Artiste Phillip Luswata stages one-man demonstration against National Theatre...
The proposed sale of the theatre's land to a developer to construct a mega-building that will bring in revenue has caused unease among many artistes and musicians.The proposed development of the land...
View ArticleMPs put UBC managers to task for not remitting workers' NSSF contributions
Senior officials at the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) have failed to provide reasons for their failure to remit over Shs7 billion of workers’ monthly pension savingsSenior officials at the...
View ArticlePrime minister Rugunda says government is investigating Kibuule assault incident
Kibuule allegedly assaulted a female security guard Hellen Obuku at the Stanbic Bank branch in Mukono last week. Liveblog:
View ArticleFamily sues hospital for holding patient over unpaid bills
Patrick Obiga was billed Shs38 million for medical care but his family only managed to pay Shs20 million in installments.The family of a 30 year old man involved in an accident have sued International...
View ArticleReport reveals that majority of Uganda's youths are comfortable with corruption
Uganda is the most youthful country in East Africa where 80% of the population is below the age of 35 yearsA new survey reveals that 56% of Uganda's youth do not care how one makes money as long as...
View ArticleCommunal clashes in Kween lead to displacement of residents
The district’s Resident District Commissioner, Joseph Okwakol says many locals left from their homes over fear of police arrest. Residents of Moyok Subcounty in Kween district and Chema subcouny in...
View ArticleSouth Sudanese national treks to Kampala to seek justice
Majani Majay alleges that police officers on a night patrol in Lira arrested him, took his property and 140,000 shillings.A South Sudanese national who accuses the police in Lira district of...
View ArticleEnding ritual child murder: How victims' families and survivors cope
About 1100 people from across the country were reported missing from 2013-2014 and more than 70% of these were children.In 2013 and 2014, cases of child mutilation and sacrifice increased seemed to be...
View ArticlePolice and KCCA officials close Kamwokya school for conducting banned holiday...
The KCCA officials, who were accompanied by police officers, found more than 300 pupils attending the holiday classes, which were banned by the ministry of education.Kampala Capital City Authority KCCA...
View ArticlePAC queries Mulago hospital officials on failure to collect over Shs 2B owed...
Queries on the money, totalling over two billion shillings, were raised in the Auditor General’s report for 2013/2014. The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has tasked the management of Mulago...
View ArticleEnding ritual child murder: The role of Buyikwe's traditional healers in...
Ritual murders became so rampant in Buyikwe in 2013 that foreign media called the district the capital of ritual murder, which further demonised the district district that was struggling to shed the...
View ArticleUnregulated construction of fuel stations poses potential danger for Kampala...
Peter Kaujju, the Kampala Capital City Authority spokesperson told NTV that the authority has stopped issuing fuel station licenses in Kampala.Millions of people living and working in Kampala could be...
View ArticleHigh Court grants bail to former Kampala CPS boss Aaron Baguma
The High court in Kampala has granted bail to former Kampala Central Police Station, DPC Aaron Baguma, who is charged with murder of a businesswoman Donah Betty Katusabe. The High court in Kampala has...
View ArticleBeneficiaries of student loans to be bonded to government
Of the 3,239 applicants who applied for the loans from 112 districts, less than half 1,191 students have been approved as beneficiaries.Government will bond students who benefited from the Students’...
View Article7 killed, 58 injured in bus accident along Nimule-Juba highway
Seven people were killed and 58 sustained injuries in an accident involving two buses at Pageri along the Juba- Nimule highway.Seven people were killed and 58 sustained injuries in an accident...
View ArticleEnding ritual murder: How children that survive, and their families, deal...
Many times the deepest scars are those that cannot be seen, those that are caused by the trauma of experiencing, and surviving the a sacrifice attempt. In Buyikwe there are many children that have come...
View ArticleArchbishop Ntagali calls on MPs to oppose moves to legalise abortion
Archbishop Ntagali has advised the legislature to debate other matters which are the concerns of the electorate instead.Archbishop Stanley Ntagali of the Church of Uganda has opposed a proposal by...
View ArticleEnding ritual murder: The struggle for victims' families to get justice
The last part of the series of "Ritual Child Murders, Buyikwe’s break from the past" explores why justice continues to elude victims.Few of the hundreds of cases of ritual murder or child sacrifice...
View ArticlePAC to summon Kayihura to explain halting evictions of people on Butabika...
The hospital’s executive director Dr. David Basangwa informed committee members that Gen. Kayihura stopped the eviction over a year agoThe parliamentary public accounts committee has summoned Inspector...
View ArticleLango cultural leaders push for peace and reconciliation
Lango cultural leaders in northern Uganda are pushing for peace reconciliation among themselves and making efforts to unite two conflicting factionsLango cultural leaders in northern Uganda are pushing...
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