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Baguma back in police after 2 year suspension
January 19, 2019 by URN
The inspector general of police (IGP) Okoth Ochola has redeployed SP Aaron Baguma after more than two years of serving...
Police blocks National Juma Prayers at Kololo
January 18, 2019 by URN
Police have blocked the National Juma special prayers that were scheduled to take place today Friday at Kololo ceremonial grounds...
Kamya, Lukwago bicker over KCCA enforcement
January 18, 2019 by URN
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has no authority to call for the re-deployment of the head of law enforcement, Kituma...
Stella Nyanzi, lawyer fail to show up in court
January 18, 2019 by URN
Dr Stella Nyanzi and her lawyer failed to show up at Buganda Road Magistrate's court where she was expected to...
91% pass Primary Leaving Exams
More than 90 per cent of the candidates who sat for last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) passed to qualify to join post primary institutions. 599,593 (91.4%) candidates scored divisional grades of 1,2,3 or 4 according to the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) executive secretary Dan Odongo.
Court awards Shs 287m to Kenyans charged for 2010 Kampala bombing
The High court in Kenya has awarded Kshs 8 million (about UGX 287 million) to three Kenyans arrested and charged in Uganda over 2010 Kampala bombing. The decision by Justice David Majanja was based on a petition filed on June 9, 2011, while the petitioners who include Mohamed Adan Abdow, Mohamed…
South Sudan urges refugees to return home
South Sudan authorities have revived calls for their nationals in Uganda and neighbouring countries to return home, saying the country is now peaceful. The South Sudanese government says that calm has returned to the country following an end to half a decade conflict that has claimed thousands of lives.
Gen Museveni refuses UN job
Seated under a particular tree at his country home in Rwakitura, President Museveni has made some of the most important decisions in his 33-year rule: hosted diplomats, former presidents, met businessmen and women, and played cards with his grandchildren. But on one hot afternoon in early 2005, at the height of…
NRM MPs get age limit cash
The ruling NRM party leadership has another worry: plugging the leaks within its ranks and finding the lawmakers who blew the whistle recently on a hushed cash distribution operation for MPs who supported the removal of presidential age limits in 2017. Interviewed about the cash handouts, the party’s treasurer Mariam Naigaga…
Kiira Motors ready to take car orders
When unveiled officially on the market, the “beast,” Kiira EVS locally manufactured electric car will cost about $35,000 or Shs 130m, an official at Kiira Motors Corporation, the manufacturer, has said. Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa, the executive chairperson of Kiira Motors Corporation, said when properly engineered, a brand new beast car will…
FDC locked in fight for parliamentary jobs
Before the dust settles in the leadership fight for control of the parliamentary committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE), the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is embroiled in yet another battle for jobs in parliament. The prized jobs are under the Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LOP). FDC, which…
Uganda targets 1m more tourists in 2019
The tourism industry’s growth last year leapfrogged other sectors, helped in part by an increase in the number of tourists and incomes. Riding on that growth, government has announced that it is going to focus more of her energies on attracting an extra one million tourists both locally and internationally.
15 killed in Nairobi hotel attack
The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab is claiming responsibility for Tuesday's terrorist attack on a hotel and office complex in Nairobi, Kenya. Police say at least 15 people were killed and a still undetermined number wounded. The U.S. State Department has confirmed that one American was among the dead, but has not…
Museveni hails Nawangwe on Makerere staff discipline
President Yoweri Museveni has praised vice chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe's strong stand and decisiveness on ensuring discipline at Makerere University. While presiding over the 69th graduation ceremony at the university's Freedom Square, Museveni says it's embarrassing to see a lecturer in court defending himself against accusations of sexual assault against students.
