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150 NRM supporters in Rukungiri defect to FDC
Over 150 National Resistance Movement (NRM) member cardholders in Kanyankyende parish, Bugangari sub-county in Rukungiri district have defected to the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)...
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How NRM top wigs used slain boxer Zebra Mando
His death in a night shooting last week drew the most public notice including a presidential confession that the killers of Isaac ‘Zebra Mando’ Ssenyange were security agents. His shooting on December...
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8 law students summoned over 'twerking' Tumbiza Sound video
Eight bar course students undertaking clerkship at the High court commercial division in Kampala have been summoned by the Law Development Centre (LDC) over a video that went viral showing them dancing...
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Voters not allowed to witness vote counting - Electoral Commission
After casting their ballots, voters will not be allowed to witness the vote counting at polling stations, the Electoral Commission has announced. Uganda goes to polls next week on January 14 to elect...
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Bobi Wine has now betrayed the struggle, Ugandans - govt
By flying out his four children, National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has betrayed his so-called struggle and supporters who have sacrificed so much for him...
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Mayuge police officer hit by stray bullet while enforcing COVID SOPs
A special police constable attached to Jaguzi police station in Mayuge district is nursing bullets wounds in the chest after being hit by a stray bullet during a police operation. Bakali Ponde, who...
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EC delivers ballot boxes with broken seals in Luweero, Iganga
Opposition leaders in Iganga district have accused Electoral Commission (EC) of delivering ballot boxes without or with broken seals which they say creates suspicions of possible vote-rigging before...
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No one can distabilize Uganda - Museveni
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has warned that his government has enough capacity to neutralise anybody who wants to destabilize Uganda during and after the January 14 general elections. Speaking in...
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Retired judge Musoke Kibuuka passes on
Retired High court judge Vincent Musoke Kibuuka has passed on at St Francis Nsambya hospital aged 71. The barrister, according to a family source that declined to be quoted said the deceased has been...
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Mayinja summoned by police over mobile phone theft
After a 2 hour interview at his home in Munyonyo, musician Ronald Mayinja has made off with The Observer news reporter, Yudaya Nangozi's mobile phone. Mayinja first demanded that the audio recording...
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Mbarara candidates express concern over broken election material seals
Mbarara City candidates have expressed disappointment with the Electoral Commission for delivering election materials with broken seals. The Electoral Commission on Thursday delivered the materials...
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Bobi Wine bodyguard, best friend remanded by army court till Jan 19
The General Court Martial in Makindye has remanded 49 supporters of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party to Kigo and Kitalya government prisons until January 19, 2021. The suspects...
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Police unapologetic, will continue beating journalists - Ochola
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Martins Okoth Ochola has vowed that security agencies will continue beating journalists purposely to ‘deter’ them from going where there is danger.Ochola, who was...
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5 family members perish in Iganga-Tirinyi road accident
Five family members have perished in a road accident along the Iganga-Tirinyi-Mbale highway in eastern Uganda.The victims who set off their journey from Bugembe ward in Jinja city were heading for the...
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Gen Saleh walks away from 'hungry' pro-NRM journalists in Gulu
President Yoweri Museveni's brother Gen. Salim Saleh today Saturday walked away from youths claiming to be journalists under an umbrella body 'Entertainment News Reporters Association".The 28 youths...
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UN expresses concern over human rights abuses in Uganda
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern over what she called deteriorating human rights situation in Uganda ahead of next week's general election on January 14. Below is the...
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EC eases restrictions on media, use of camera during elections
The Electoral Commission (EC) has eased restrictions on use of cameras and other recording devices at polling stations on election day.Earlier this week, the chairman of EC, Justice Simon Byabakama...
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8 local footballers perish in motor accident in Abim
Karamoja is mourning the death of eight footballers following a motor accident on Saturday in Abim district.The footballers were travelling for a friendly match in Kotido district on Saturday but...
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Voter bribery cited in Sembabule ahead of Thursday election
Cases of outright voter bribery have surfaced in Sembabule district ahead of the general elections scheduled for Thursday this week. Ugandans of 18 years and above go to the polls this Thursday to...
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Court reduces murder convicts' life sentences to 30 yrs
Three convicts have survived life imprisonment after the Court of Appeal quashed their earlier sentences.Yonasani Seruga, Elunasani Lubwama and Patrick Kate were in 2004 sentenced to death after they...
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