Month: January 2022
Four people have been killed in a road accident along the Kampala-Fort Portal highway. The accident happened on Thursday morning at Kiregesa Village, Kyenjojo District. It involved a FUSO Truck registration number UBG 923T carrying Matooke from Bunyangabu District heading to Kampala, which collided with a Congolese, trailer Reg No: 13O9AF19 /1310AE19, that was coming […]
The Police in Kaberamaido District have arrested a man who locked out the newly transferred headteacher to Okille Primary School. Noel Ongalo a resident of Asana village in Okille Sub County was arrested on Wednesday at Kaberamaido District Headquarters where he had gone to deliver a petition against the new headteacher. Ongalo, with the help […]
One person has been killed and three others are nursing severe injuries following a tribal clash between the Acholi and Madi ethnic communities occupying the disputed Apaa land in Adjumani district. The incident happened on Wednesday in Ngoro village, Itirikwa Sub-county, five kilometers outside Apaa Trading center. Peter Data Taban, Adjumani Resident District Commissioner alleges […]
The Judiciary Public Relations Officer Jamson Karemani. The Court of Appeal is yet to institute a three-member panel of justices to hear an application for review of the decision that denied bail to two Members of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana. The MPs together with seven others were first arraigned before Masaka Chief Magistrates […]
Akon City designed by Bakri & Associates Development Consultant Residents in Mukono district’s Mpunge sub-county are protesting the planned distribution of one square mile of property to American musician Aliaune Damala Badara, popularly known as Akon, for the construction of his second futuristic metropolis in Uganda. Last […]
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces – UPDF has promoted 528 officers. The promoted officers include three from the rank of Lieutenant Colonel to full Colonel; 27 of them from Major to Lieutenant Colonel and 498 from Captain to Major. “The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs and UPDF are pleased to announce the elevation of […]
Lt. Col Ronald Kakurungu Deputy Army Spokesperson A Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF soldier is at large for shooting and injuring a traffic police officer in Ntinda, Kampala. Assistant Inspector General of Police-AIGP, Asan Kasingye identifies the injured traffic officer as Police Constable Robert Mukebezi. The traffic officer was towing a vehicle that has knocked down the […]
Nine-year-old Savio Mark Kasozi Sserugga, a Primary Four pupil who perished in a dormitory fire at St. John’s Day and Boarding Primary School in Kyotera on Saturday, was on Sunday laid to rest at his ancestral home in Kigalambi-Lukondo village, Byakabanda sub-county, Rakai district. The mourners mainly his parents Oliver Namatovu and Kasozi Mark plus […]
Bars and pubs in Kampala and surrounding areas are undergoing renovation in preparation for the resumption of their operations after spending nearly two years of closure. President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni closed bars and all places of social gatherings when he announced the nationwide lockdown in March 2020 as part of the COVID-19 containment measures. In […]
Abim police are holding their possess for shooting dead a footballer. The occurrence took put around 4pm on Sunday amid a inviting coordinate between Abim and Kotido areas at Alerek essential school grounds. Micheal Longole, the Karamoja Locale Police Representative portrayed the occurrence as terrible. He distinguished the expired footballer as Denis Ochan who moreover multiplied as a neighborhood music craftsman in Alerek town in Abim district. “We have captured the officer on kill charges,“ he said. James Owili, an eye witness, says that they don’t know why the police officer opened fire since the coordinate was […]