Five dead in Nairobi hotel attack
Attackers set off a bomb and opened fire at a hotel complex in Kenya's capital on Tuesday, leaving at least five people dead. The attack at Nairobi's Dusit D2 hotel began around 3:30p.m (EAT) Tuesday afternoon with a huge explosion outside the property. Gunmen then charged onto the grounds and opened…
Katuntu to continue chairing BOU probe
The Bugweri County MP Abdu Katuntu will continue chairing the central bank probe, sources who attended the closed meeting between the speaker and opposition MPs have said. This was resolved in a closed door meeting involving the speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, Leader of Opposition in Parliament Betty Aol Ocan, deputy…
Explosions, gunfire in Nairobi's Dusit hotel
Explosions and gunfire rocked a hotel in Kenya's capital on Tuesday. There was no immediate word on casualties.
Streets in Zimbabwe capital empty following deadly protests
Life came to a standstill in Zimbabwe's capital Tuesday after protests over a massive hike in fuel prices turned deadly. The streets of Harare were virtually empty, with many businesses, banks and schools closed, following a call for a three-day strike by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions in response to…
I won't protect NRM, gov't thieves - Kadaga
Corrupt government officials should not expect protection from the parliament in the guise of protecting the ruling party and country's image, speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has warned. Instead, Kadaga threatened to name and shame officials involved in corruption in an effort to end the vice that is currently roaming in…
Murder in Mukono: police fails to arrest their own
Four police constables summoned to appear before the Lugazi Grade One magistrate, Aisha Nabukeera for manslaughter failed to show up. Police constables; David Wasswa, Owiny Kibul, Patrick Obor and Benson Odaga, all attached to the Field Force Unit (FFU) are facing trial for death of Dick Wasswa, a resident of Kigaya Golomola in Najja…
8 arrested for extorting money from NRM supporters
Eight coordinators of Voice of the Movement in Luweero district have been arrested on allegations of extorting money from residents to help them access cash donations from President Yoweri Museveni.David Tenywa, Robert Kiwanuka, Joyce Kirabo and Michael Onyango from Kampala and Wobulenzi town council in Luweero district were picked up…
WHO orders for mandatory Ebola screening at Entebbe airport
The World Health Organization (WHO) has ordered for the mandatory Ebola screening of all passengers entering the country through Entebbe international airport. Initially, airport authorities were screening only passengers returning on flights from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). However, according to Simon Ebachu, the head of Ebola screening, WHO has instructed…
SADC urges vote recount in DRC poll
A southern African regional bloc urged officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo Sunday to recount the votes of its recent contested presidential election. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) called for a unity government in a statement issued by Zambian President Edgar Lungu, citing examples of similar deals struck in…
16 perish in Pakwach truck accident
Sixteen fishmongers, mainly women have been killed and scores of others injured in a tragic motor accident in Pakwach district. The fishmongers were killed at Got Malara in Panyimur town on Sunday while traveling aboard a Fuso truck registration number UAV 118F to buy fish at Panyimur market. They included fishmongers…
Dominic Ongwen trial resumes today
The trial of Dominic Ongwen, a former commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), resumes today Monday at the Hague after a two-month break.Defense lawyers will be calling the next set of witnesses they hope will help convince the Trial Chamber IX that Ongwen, 44, is not guilty of the…
MPs withdraw Bagyenda's BOU vehicle, security
Members of parliament directed Bank of Uganda (BOU) to withdraw the vehicle and security they have been providing to their former executive director bank supervision, Justine Bagyenda.For some months now, Bagyenda who retired in July 2018, has been appearing before the parliamentary committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises…
Jilted lover admits killing two female varsity students
A Congolese national has confessed to the murder of two university students whose bodies were found rotting in a rented room in Kakeeka division, Rubaga division earlu this week.The suspect identified as Justine Malimali Ndihoma Sisco Mashal is believed to have been an ex-boyfriend to one of the victims. He…
Lokodo suspends Ssempa from pornography control committee
Pastor Martin Ssempa has been suspended from the pornography control committee (PCC). Ethics and Integrity minister, Fr. Simon Lokodo announced the suspension in a letter dated December 18, 2018. "I in the meantime, I wish to inform you that your stay on the membership of PCC stands withdrawn," the letter reads.
