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Museveni visit: Arua DHO under fire over issuing 'fake' COVID results
Arua district health officer (DHO) Paul Bishop Drileba has come under the spotlight for allegedly issuing false coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test results ahead of President Yoweri Museveni's visit to...
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Kyagulanyi arrival stirs excitement, disorder at pastor Yiga's burial
The arrival of presidential aspirant Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine at the final sendoff ceremony of pastor Augustine Yiga of the Revival Christian Church Kawaala caused a furor among mourners for...
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COVID-19: Britain joins France, Germany in locking down again
For weeks, Britain’s Boris Johnson has resisted mounting calls to impose a national lockdown as coronavirus cases have risen inexorably, saying that closing the country for a second time this year...
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Tumukunde threatens to quit presidential race, Museveni gets nod
Rtd. Lt. Gen Henry Tumukunde has threatened to quit the presidential race, should the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) government continue oppressing opposition players as they head into a...
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Principal judge 'rejects' bribe offer in Ham-DTB appeal case
Principal judge, Dr Flavian Zeija has rebuked one of the parties in the businessman Hamis Kiggundu-Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) case for sending him agents with financial proposals to influence his...
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Presidential election: 3 generals nominated, 2 civilians rejected
Two independent presidential hopefuls, John Katumba and Nancy Linda Kalembe in the race have been turned away by the Electoral Commission after failing to show proof of payment of Shs 20 million...
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Minister Aceng leads procession in Lira to celebrate Museveni nomination
The minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero led a procession through Lira city in northern Uganda to celebrate the successful nomination of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party...
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Tororo police fires bullets, tear gas to disperse Bobi Wine supporters
Tororo police fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse a procession by National Unity Platform (NUP) party supporters to celebrate the nomination of their presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi...
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Kabuleta, Mwesigye to ride on 'God power' to unseat Museveni
Pastors Fred Mwesigye and Joseph Kabuleta have vowed to use 'God power' to bring about political and economic change in Uganda. Mwesigye and Kabuleta were today nominated as independent presidential...
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Pictorial: Security turns Kyagulanyi's proud moment into bitter end
The National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi's visible joy of getting nominated as a presidential candidate came to an abrupt end after got arrested immediately after...
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74% of Ugandans believe Covid funds have been stolen by 'powerful people'
74% of Ugandans believe the Covid-19 funds and relief aid will not reach them because it will be stolen by 'powerful people' popularly christened as the 'mafia'. Also, 3/4 (three quarters) of the...
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Over 49 FDC, NUP supporters arrested in Kampala
More than 50 people were arrested from Kampala Metropolitan area during the second and final day of the presidential nomination exercise. Police says by 3 pm, at least 49 suspects had already been...
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Covid-19 leaves cancer patients without crucial palliative care
In the last six months, it is estimated that government saved at least Shs 100bn meant for foreign trips, thanks to a global Covid-19 preventive lockdown for much of the year. Now the Palliative Care...
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Ivory Coast incumbent wins elections by 94%
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, 78, apparently has won a controversial third term in office in a landslide victory in the West African nation’s presidential election on Saturday. Electoral...
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Stage set for chaotic presidential campaigns
Now that the nomination process for all candidates intending to contest for elective positions in the forthcoming general elections is out of the way, the country is bracing for what looks to be a...
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How multi-billion markets deal led to Kitaka’s fall
When Eng Andrew Kitaka announced he was stepping down from his role as KCCA director, Engineering on October 31, the news was greeted with surprise. To insiders, however, this was an open secret that...
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Amuriat nomination excites Soroti residents
A section of residents in Soroti city took to the streets to celebrate the nomination of Patrick Amuriat Oboi as a candidate in next year’s presidential elections. Several city dwellers were glued to...
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Corruption: Equal Opportunities Commission boss granted bail
Jailed Equal Opportunities Commission chairperson Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi has been granted bail by the Anti-Corruption court in Kampala.Ntambi who is facing charges of causing financial loss,...
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Ntugamo court issues criminal summons against Rukutana
Ntungamo Chief Magistrate’s court has issued criminal summons against Labour state minister Mwesigwa Rukutana following his failure to appear for trial for attempted murder, assault, malicious damage...
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Bukomansimbi police driver, OC injured in scuffle with NUP supporters
Michael Aguta, a police patrol driver for Bukomansimbi district was last evening rushed to hospital after sustaining injures in a scuffle between security officers and the National Unity Platform (NUP)...
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