Kira residents hire youth group to keep their neighbourhood safe
Emerging middle-class neighbourhoods like Kira-Namugongo, Ntinda, Najjeera appear undisturbed during the day. But at night, the calm disappears. Many residents have tragic stories to tell about thugs...
View ArticleMakerere university stuck with 130 billion shillings debt, and over 9 billion...
The visitation committee also unearthed 12 Bank accounts in standard chartered bank and centenary Bank used by Makerere university officials but were never disclosed to the auditors and the university...
View ArticleOrthodox church head metropolitan Jonah Lwanga insists clerics must speak...
Lwanga says the right to speak on matters that affect the Christians they lead is not granted by government.Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga, the head of the Orthodox Church, in Uganda has said religious...
View ArticleUganda law society petitions constitutional court over Judicial independence
The lawyers led by the Uganda Law Society President, Francis Gimara, claim the meagre budgetary allocations to the judiciary by both the Executive and Legislature hampers it from independently...
View ArticleMetropolitan Jonah Lwanga backs Dr. Kizito Lwanga in fight with President...
According to Metropolitan Lwanga, the right to speak on matters that affect the Christians they lead is inherent and not granted by government.New chairman of the Uganda Joint Christian Council,...
View ArticleThe history behind Kampala's street names
John Bosco Kalule who has been an African History teacher for more than 25 years says that the presence of such road names remind Ugandans of the torments that they went through during colonialism. One...
View ArticleMeet Sanjiv Patel Uganda's biggest fireworks distributor and importer
The first fireworks in Uganda are said to have been launched during independence as the British were handing over.It is just a couple of days into 2018 and for many people, the celebrations that...
View ArticleFamily of 12-year old boy killed by UPDF Soldier question probe
Najib Ngobi was on 1st January shot dead as chaos erupted at a football match organized by Iganga municipality member of parliament Peter Mugema at Saza grounds.The family of a 12-year-old boy who was...
View ArticleSenior police officer petitions high court seeking justice
A senior police officer who is on remand after being charged for kidnap has gone to the High court’s criminal division to apply for bail after the General Court Martial declined his application.A...
View ArticleKCCA closes nine butcheries for using dangerous chemicals as meat preservatives
The operation uncovered two bottles of a yet to be identified Chemical and was inspired by media reports that some unscrupulous butcheries were using cancer-causing preservative known as formalin.A...
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Syrian war will be over in 1-2 years - Hezbollah Chief
Hezbollah and other Iran-backed groups have backed Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during the conflict which erupted in 2011.The leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said on Wednesday...
View ArticleBukomansimbi leaders oppose police foot patrols, insist they won't have impact
Lwengo LC5 Chairperson George Mutabaazi and other local leaders say that patrol policemen are few and it will be difficult for them to hunt down the thugs and bring an end to violent crime.After 10...
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Zimbabwe court dismisses case against journalist charged with insulting...
Martha O'Donovan was arrested in November last year in a dawn raid on her home in the capital after she allegedly called Mugabe a "selfish and sick man" on Twitter.A U.S. citizen charged with...
View ArticleJudiciary warns against protestors at court premises
The statement by the Judiciary comes after a group of protesters dressed in yellow shirts stormed the High Court’s Civil Division in Kampala on Wednesday protesting the subjecting of the Speaker...
View ArticleLord Mayor Lukwago blamed over KCCA budget cuts as councillors meet President...
The councillor also informed President Museveni of the need to have Uganda Revenue Authority take over tax collection in Kampala and leave KCCA to ensure service delivery. On Wednesday, 228 councillors...
View ArticleGovernment struggling to raise money for civil servants salary increment-...
Late last year, in the wake of strikes by different groups of civil servants, including doctors and prosecutors, the government through the ministry of Public Service pledged to increase the pay of the...
View ArticleAnalysing Uganda's unstable relationship with Rwanda
In a protest note, Rwanda claims that Uganda supports rebels allied to Rwandan dissident former Army chief Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa’s Rwanda National Congress to destabilize Rwanda from the Democratic...
View ArticleFour suspected thieves lynched in Lira town
David Ongom the Spokesperson for North Kyoga confirmed the incident and said that another man who was part of the group is admitted to Lira Regional Referral Hospital Emergency ward.Four men have been...
View Article2017 Attorney General's report recommends prioritisation of agriculture in...
This is contained in the report for 206/2017 which was today handed over to the Speaker of Parliament. The Auditor General has recommended more experienced and qualified extension workers in the...
View ArticleKampala Informal business community warns opposition on k'ogikutteko demos
The sector players who include market vendors, taxi operators, mechanics, furniture dealers, and boda-boda operators among others, say these political demonstrations affect their businesses yet...
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