Thousands turn up for voter register update on last day of verification
Electoral Commission officials are overwhelmed as several people rush to beat the deadline for an update of the national voters’ register. The exercise extended for a second amid time allow turn out is expected to end today, May 4th. Those whose names do not appear on the national voters register will not vote in the […]
Kinkizi Bishop asks Museveni and Mbabazi to reconcile
The Bishop of the Kinkizi Diocese the Rt. Rev Dan Zoreka has called for a reconciliation between President Yoweri Museveni and the Former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi saying it would help the future of the country. The Bishop made these remarks during the on going preparations for the weeklong celebrations to mark 100 years of […]
The army responds to new report; Congo’s Conflict Gold Rush
The Army spokesperson, Lt. Col Paddy Ankunda has responded to a new report implicating Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officials in illicit gold trade in the DR Congo saying that the army takes these allegations seriously. Ankunda promises cooperation in investigating further allegations of UPDF officers’ involvement in this trade. He also urges leaders of […]
Museveni to address UN General Assembly
President Yoweri Museveni will today deliver a key note address to the United Nations High Level Thematic Debate on Strengthening Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and sub-regional organizations. This will focus on areas of maintaining Peace, security, Human Rights and Development. The President who arrived in New York on a five day working […]
Amuru Women Vow to Keep Stripping to protect their Land
A group of women in Apaa in Amuru district, who stripped naked before government ministers and officials, have vowed to fight to the end to protect the land on which they live. The women confronted the officials, over a contested 40-square kilometers of land that was to be demarcated to show the boundary between Amuru […]
Busia Introduces Uniforms for Bodas
Authorities in the border town of Busia have introduced uniforms for bicycle bodaboda riders in a move to curb the increasing number of crimes committed using this mode of transport. The new uniforms also have numbers written on them for easy identification of each rider.
Police dismisses reports of bad relationship between Kayihura and Akullo
The police has dismissed reports of an alleged strained relationship between the Inspector General of Police, Kale Kayihura, and the Director of the CIID, AIGP Grace Akullo. There have been reports in the media suggesting that there is a serious misunderstanding between General Kale Kaihura and Grace Akullo over police’s handling of several investigations. Police […]
Opposition activists launch campaign against recent constitutional reforms
Opposition activists have embarked on a fresh campaign called “Citizens’ Reforms Now”, aimed at rallying Members of Parliament and citizens of Uganda to reject government’s recent constitutional amendments. Speaking to the press at the For God and My Country (4GC) pressure group offices at Katonga Road in Kampala, the activists described the amendments as shallow […]
Teenage girl’s body found at Kampala golf course
Police has discovered the body of a teenage old girl lying at the Kampala Golf Course. The police suspect the girl was murdered elsewhere before her body was dumped at the golf course. The Primary Five pupil was a vendor of bananas on Kampala’s streets at the time of her death.