Clik here to view.
UCC extends sim-card validation exercise by three weeks
The number of people seeking sim card validation in Kampala has significantly fallen at major telecommunication service centres within the city. This follows an extension in the deadline to deactivate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UCC suspends 3 NBS TV staff over Bobi Wine protests
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has ordered NBS TV to suspend three of its staff over airing of Bobi Wine protests. In a letter dated 30th April 2019 and signed by the executive director...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UCC orders suspension of 39 journalists at 13 media houses
Telecommunications regulator, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has ordered for the immediate suspension of 39 producers, heads of programming and heads of news. Although UCC has not specifically...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Museveni: others are busy politicking, I’m busy creating jobs
This a slightly abridged International Labour Day speech delivered by President Yoweri Museveni in Agago district today. Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that I join the workers in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Protestors block Jinja bridge over Bobi Wine
Protestors believed to be from the People Power movement yesterday staged a demonstration in Jinja town, blocking off access to the new Jinja bridge for over 30 minutes. They were demanding for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Police reshuffle 100 officers
The police's human resource director has shuffled 107 senior police officers.In a transfer message released on Wednesday evening by the assistant inspector general of police, Moses Balimwoyo, Vincent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I have a lot of work to do in prison - Bobi Wine
Kyadondo East member of parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has been granted bail by Buganda Road Grade Magistrate's court.Court presided by Grade one magistrate Esther Nahilya granted...
View ArticleClik here to view.
No media ban for opposition - Gov’t
The minister of Lands Housing and Urban Development Chris Baryomunsi has said that there is no directive barring opposition politicians from being hosted on upcountry radios and television stations....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Journalists condemn Mutabazi 'madness'
Ugandan journalists working at parliament have condemned the "madness" of Ugandan Communications Commission (UCC) executive director Godfrey Mutabazi over his directive requiring media houses to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Court nullifies election of NRM candidate in Nebbi
The High court has nullified the election of Hashim Sulaiman as Nebbi Municipality member of parliament. Justice Anthony Ojok Oyuk delivered the verdict at the High court sitting in Nebbi today. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stolen cash exhibit: businessman rejects partial refund from police
Businessman Michael Omoit, has rejected a Shs 5 million refund from Kireka based police officers who stole his money which was collected as exhibits on April 4. Omoit accuses Kireka police station...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MPs accuse UCC of fighting political wars
A section of legislators has criticised a move by telecommunications regulator, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to order the suspension of 39 media staff, calling it political witch-hunt. In...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chinese national, 47 Ugandans arrested for drug fraud
A Chinese national arrested for alleged involvement in multiple drug fraud is set to be deported, according to the National Drug Authority (NDA). Liu Weiliang was arrested in an operation by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hoima police lone sniffer dog goes missing
The lone sniffer dog at Hoima Central Police Station has gone missing. The dog reportedly disappeared after an accident involving a police truck registration number UP 5626 which was carrying a team of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Entebbe mayor, 4 others charged over Bobi Wine protests
The deputy mayor of Entebbe municipality, Richard Ssekyondo and four others have been charged with staging an illegal assembly over the detention of Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Police recovers missing sniffer dog
Hoima police have finally recovered the sniffer dog, which went missing on Friday morning. The dog disappeared when a police truck registration number, UP 5626 on which it was traveling with detectives...
View ArticleClik here to view.
King Oyo launches 10 million tree planting campaign
The king of Tooro, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV has launched a campaign of planting 10 million trees in his kingdom by the end of the next five years. During the launch of the campaign at his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Museveni donates Shs 400m to Orthodox Church
President Yoweri Museveni has donated Shs 300 million towards the construction of the Uganda Orthodox Cathedral at Lubya Hill, in Rubaga Division in Kampala. He donated Shs 30m cash and pledged a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bryan White blocks road ahead of Museveni visit to Kasangati
City socialite, Bryan Kirumira alias Bryan White raised eyebrows and created a security situation on Sunday afternoon when he blocked Kalerwa roundabout on Kampala-Gayaza road ahead of the president’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
At least 40 dead as plane crashes at Moscow Airport
At least 40 people were killed as a result of a fiery crash landing of a Sukhoi Superjet-100 passenger plane at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on Sunday. According to Russian media, the aircraft was...
View Article