The European Parliament debate on the chaos that ensued in Arua and the subsequent arrest and alleged torture of suspects, was based on rumors picked from social media, the Government Spokesperson, Ofwono Opondo has said. […]
Riots resulting from the arrest and detention of MP Robert Kyagulanyi last month could have made worse a slowdown in trade registered in the last three months. Stanbic Bank’s Purchasing Managers’ Index released on Wednesday […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Siraje Bakaleke and eight others have been charged with kidnap, abuse of Office and Conspiracy to defraud. Bakaleke is accused alongside Lawyer Paul Wanyoto Mugoya, Nabeta Samuel Mulowooza, the Managing Director […]
The newly elected Arua Municipality Member of Parliament, Kassiano Wadri has taken oath of parliament days after he was released on bail following treason charges. He was sworn in on Wednesday afternoon by the Deputy […]
Arua Municipality Member of Parliament-elect Kassiano Ezati Wadri says he will appeal the bail condition stopping him from visiting Arua Municipality for the next three months. Gulu High Court on Monday banned Wadri from stepping […]
The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office has issued a travel advisory warning its nationals of heightened political tensions in Uganda. In a travel advisory issued on Sunday and updated on Monday morning, the UK […]
The police and army have used tear gas and bullets to disperse hundreds of demonstrators that descended on the capital, Kampala protesting the continued detention of Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi. The demonstrators, most of […]
The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF Special Forces have sealed off Hotel Pacific in Arua town, the base of the Kassiano Wadri campaign camp. Our reporter at the scene says that Adumi road, where the hotel […]
Police are blaming the death of Yasin Kawuma, the driver of the Kyadondo East legislator, Robert Kyagulanyi on the supporters of Kasiano Wadri, the independent candidate for the Arua Municipality MP seat. Kawuma was shot […]
By Molly Kyakuhaire Car importers have petitioned parliament over the exorbitant car import inspection fees charged by Uganda National Bureae of Standards (UNBS). In a petition presented to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, the […]
The Ugandan police on Wednesday said it is not aware of the 4,000 alleged missing new guns as reported by state media. Emilian Kayima, police spokesperson, said in a statement that although the Inspector General […]
The Police and Advisory Committee (PAC) cleared the reopening of the Anti-Narcotic Department offices at the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) headquarters in Kibuli and Entebbe Airport eight on Wednesday last week eight months after they […]
Col. Ndahura Atwoki has today been charge in an army court with interfering with the process of law. The former police Crime Intelligence Commander, who was arrested two weeks ago alongside several allies of disgraced […]
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to end extreme poverty by 2030 is unlikely to be met—no thanks, in large part, to Nigeria. A new report by The World Poverty Clock shows Nigeria has overtaken India […]
President, Yoweri Museveni has opened up on the arrest and subsequent detention of General Kale Kayihura, the former Inspector General of Police. The army airlifted Kayihura from his country home in Kasagama in Lyantonde district […]
The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has sanctioned fraud charges against city lawyer Paul Wanyoto, senior police officer Siraj Bakaleke and nine others. According to the sanction letter, the suspects are being charged with abuse […]
Doctors at Kiruddu General Hospital have warned that the spine problem that is troubling Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze could get worse if not given urgent attention. Nambooze was hospitalized last Saturday after her health […]
City Lawyer James Byamukama has written to the Chief Justice Bart Katureebe questioning the delayed delivery of a judgment on the consolidated petition challenging the amendment of the Constitution to remove the presidential age limit. […]
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the sub-committee of the National Security Council (NSC) to immediately embark on the ‘fingerprinting’ of all guns in a bid to curb insecurity. The president was on Wednesday addressing Parliament […]
A Bodaboda Cyclist identified as Musa Abbas has been charged for participating in the kidnap and murder of Suzan Magara, a cashier who was killed by her captors early this year. Abbas joins a list […]