Ishaka nursing school suspends caning tutors
Ishaka Adventist hospital and health training institute has defended itself and denied allegations that it has in place a corporal punishment policy of caning its students. This comes after leakage on...
View ArticleBBC journalists, Health ministry PRO arrested over govt drugs
Three journalists attached to the British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC) and Vivian Nakaliika, the wife of NBS TV news anchor, Solomon Serwanjja are in police custody. The journalists are Godfrey...
View ArticleIncoming Cosase chairman wanted for corruption
Buganda Road court has summoned Kawempe South member of parliament Mubarak Munyagwa on corruption charges. The January 15 criminal summon was issued by the Buganda Road court Grade One magistrate,...
View ArticleMinisters are selfish, sleepy - Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has accused his ministers of being selfish and sleepy, which he says affects potential investments in the country. Speaking during the 6th presidential investor round-table...
View ArticleMuseveni 'understands' concept behind Miss Curvy pageant
President Yoweri Museveni has said that although he has reservations about beauty pageants, he fully understands what prompted the organisers to launch the controversial Miss Curvy Uganda pageant. On...
View ArticleArrested journalists were investigating theft of gov't drugs - NBS
The three journalists attached to BBC currently in police custody were investigating into the sale of government drugs by government officials according to Next Media Services, which owns NBS TV....
View ArticleZimbabwe sends envoys to African nations to clear image
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is accused by the opposition, several nations and NGOs of allegedly unleashing state security agents on protesters, has embarked on a diplomatic mission...
View ArticleState House confirms knowledge of BBC, NBS investigation
The head of State House Health Monitoring Unit Dr Jackson Ojera has confirmed that they were contacted by a team from BBC and NBS TV prior to an investigation into the alleged trade of...
View ArticleGovt drugs theft: journalists released on bond
After two days in detention, police today released on bond the journalists who were allegedly found purchasing and in possession of government drugs. In a joint night operation on Wednesday February 6,...
View ArticleSudhir was fed up of Crane bank - Kasaija
Finance minister Matia Kasaija has revealed that the former owner of defunct Crane bank, Sudhir Ruparelia confided in him that he was fed-up with the financial institution, prior to its takeover by...
View ArticleGen Museveni promotes son Muhoozi to Lieutenant General
General Yoweri Museveni has promoted his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba to Lieutenant General, the second highest army rank an officer can obtain in the Ugandan army. Muhoozi was promoted from Major General...
View ArticleNawangwe has no powers to suspend staff - Law School
Makerere University vice chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe has no powers to suspend staff or appoint a committee to investigate employees according to Makerere School of Law. This is contained in a...
View ArticleAs Kagame steps down, Egypt takes helm at African Union
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who led an active, reformist tenure as African Union chair, on Sunday passes the baton to Egypt, seen as more likely to focus on security issues than expanding the powers...
View ArticleCommercial court locks up Shs 1.3 trillion
At least Shs 1.3 trillion is locked up in disputes before the Commercial court in undelivered judgements. They include disputes of insurance, banking, and transportation. Only cases with a value that...
View Article1966 to 2019: How Daudi Ocheng gave birth to Tarehe Sita
Last week, the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) held a series of events to mark 38 years since the start of the war that brought President Yoweri Museveni to power in January 1986. The events to...
View ArticleBank official held over theft of Shs 130m Nyakasura alumni money
Wandegeya police station is holding in custody the Nyakasura Alumni Association treasurer for allegedly using his position in the dfcu bank to steal over Shs 133 million from the association's...
View ArticleOpposition leaders denied access to parliament
Political party leaders were yesterday blocked from accessing the parliamentary building, where they had gone to meet the Leader of Opposition (LoP) over the contentious proposed amendment of the...
View ArticleRape suspect pastor Yiga released on police bond
Pastor Augustine Yiga, the founder of Revival Church Kawala is out on police bond. Yiga was released on Monday evening following his detention at Kawempe police station on Friday evening. Yiga was...
View ArticleKadaga's Karamoja tree project dries up
The Mt. Moroto Tree Planting Project launched by the speaker of parliament in semi-arid Karamoja last year has not lived up to expectation. In June last year, speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga...
View ArticleMPs turn away Makerere VC Nawangwe
MPs on the Education Committee today turned away the vice chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe for appearing without the Makerere University council chairperson. The council is the supreme governing body...
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