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Tighten personal security, CCTV cameras won't stop armed thugs - police
Police has advised Ugandans to tighten their personal security and stop holding false hopes in the installed Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras as new wave of armed robberies hits the country....
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Museveni blames Karamoja leadership for biting poverty
President Museveni has challenged the leadership in Karamoja to lift the population out of biting poverty to prosperity. While commissioning the Moroto Bus Terminal this afternoon, Museveni tasked the...
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Uganda to repatriate Ebola patients back to DRC
Uganda is set to repatriate the five confirmed and suspected Ebola patients back to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The five cases are all from the same family that recently travelled to DRC to...
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Sudan protesters, military to resume talks
Sudan's opposition leaders have agreed to end their campaign of civil disobedience and strikes and resume talks with the country's military rulers aimed at forming a transitional council. In turn, the...
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Kabaka asks gov't to consider Masaka for city status
The Kabaka of Buganda; Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has expressed concerns over delays to elevate Masaka municipality to city status. Last month, cabinet approved the creation five cities in the...
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EU donates Shs 14bn to Uganda, South Sudan for Ebola fight
The European Union has announced an emergency funding of 3.5 million Euros (Shs 14bn) to strengthen rapid detection and reaction to Ebola cases in Uganda and South Sudan. Emmanuel Davies Gyezaho,...
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Dutch national arrested with heroin worth Shs 3bn
A Dutch national, Rai Jhinkole alias Ruben has been arrested by the aviation police at Entebbe International Airport for allegedly smuggling 64 kilograms of heroin. Ruben was intercepted on Wednesday...
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2019/20 Budget speech
Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija read out a Shs 40.5 trillion for financial year 2019/20 with Works and Transport, Defence and Security and Education sectors taking the lion's share of the budget....
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UBC radio shocks President Museveni
The unreliability of the Uganda Broadcasting Cooperation (UBC) radio station in Moroto district has shocked President Yoweri Museveni.Jones Othieno alias DJ Jones, a staff at the station told the...
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Leave us alone with Museveni - NRM leaders in Karamoja
Simon Peter Aleper, the Karamoja sub region National Resistance Movement (NRM) party vice chairperson has scoffed at people blaming the Karimojong for voting the ruling party despite the deplorable...
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Suspected Ebola victim tests negative in Kisoro
A five-year-old girl who'd been confined at the Bunagana border in Kisoro district has tested negative to Ebola virus disease. The girl was among a group of 51 refugees who arrived at Bunagana border...
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UN smuggled goods into Uganda using BOU - Ofwono
Eight Bank of Uganda top officials are under investigation by the State House Anti-corruption unit for alleged collusion in a procurement and supply chain process anomaly. Government spokesperson...
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Sudan's Bashir appears in public for first time since ouster
Sudan's former President Omar al-Bashir appeared in public on Sunday for the first time since his ouster, as he was led away to a prosecutor's office in a corruption probe. The deposed strongman has...
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Ebola: More 18 contacts under surveillance
An additional 18 people are under surveillance after getting in contact with a confirmed Ebola victim in Kasese district. This brings to 96 the number of people being monitored following their...
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Israel's first lady admits, convicted for misuse of public funds
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara has admitted to the misuse of state funds and was ordered by a court to pay $15,000. Netanyahu avoided a prison sentence after accepting a plea...
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High-risk Ebola suspect still missing - WHO
A man believed to be a high risk Ebola suspect is still missing and reportedly evading health monitoring personnel according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The suspect is believed to have had...
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Presidential guards deny abducting promoter Bajjo
The Special Forces Command (SFC) have distanced itself from the abduction of Andrew Mukasa aka Bajjo, a music promoter. Bajjo was abducted on Saturday by armed security officers dressed in uniforms...
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Kenyan tax body ordered to pay Shs 150m to Ugandan businesswoman
Kenya’s High court (commercial division) in Mombasa has ordered Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to pay a Ugandan businesswoman Deborah Kigongo, Shs 150 million in compensation for her goods that the...
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Music promoter Bajjo faces treason charges
Police is considering slapping treason charges against music promoter Andrew Mukasa also known as Bajjo, who was arrested on Saturday.Police spokesman Fred Enanga told journalists in Kampala on Monday...
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Former Egyptian President Morsi dies in court
Egypt's former President Mohamed Morsi, the country's first democratically elected head of state who was later ousted from power, collapsed and died during a court session Monday. Officials said the...
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