Rwanda-Uganda crisis: People's Govt to write to Rwanda
The opposition's loose outfit, People's Government led by former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has announced that they will soon open diplomatic communication with the Rwanda government. The...
View ArticleUhuru Kenyatta meets Kagame, Museveni
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has separately met Rwanda President Paul Kagame and Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The impromptu bilateral meetings come on the heels of simmering diplomatic...
View ArticleRural HIV patients becoming resistant to ARVs - report
Many people living with HIV in rural areas are developing drug resistance due to lack of access to their daily antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), lack of food and drug stock-outs and shortages. Some of the...
View ArticleThugs attempt to rob Barclays bank in Nakulabye
Old Kampala police station is investigating an attempted robbery by yet-to-be known people at Barclays bank, Nakulabye branch near Gelp petrol station. It is alleged that the two security guards at the...
View ArticleGlobal backlash over Boeing 737 MAX-8 growing after deadly crash
Australia, Singapore and United Kingdom have suspended the Boeing 737 Max 8 passenger jet from operating in their respective airspaces, joining a growing list of countries taking precautionary measures...
View ArticleSFC soldiers shoot drunken royal guard
There was gunfire exchange on Tuesday between soldiers under the elite Special Forces Command (SFC) and the royal guard of Rosette Sanders, the queen mother of Alur chiefdom.The incident happened at...
View ArticleRoyals appeal to Kadaga over specialised hospital land
Five members of the Buganda Kingdom royal family have petitioned Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, seeking her help in getting payment for land on which the government plans to build a...
View ArticleHope fades for Mubende land eviction victims
On the morning of October 9, 2018, Emmanuel Ssebadduka, a Salt TV correspondent in Mubende, received a phone call informing him about a group of unknown machete-wielding men who had raided five...
View ArticleChinese supermarkets shun local goods - traders
When Dorothy Kimuli started her company Kims Natural Chilli Sauce some years back, her dream was to capture the local market. Her first target was supermarkets whose shelves were full of imported...
View ArticleBobi: I don’t have to know everything to govern
To be president of the republic of Uganda, Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine argues, he doesn’t have to be an intellectually or economically savvy political strategist. His...
View ArticleAnti-corruption court denies SK Mbuga's wife Chebet bail
The Anti-corruption court has dismissed a bail application filed by Angella Vivienne Chebet, the wife to city socialite Sulaiman Kabangala also known as SK Mbuga. Chebet is facing charges of fraud,...
View ArticleMakerere lifts MUASA boss suspension
Makerere University has lifted the suspension of Dr Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi, the chairperson of Makerere University Academic Staff Association (Muasa). This follows a consent judgement before High court...
View ArticleDPP completes Kirumira murder investigations
The director of public prosecutions (DPP) has completed investigations into the murder of the former Buyende district police commander Muhammad Kirumira. Last month, the case file had been recalled to...
View ArticleUhuru Kenyatta meets Kagame, Museveni
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has separately met Rwanda President Paul Kagame and Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The impromptu bilateral meetings come on the heels of simmering diplomatic...
View ArticleRwanda-Uganda crisis: People's Govt to write to Rwanda
The opposition's loose outfit, People's Government led by former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has announced that they will soon open diplomatic communication with the Rwanda government. The...
View ArticleKagame to Uganda: You can kill me but can't bring me to my knees
Rwanda President Paul Kagame has warned his enemies in the south (Burundi) and those in the north (Uganda) that they may possess the capacity to kill him, but they will never bring him to his knees. In...
View ArticleRwanda destroys bridges leading into Uganda
Rwanda has reportedly destroyed all temporary bridges erected by Rwandans along Uganda's borderlines in Katuna, Gatuna and Mukensiyoona in Katuna town council in an attempt to prevent Rwandan nationals...
View ArticleRwanda asks Museveni to kick out top tycoon
There are many reasons argued publicly and privately by officials on both sides of the conflict for the current border standoff between Rwanda and Uganda, but government insiders have nailed it down to...
View ArticleHow Rwanda quarrel with Uganda unfolded
This month started with one of the fiercest diplomatic spats between Rwanda and Uganda playing out on social media after reports emerged that Kigali had stopped trucks from Uganda entering the country...
View ArticleUganda responds to Rwanda accusations
The Foreign Affairs minister, Sam Kutesa has dismissed accusations that Uganda is hosting Rwandan dissidents plotting to destabilise Rwanda. Richard Sezibera , the Rwandan minister of Foreign Affairs...
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