MP Kabafunzaki threatens to withdraw donated ambulances if he loses polls
Rukiga county MP Herbert Kabafunzaki has threatened to withdraw his two ambulances as well as stop giving condolence money to families if he loses in the general election slated for Thursday this week....
View ArticleBobi Wine planning to kidnap himself after elections - police
The National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine plans to kidnap himself and hide in one of the embassies and then claim being kidnapped, Police...
View ArticleMuseveni, opposition call for massive voter turn up on Thursday
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has joined other presidential candidates in calling upon their supporters and polling agents to remain vigilant...
View ArticleI won't allow 'arrogant' Facebook to operate in Uganda - Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has in a televised address today evening said he ordered for the internet shutdown in response to tech giant, Facebook’s taking down of pro-government accounts. Over the...
View ArticleI did Museveni song because I was broke – Ronald Mayinja
On January 7, musician-turned-politician RONALD MAYINJA had a candid interview with The Observer’s Yudaya Nangonzi at his home in Munyonyo. Among others, he explained why he left Bobi Wine for...
View ArticleArchbishop Stanley Ntagali suspended from church duties over adultery
The retired Archbishop of Church of Uganda, Stanley Ntagali has been suspended from performing priestly duties over getting involved in an extra-marital affair with a married woman. Ntagali's...
View ArticleDrunk Rukiga police officer shot dead colleague while shooting at 'drunkard'
A female police officer shot dead her colleague and injured another at a tally centre in Rukiga district while shooting at a drunkard, police have said. Police officer No.37372, Hamida Ssali shot dead...
View ArticleHealth ministry unsure of Covid-19 vaccine cost
The ministry of Health has said that it does not know the cost of the Oxford/Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine despite ordering for two million doses. According to top ministry officials, the government...
View ArticleMuseveni stopover causes traffic gridlock at Busega roundabout
Security is heightened at Busega roundabout on the outskirts of Kampala where President Yoweri Museveni is expected to meet residents and the business community. There are tens of military and police...
View ArticleKyagulanyi promised to make Uganda ungovernable, govt tells court
National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi's home is under siege because he undertook to make Uganda ungovernable like Libya, Iraq and Sudan, the attorney general has today...
View ArticleAugmented bed nets to cut malaria cases by 25 per cent
The ministry of Health has for the first time dis-tributed long-lasting bed nets with a new chemical in its national mass distribution campaign aimed at universal coverage against malaria. This follows...
View ArticleKiira Motors gives CAA luxury shuttles for staff
Local electric car maker, Kiira Motors Corporation, is now experimenting with a public transportation system, beginning with fully electric Kayoola EVS buses offering shuttle services to Civil...
View ArticleMatugga women offer ‘free sex’ after Kyagulanyi win
The two meanly guarded roadblocks be-tween the central Buwambo and Gongonya townships were depictive of the tense general election mood in Bombo town council last Thursday. At Masjid Noor A with 505...
View ArticleBrutality on Bobi cost us in Buganda - defeated ministers
In a stunning wave of results, all the 13 cabinet ministers from Buganda were defeated by opposition candidates, in particular those from Kyagulanyi’s National Unity Platform (NUP). Results show that...
View ArticleJinja police switch off Baba FM over relaying election results
Baba FM radio station was on Thursday night switched off ahead of the declaration of results for the Jinja City mayoral race. The station has consistently been updating the public about the events that...
View ArticleDistrict polls: One voter turned up to vote at Bududa polling station
Only one person turned up on Wednesday to vote at Bumayoka Seed polling station in Bududa district to vote for district leaders. The polling station has only 13 registered voters. It is the station...
View ArticleImprisoned NUP candidate overwhelmingly wins Nansana polls
John Bosco Sserunkuma, the imprisoned National Unity Platform candidate in Nansana westward, Nansana Municipality has been voted to represent the area in Wakiso District Council. Sserunkuma obtained...
View ArticleUgandans have a duty to reject, resist Museveni - Bobi Wine
In his first public address since the January 14 presidential elections, National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine called on Ugandans to reject the incumbent...
View ArticleNRM mayoral candidates storm State House over election cash
National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidates contesting for the mayoral and councillor seats have bypassed the party secretariat in Kampala and stormed the country's highly restricted State House in...
View ArticleEC explains delay in publication of presidential election results
A week after the presidential election, and six days after declaring incumbent Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as the winner, the Electoral Commission (EC) has not yet published the final results. This is in...
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