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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 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 […]

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.

Youths under Youth Advocacy Foundation Uganda YAFU have stormed the ministry of Gender Labor and Social Development demanding for accountability of the money under the youth lively programme. Speaking to the media YAFU Team Leader Akampa Johnson said they have collaborated with other youths in different regions who feel that this money is not fully […]

High Court in Mbale has quashed a resolution by Butaleja District council to sack Benedict Muyagu from his position as the district Vice Chairperson and Secretary for Health and Education. Muyagu was sacked by the district Chairman Joseph Muyono who accused him of incompetence. The resolution for his dismissal was adopted by the district council […]