Bobi Wine rejects EC security officers, asks them to withdraw
The National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential flag bearer Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine has rejected the security escort detail which was attached to him by the Electoral Commission...
View ArticleSupreme court summons petitioner over abusive language
The Supreme court has summoned Ivan Ssebadduka to appear before the judges for allegedly using abusive language in his petition filed against President Yoweri Museveni, Electoral Commission and...
View ArticleKenya reimposes COVID-19 measures amid surging cases
Kenyan health officials say the public has failed to follow health protocols to limit the spread of COVID-19, leading to a jump in daily infections. Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta now is...
View ArticleCourt orders Katosi road scam convicts to refund Shs 20bn
The High court has ordered six entities convicted in the Katosi road scam to refund Shs 20 billion to Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). The no-nonsense head of the Commercial Division of the...
View ArticleOne killed, four injured in Kaliisa mourners accident
The NBS TV protocol officer has been rushed to hospital in critical condition after getting involved in an accident that killed one person and injured 3 others along the Masaka-Mbarara highway.The...
View Article200-acre marijuana farm discovered in Queen Elizabeth national park
Uganda's top tourism destination, Queen Elizabeth national park, is also being used to generate recreational substances whose earnings are not reflected in the country's tourism revenues.What is...
View ArticleKazinda sentenced to 15 years over accumulating abnormal wealth
The Anti-Corruption court has this afternoon handed yet another 15-year jail sentence to troubled Geoffrey Kazinda, the former principal accountant in the Office of Prime Minister. Justice Margret...
View ArticleUganda registers 14 new COVID-19 deaths, 284 cases on Thursday
Uganda has registered 14 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths in Gulu, Masaka and Kampala - the country's highest single-day tally according to results released by the ministry of Health (MOH)...
View ArticleNateete stepfather kidnaps his stepson, demands Shs 10m ransom
Police are holding a stepfather, Jamil Ssebuliba as a prime suspect in the kidnap for ransom of his 3-year-old stepson last month from his home in Nateete in Kampala. Ssebuliba was arrested...
View ArticleMalawi president demands dismissal of exams board after tests leak
Malawi's president is calling for the dismissal of the National Examinations Board after end-of-year school exams were leaked on social media. The leak forced the cancellation of national exams and led...
View ArticlePolice orders Church to block Bobi Wine rally in Kitgum
Police in Kitgum blocked the National Unity Platform (NUP) party presidential candidate Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine from campaigning in the municipality. Kyagulanyi’s campaign agents...
View ArticlePetitioner summoned over abusive language responds with even more insults
A petitioner who was summoned by the Supreme court to explain his use of abusive language in a petition has shot back with even more insults calling the judges "drunk" and "a council of fools" lacking...
View ArticleUganda-DRC roads: Red flags raised over project worthiness, Dott Services
As preparations enter the final bend for Uganda to construct roads inside DR Congo, several experts have expressed pessimism about its economic viability. Last November, President Museveni and his DR...
View ArticleAkena murder: Kanyamunyu sentenced to 6 years as girlfriend walks free
Exactly 4 years since he shot dead child rights activist Kenneth Akena, Mathew Kanyamunyu has been sentenced to five years in prison for manslaughter after court ruled that he unintentionally killed...
View ArticleEvery consumer tap to have water by February 2021 - Badru Kiggundu
The current water scarcity in many parts of Greater Kampala metropolitan area will be history in three months time, the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) board chairman, Eng. Badru...
View ArticleMuseveni to Arua: Vote issues not age
76-year-old presidential candidate, also the incumbent president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has asked the electorate in Arua, northern Uganda to vote leaders with workable policies and not simply because...
View ArticleUCC lifts ban on company, ministries SIM card registration
Telecommunications regulator, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has lifted the ban on company SIM card registration. A statement issued by Ibrahim Bbosa, the head of PR and UCC spokesperson...
View ArticleFormer Ghana president dies at 73
Ghana is remembering former President Jerry Rawlings, an iconic figure who died Thursday in the capital, Accra, at the age of 73. Rawlings twice seized power in military coups, alleging government...
View ArticleANT presidential candidate Muntu fails to show up in Mitooma
The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) supporters in Mitooma district were left disappointed after the party presidential candidate, Gen Mugisha Muntu failed to turn up for the campaigns.Muntu...
View ArticleSoroti radios deny Amuriat access citing gov't intimidation
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate, Patrick Amuriat Oboi has been denied access to radio stations in Soroti.Amuriat, who has been canvassing for votes in the Teso sub-region,...
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