiling and making a 14-year-old girl pregnant. Police...

Wakiso district goes into quarantine over Foot and Mouth Disease

Wakiso district authorities have declared a quarantine and announced a ban on all livestock movements in some parts of the district as...

Crime

Headteacher arrested for defiling his own 13-year-old daughter

WEST NILE: Police in Terego District have arrested a Primary School Headteacher for reportedly defiling his own daughter. The suspect, Tom Amayo,...

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Editorial

Makerere Releases Final Nomination List for Guild Presidential Race

MAKERERE: The Makerere University Electoral Commission has released a final list of duly nominated candidates to contest for the guild presidency. The...

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NRM’s top social media activist collapses dead

The National Resistance Movement social media activist, Ben Ahimbisibwe Rwamugita who has been working in Abu Dhabi has been announced dead after...

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Parliament approves Govt request to borrow Shs 200bn for ‘Strategic Development’

Parliament of Uganda has approve Government request to borrow sh234.78bn through Uganda Development Bank (UDB) from various international financial entities. The breakdown...

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Lord Mayor Lukwago returns from Nairobi in good health

JUST IN: Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has returned to the country after undergoing treatment in Nairobi. Lukwago was rushed to...

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Court

Nyanzi ordered to pay Nsereko sh38.5m election costs

Mengo Magistrate Court has ordered Fred Nyanzi Sentamu, elder brother of National Unity Platform (NUP) president and former Presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi...

Breaking

Former MP Aspirant Commits Suicide by hanging

SIRONKO DISTRICT: Shock and grief engulfed residents of Bubalinga village in Sironko district after Former Budadiri West parliamentary candidate, Amani Magombe, committed...

Chad President Idriss Déby dies hours after winning sixth term

Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno, who has been in power for 30 years has died of injuries suffered on the frontline, the...

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National

FDC approves Semujju for Speakership

The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has officially announced Kira Municipality member of Parliament Ibrahim Semujju Nganda as their flag bearer for the...

Former US Vice President Walter Mondale dies at 93

Former US Vice President Walter Mondale, a liberal icon who famously told voters to expect a tax increase should he win the...

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Sports

Rajiv Ruparelia leads Ugandan team of eight drivers ahead of the ARC Equator Rally

Senior Rally ace Rajiv Ruparelia has been confirmed in the list of eight Ugandan drivers flagged off by the Federation of Motorsport...

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COVID-19

Gov’t moves to make Covid-19 vaccination compulsory

This comes at a time when the country is struggling with vaccine hesitancy, a situation being worsened by increasing cases of adverse...

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JUST IN: President Fires Labour Minister, Arrests Officials Over COVID-19 Funds

"I have dropped him from my cabinet accordingly. Even though the minister has since returned the money, his usage of the funds...

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TANZANIA: Magufuli’s widow Janet critically ill, admitted to hospital

DAR-ES-SALAM: Janet Magufuli, widow to the late former president of Tanzania John Pombe Magufuli’s is reportedly ill after she suffered a shock...

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Sports

Kiprotich, Chemonges and Kusuro qualify for Tokyo Olympics

The 2012 London Olympic gold medalist Kiprotich clocked 02:09:04 to finish 5th and within the Olympic Qualifying Time of 2:11:30, in the...

National

Grief as 92-yr-old woman dies in church

“The church wardens picked her and took her outside the church where she breathed her last” he said.