Kadaga, FDC to meet over Cosase impasse
Parliamentary leaders have decided to put their egos aside and engage in dialogue so as to resolve the ongoing leadership impasse of the committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase). The Cosase standoff started after a suggestion by the speaker that the current committee, headed by Bugweri County…
Suitcase full of $150,000 stolen at Mugabe's residence
Three people have appeared in court facing charges of stealing $150,000 (about Shs 556m) from former president Robert Mugabe’s homestead in Zvimba communal lands, Mashonaland West. The suspects, who include one of his relatives Constancia Mugabe (50), allegedly stole a briefcase with the cash between December 1, 2018 and January 5…
State prosecutors sue govt over salary increment
The Uganda Association of Public Prosecutors has dragged government to court for failing to increase the salaries of state prosecutors. In an application filed at the High court in Kampala by lawyer Emma Muwonge of Katende, Ssempebwa and Co. Advocates, the association wants court to compel the government, the…
Gov't agencies, authorities merger a hoax - civil society
Government's announced plans to rationalize and merge agencies, commissions and authorities as a way of reducing wasteful expenditures and cost saving is a hoax, civil society organisations have said. Last year, on September 10 government announced the phased merger of the authorities and agencies, sending panic among civil servants. However, civil…
Water scarcity threatens cholera response at Naguru hospital
A looming water shortage threatens cholera response activities at Naguru hospital. Administrators at the health facility have said that they do not have enough water to run the facility beyond the next 12 hours following a crisis that has hit parts of Kampala, over the last two days. Some of…
CCTV footage pins Bagyenda on BOU document heist
MPs probing into the irregular closure and sale of seven commercial banks have asked for the unedited CCTV footage showing Justine Bagyenda and her aides taking out documents from the central bank premises. Bagyenda, the former central bank executive director in charge of supervision, was caught on CCTV camera, sneaking out documents…
Bobi Wine named among 100 global thinkers
The United States Foreign Policy magazine has named Kyadondo East member of parliament, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine among the top 100 foreign policy global thinkers of 2018. Bobi Wine features alongside leaders such as the International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde and New Zealand's 38-year-old Prime Minister Jacinda…
BOU spent Shs 930m on external lawyers in Crane bank sale
The once powerful Bank of Uganda senior official, Justine Bagyenda has yet again been hung out to dry by former workers of the central bank. The former central bank executive director in charge of supervision, Bagyenda who has consistently featured as a key figure in the sale and closure of seven…
Opposition's Tshisekedi declared winner in DRC election
After several days of intense speculation on the outcome of the DRC’s presidential elections, the country’s election board, CENI, proclaimed opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi the winner. The result could lead to the country’s first democratic transfer of power since independence from Belgium in 1960. The announcement came as riot police were…
Bagyenda admits to ferrying documents out of BOU
The former Bank of Uganda (BoU) executive director in-charge supervision, Justine Bagyenda, has admitted that documents were ferried out of the central bank's premises by her aides. Appearing before the parliamentary committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) on Wednesday, Bagyenda was tasked to explain what was contained in…
Police orders private firms to halt deployment of lone guard
Uganda police has directed private security firms to stop deploying one armed guard at duty stations. In his December 31, 2018 letter, Asuman Mugyenyi, police director of operations directed the private firms to deploy at least two guards at each duty station.Mugyenyi warns private security firms against defying the directive.
I had a miscarriage while in prison - Stella Nyanzi
Makerere University research fellow, Dr Stella Nyanzi has asked for an adjournment of the hearing of her case in which she sued Makerere University for failing to reinstate her. High court judge, Lydia Mugambe was scheduled to start hearing the application filed by Dr Nyanzi through her lawyer Isaac Semakadde in…
