Police recover headless body of unidentified woman in Katwe
Police in Katwe have recovered a torso of an unidentified woman. The headless body was found along Kampala-Entebbe highway in the wee hours of Sunday morning. There is suspicion in police circles that...
View ArticleSudan party officials arrested as Bashir inquiry begins
Sudanese authorities have arrested several top members of the former ruling party of ousted President Omar al-Bashir, in a move that could bolster military rulers who are under mounting pressure by...
View ArticleBobi Wine arrested at Busabala
Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanya alias Bobi Wine has today been arrested from his One Love Beach in Busabala. Kyagulanyi, who, in defiance drove from his home in Magere to Busabala to hold a press...
View ArticleMissing IHK doctor's body found dumped in septic tank
Dr Catherine Agaba's body has been found dumped in a septic tank in Muyenga. The International Hospital Kampala (IHK) doctor went missing on April 13, 2019, a few days after applying for annual leave...
View Article5 Algerian billionaires arrested in anti-graft investigation
Five Algerian billionaires, some of them close to former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika who quit over mass protests, have been arrested as part of an anti-graft investigation, state TV said on Monday....
View ArticleDeath toll in Sri Lanka Easter blasts rises to 290
In the deadliest violence in Sri Lanka in a decade, multiple explosions ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday, leaving 290 dead. Five hundred people were wounded in the blasts. The...
View ArticleBobi Wine calls for mass protests against police
Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi has called for mass protests against the actions of police and other state injustices meted out on Ugandans. Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine called on Ugandans to massively...
View ArticleKatureebe flies to South Africa for eye surgery
The Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has flown to South Africa for cataract surgery.Sources in the judiciary indicate that Katureebe left the country on Monday at around 2:30pm aboard an Emirates flight....
View ArticleBobi Wine now placed under house arrest
Kyandondo East member of parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has been placed under house arrest by the Uganda police force. Kyagulanyi had planned to walk to the police headquarters...
View Article13 killed, 40 injured in Buyende hailstorm
13 people have been killed and 40 others injured following a rainstorm in Buyende district. The storm ravaged the villages of Kabugudo, Nabweyo, and Nakabembe in Kidera town council during the heavy...
View ArticleMuseveni: I buried old Uganda Airlines
President Museveni has confessed to being one of the people who buried the old Uganda Airlines more than 20 years ago. All its assets including five aircraft left behind by former President Idi Amin’s...
View ArticleKadaga will be back in office this week
After about a month and a half of absence, Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga is expected back in office this week to resume steering the House. Kadaga quietly returned from treatment in...
View ArticleMabirizi returns to Supreme court in new age limit petition
To Male Mabirizi, the age limit petition case is not closed just yet even after Supreme Court justices ruled last week 4 to 3 to throw out the appeal. Male Mabirizi, one of the appellants in the matter...
View ArticleInside NRM Supreme court victory
Because the seven Supreme court justices arrived late in the courtroom to deliver their individual verdicts in the ‘age limit bill’ appeal, court-goers and lawyers preoccupied themselves with making...
View ArticleArmy deployment angers Makerere
Today, as one enters the gates of Makerere University, there’s a noticeable presence of heavily armed military police troops. At each of the three main entrances, groups of three-to-five military...
View ArticleUS envoy cautions on discrimination
To commemorate the Jackie Robinson day, the first black man to play in the US Major League Baseball (MLB), Deborah Malac said societies must always be all-inclusive and refrain from racism and...
View ArticleDr Agaba’s last hours
In death in such gruesome form, Dr Catherine Agaba has stirred strong sad emotions among relatives, colleagues at work and friends. “As we gather here, Dr Catherine [Agaba] is beyond recognition....
View ArticleAnother female health worker goes missing
The family of Maria Nabuyunga, a laboratory technician at Nsambya hospital is in great panic over the disappearance of their relative. Nabuyunga’s sister, Jane Nakanwagi, said her sister left her home...
View ArticleSecurity quells Bobi Wine protests in Kamwokya
A combined team of soldiers and police today quelled down a protest against the continued house arrest of the Kyadondo East member of parliament, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. The officers...
View ArticleKidnapped Kanungu teens released after Shs 4m ransom payment
Two teenagers who were kidnapped by gunmen from their banana plantation near the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border on Easter Monday have been released. They are 18-year-old Ronald Niwamanya and...
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