India donates brand new buses, trucks and motorcycles to UPDF
The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon Adolf Mwesige has lauded the government of India for its continued support to the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces The minister was receiving an assortment of vehicles and motorcycles donated to the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) by the government of India which included 10 Tata Buses, 10 […]
Continue ReadingOver 50 arrested for flouting COVID 19 guidelines
Police have arrested a number of people in a joint operation to enforce Ministry of Health guidelines in Ntinda, Kiwatule and Kabalagala. One of the operations saw seven residents who had converged in one apartment merry making. The arrest follows complaints from other residents in Balintuma village over loud music disrupting their peace. Kampala metropolitan police […]
Continue ReadingDodoviko denies demolishing Ndeeba church
Businessman Dodoviko Mwanjje, alleged to have been behind the demolition of St. Peter’s Church -Ndeeba in Kampala has been charged before Makindye chief magistrates court with conspiracy to commit an offence. Dodoviko commonly known as Dodo has appeared in the dock alongside Ivan Katongole, a KCCA urban planner who is alleged to have sanctioned the […]
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Speeding truck kills child, injures six people
Six people have been hospitalised with life-threatening injuries in an accident that left a 7-year-old child dead. The accident occurred when a speeding truck rammed into two houses on Mbale-Tirinyi highway on Sunday. The accident, according to police, occurred at about 11.00pm at Gadumire, 10 kilometres from Mbale Town. The victims are hospitalised at Budaka […]
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Cheptegei goes into self-isolation after returning
Joshua Cheptegei who on Friday shattered the much-vaunted 16-year-old 5,000m world record at the Monaco Diamond League, has returned. He returned through Malaba border at around midday on Sunday escorted by the officials from Uganda’s High Commission in Kenya and was officially received by Ugandan government officials led by the Tororo Deputy Resident District Commissioner, […]
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17 coordinators of Gen Tumukunde’s platform arrested
Security forces have arrested 17 coordinators of Renew Uganda, a political platform headed by Gen Henry Tumukunde, a presidential hopeful. They were arrested during a meeting in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman, Mr Patrick Onyango said the detained coordinators were violating guidelines that were announced by the government to control the spread […]
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How Bobi boxed DP MPs into National Unity Platform
They are the archetypal political journeymen, always on the move once the political season kicks in. In 2011, when some of them cut their political teeth, they were part of Ssuubi 2011, an informal grouping of pro-kingdom Baganda politicians who supported Dr Kizza Besigye’s bid for the presidency despite professing to belong to the Democratic […]
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