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Govt to USA: Name & shame the corrupt
After a humiliating travel ban slapped recently against Gen Kale Kayihura and the denial of a US visa to Pius Bigirimana last week, Kampala has halted all pretense of normalcy at the highest levels of...
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Eritrean players vanish from team hotel in Jinja
Five players of Eritrea’s U-20 team have disappeared from their hotel in Jinja ahead of the semi-finals at the on-going Cecafa U-20 Challenge Cup.The Eritrean players vanished ahead of their semi-final...
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After 36 years, Bamwine leaves judiciary on a high
Justice Yorokamu Bamwine is one of the very few career judicial officers in Uganda. He has seen it all, having started out as a grade one magistrate in 1983 before rising through the ranks to become...
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How schools cheat Uneb examinations
With a just a month away to the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has stepped up efforts to sensitize school authorities against examination malpractice....
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Herdsman killed in phone explosion in Kiruhura
A phone explosion has claimed the life of a herdsman, Godrin Mwebesa in Kiruhura district. Mwebesa, a resident of Rugaga cell in Kayonza parish of Kikastsi sub county met his death on Tuesday evening....
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Woman arrested for 'lending' her baby to neighbour to defraud boyfriend
Police in Fort Portal is holding Annet Kabalisa who is accused of 'lending' to her neighbour a 3-month-old baby so she could defraud her boyfriend. Rwenzori West region police spokesperson, Lydia...
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'New medicine takes 10 years to reach Africa'
The over-reliance on imported medicines has made Africa’s ailing health sector susceptible to the vulgarism of counterfeit medicine, with new medicines taking between 5 and 10 years to reach the...
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Moroto hospital auditor earns two gov't salaries
Eric Olum, the internal auditor Moroto regional referral hospital has been drawing salaries from two government institutions, according to the State House Anti-corruption unit.Olum draws another salary...
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Zimbabwe president pleads for patience to fix economy from 'dead'
HARARE - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday pleaded for time and patience to bring the economy back from the "dead," as his government faces blame for surging inflation evoking dark...
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Uganda sides with China on Hong Kong protests
For a country that often accuses and blames foreign elements of meddling in its home affairs, the Uganda government has strangely weighed in and taken sides in the ongoing anti-government protests in...
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Sex worker stabs lover to death over meat
A commercial sex worker operating in Kampala has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her lover to death over meat.Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango identified the suspect as...
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MPs demand answers on progress of gov't agencies merger
A section of members of parliament have criticized the government for failing to implement the merger of government departments and agencies. During the plenary session on Thursday presided over by...
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Borrowing against future oil revenue pushing Uganda towards oil curse - BOU
Bank of Uganda (BoU) governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile has said the expectation of oil revenues has pushed Uganda to go for more expensive loans to finance infrastructure projects, a precursor for...
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Kiconco is lawful owner of Lusanja land, High court rules
The High court has ordered squatters on the Lusanja land to vacate it within 30 days. Court yesterday, ruled that businessman Medard Kiconco is the lawful owner of the contested Lusanja land located on...
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Makerere University fuelling hooliganism at Kyambogo - vice chancellor
Kyambogo University vice-chancellor, Prof Eli Katunguka is accusing students from Makerere University and Makerere University Business School (MUBS) of stirring up violence at Kyambogo. Prof Katunguka...
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Mutesasira siblings win EAGT's $50,000 prize
At this moment, it is an assured gold medal or prize money for any Ugandan who gets into the final - no matter the age, stage or challenge. Just moments after Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei won the 10,000m...
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Cheptegei wins Uganda’s second Gold medal in Doha
Star runner Joshua Cheptegei has won Uganda’s second gold medal and $67,000 at the IAAF World Athletics Championship in Doha, Qatar. The 10,000m final saw Uganda’s Mande Abdalla start from the front in...
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Floods displace hundreds in Bulambuli district
Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have rendered several people in Bulambuli district homeless. The floods submerged homes in Bunangaka, Bufuhula, Nabongo, Bufumbula, Buwakol and Bumasoho parishes...
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Four UPDF soldiers killed as truck rams into beer depot
Four Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers attached to Kaabong brigade have died in a motor accident.The soldiers, whose particulars couldn’t immediately be established, were killed this...
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Nagirinya murder: Boda boda rider who ferried killers arrested
A boda boda rider Sharif Mpanga alias Shafic who allegedly ferried the suspected killers of Maria Nagirinya to her gate entrance has been arrested.Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga said on Monday that...
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