All posts tagged "News"

EC receives first batch of ballot papers

The first batch of ballot papers was received by the Electoral Commission on Wednesday, ahead of January 14, 2021, General elections in...

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Mugisha Muntu vows to revitalize agriculture and promote talent

The Alliance for National Transformation presidential flagbearer, Gen. Gregory Mugisha Muntu has vowed to revitalize the agricultural sector in the country if...

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COVID-19

Uganda Applies for 2 Million Free Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

Uganda has applied for more than two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as the pandemic ravages the country ahead of the 2021...

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Former NITA-U Director James Saaka is dead

James Saaka, the former Executive Director of the National Informational Technology Authority (NITA-U), is dead. Saaka, who served NITA-U for over ten...

Crime

Housemaid Arrested for Feeding Urine to Her Boss’s Children

Police in Namugongo, Kira Division hare holding onto a female suspect identified Vicky Abira on allegations of feeding urine to her boss’s...

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JUST IN: Kabale NUP Coordinator Arrested

Police in Kabale Municipality has arrested Derrick Kateebire the National Unity Platform (NUP) General Secretary for Kigezi Region. Kateebire, who is also...

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Retired Chief Justice Katureebe appointed to the Supreme Court of China

The Chinese Supreme Court has appointed former Chief Justice Bart Katureebe as a member of its expert Committee on adjudication of international...

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‘I did not fight in Luweero for Kyagulanyi to be president’ – Otafiire

The Minister for East African Affairs, Gen Kahinda Otafiire has urged National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi to continue “singing...

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News

NRM’s Lumumba Cited In Multibillion Corruption Scandals, Fakes to be Covid-19 positive

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General, Justine Kasule Lumumba, has landed in hot soup after her name allegedly appeared repeatedly in...

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Police arrest four men breaking into Muzaata’s home

CRIME & INVESTIGATIONS: Four people have been arrested and placed in police custody for allegedly attempting to break into the bedroom of...

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Education

UNEB Registers More than a Million Students for National Exams

The Executive Secretary of the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), Dan Odongo has confirmed that 1,180,998 candidates for the Primary Seven, Senior Four,...

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Business

SCANDAL! Police hunts KCCA Official for extorting Millions from Bar Owners

A man who purports to be running operations on behalf of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) going around town extorting money from...

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Paul Kyalimpa appointed UIA Deputy Director after withdrawing from Race against Kasaija

President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Paul Kyalimpa who recently withdrew from the Parliamentary race against Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija, as Deputy Director...

PICTORIAL: Bobi Wine’s heroic return to West Nile

The National Unity Platform party presidential candidate Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert alias Bobi Wine returned to West Nile on Monday Dece 7, 2020,...

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Minister Kasaija declared unopposed for Buyanja County as sole opponent withdraws from race

The minister of finance, planning, and economic development Hon. Matia Kasaija who also doubles as the Member of Parliament Buyanja County has...

BREAKING! Kampala Police crime boss succumbs to Covid-19

Kampala Metropolitan Police has announced that its senior crime investigations officer AIP Simon Asaba has succumbed to Covid-19. According to police, AIP...

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Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago safely returns home from Nairobi Hospital

Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has safely returned home in Uganda after being discharged from Aga khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya....

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KYOTERA: Mother and children succumb to Electric shock

Residents of Kyapa-Kangabwa village, Sanje sub-county in Kyotera district were engulfed in sudden shock, as a mother and her two young children...

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Health

Erias Lukwago discharged from hospital, thanks medical experts

Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago speaks to Journalists in Kampala (Photo/Courtesy)

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Nambooze survives another attack in Mukono, accuses RDC Bamwine for being behind the plot

Mukono MP Hon. Betty Bakireke Nambooze has yet again survived another assassination attempt barely a month after another attempt in Kampala. Nambooze...

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Nambooze pleads to Museveni – “Don’t teargas our Lord Mayor as he returns home on Monday”

Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Hon. Betty Nambooze Bakireke has pleaded to President YK Museveni to restrain from directing police and the...

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Lord Mayor Lukwago discharged from Nairobi hospital

NAIROBI: Kampala City Lord Mayor Haji Erias Lukwago “Omuloodi” has been discharged from the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi and will return...