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Rakai school fire: students sent home, six arrested
November 13, 2018 by URN
Students of St Benard's Mannya secondary school in Rakai district have been instructed to return home following an inferno that...
Nine students perish in Rakai school inferno
November 12, 2018 by URN
Nine students of St Bernard's Mannya secondary school in Rakai district lost their lives when a fire gutted their dormitory in...
Mother stabs attendant to death at Soroti hospital
November 12, 2018 by URN
A 20-year-old mother has stabbed her attendant to death. The two had reportedly disagreed on a ploy to escape from...
Museveni asks opposition to fight electoral violence
November 12, 2018 by URN
President Yoweri Museveni has asked opposition parties in the country to support him fight electoral violence. Museveni made the remarks on...
Uganda's first oil production now pushed to 2021
The delay by international oil companies to make a final investment decision has forced government to shift production timelines to 2021 from 2020. Energy and Minerals Development minister Irene Muloni admitted that now it will not be impossible have oil out of the ground by end of 2020 as earlier predicted…
Kabale court dismisses 4GC case against Besigye, Lukwago
The Kabale Chief Magistrate's court has dismissed a case in which former For God and My Country (4GC) opposition pressure group activists were accused of inciting violence. The activists include Dr Kizza Besigye, the former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate, Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, Ingrid Turinawe, Roland Kaginda…
Makerere could scrap schools, deans
Makerere University is considering a proposal to eliminate the school structure from colleges and elevate the status of school deans to a supervisory role at college level.
Nyanzi rejects bail, sent back to Luzira
Makerere University research fellow Dr Stella Nyanzi has asked to be sent back to Luzira after turning down an opportunity to apply for bail. Nyanzi who pleaded not guilty to charges of cyber harassment and offensive communication, said she wasn't interested in applying for bail but instead wants to be…
Two arrested for threatening IGG
Police is holding two suspects, both staff of what it calls a ghost organisation, Poor Youth Research Uganda on allegations of threatening to harm the Inspector General of Governments (IGG) Irene Mulyangonja. Ben Sebuguzi, the secretary general of the organisation and Lillian Mukiibi were arrested on Wednesday from Kampala road and taken to…
Museveni gives Kampala NRM youth Shs 2.5bn
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged Shs 2.5 billion to the NRM youth in Kampala. The pledge was made by State House comptroller, Lucy Nakyobe who met Kampala NRM youth at Biyem hotel in Mengo on Wednesday.
Refugees in Arua riot over food, disarm police guard
Refugees in Omugo reception centre in Arua district have staged a strike to protest against the little food given to them. The refugees rampaged on Wednesday evening and disarmed a special police constable deployed at the centre.
Drama, obscenities as Nyanzi is charged in court
There was drama in Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate court this afternoon when Makerere University research fellow Dr Stella Nyanzi appeared for the formal charges to be read for her. The Buganda Road Grade One magistrate, Ester Nahilya read out charges of offensive communication and cyber harassment against Nyanzi.
16-year-old commits suicide over arrested boyfriend
A 16-year-old student was this morning found hanging dead in her father's bedroom in Wakiso district.Preliminary findings indicate that the S.3 student of Kawempe Republic secondary school committed suicide after her father Mugisha Kiraka dragged her together with her boyfriend to Nsangi police station after finding them having sex in…
Police opens probe into misuse of Akii- Bua stadium funds
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has started investigations into the reported misuse of funds meant for the construction of Akii- Bua memorial stadium.A team of senior police detectives from the CID headquarters are in Lira district to investigate the alleged misuse of funds. Grace Akullo, the CID director said the…
Six pupils miss PLE after failing to hire boat to island
The high cost of transport has dashed the hopes of at least six pupils who'd registered to sit for Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) at St Mark primary school in Bussi island. Bussi island is only about 10 kilometres from Entebbe town and at Bussi, Entebbe international airport remains within sight, and the…
Gay sex: Kisubi faces court for sacking student
Six months after a senior one student at St Mary’s College Kisubi (SMACK) was dismissed on allegations of homosexuality, his parents have said they dragging the school to court. Through Senkeezi-Ssali Advocates and Legal Consultants, the parents are challenging the “illegal dismissal” of their child. On June 20, SMACK expelled…
Pregnant women left out of HIV drug trials
Pregnant, breastfeeding mothers and HIV-positive women will not participate in the large-scale clinical trials on a long-lasting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) slated to start this week by the Uganda Virus Research Institute - International Aids Vaccine Initiative (UVRI-IAVI). The injection of cabotegravir (CAB), a drug designed as an option to the…
Use of science and technology enhances URA’s double-pronged tax administration
In Uganda, tax administration encourages voluntary compliance, a key characteristic of which is self-assessment. It is the ideal scenario. However, often it does not happen or it is partial, leading to loss of revenue and the attendant effect on service delivery.
Nyanzi fails to raise legal fees, appeals for help
Embattled Makerere Institute for Social Research (MISR) research fellow, Dr Stella Nyanzi is unable to raise her legal fees and is now appealing for financial help from the public. Nyanzi was arrested on November 2 on charges related to abusing President Yoweri Museveni and his late mother Esteri Kokundeka. Nyanzi has…
Kitatta denied bail again
The General Court Martial has for the second time in a row, denied bail to Abdallah Kitatta, the patron of the infamous Boda Boda 2010 outfit. Charged with being in illegal possession of warfare materials, a monopoly of the armed forces, Kitatta applied for bail on grounds that his health…
80 students, principal kidnapped in Cameroon
Gunmen in Cameroon have kidnapped 80 students and their principal from a Presbyterian school in the country's restive northwestern region. A video of the kidnapped children was released on social media in which the kidnappers identify themselves as "Amba boys," a reference to the English-speaking region of Ambazonia where armed separatists…
Police fires all Flying Squad operatives
Police has terminated the services of all Flying Squad operatives across the country. The more than 80 operatives, working as special police constables have had their contracts terminated with immediate effect. The decision by the police top management was communicated through an internal memo pinned at the Flying Squad headquarters at Central…
One shot dead in Kabarole land wrangle
Police shot dead one person and also injured another in Kabarole district for resisting arrest over a land wrangle. The deceased is Richard Atugonza while the injured is his brother Abdul Tugume, both residents of Kitarasa village in Karago town.
Two held over explosion inside church
Police are holding two people in connection to an explosion inside Kyamugamba Catholic church in Waragaza trading centre in Kikuube district. The suspects are John Byaruhanga and Derrick Atulinda, both residents of Rwebiseke village in Butoole parish, Kyangwali sub-county.
Piglets dropped at Bank of Uganda premises
Unknown person(s) today dropped piglets at the Bank of Uganda premises. The piglets were reportedly dropped by an unidentified man at the main gate of the Central Bank around 10am. They were draped in placards with the pictures of the Central Bank governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile and Juma Kisaame, the outgoing managing director…
Bududa: students appeal for financial help
Students in Bududa district who lost their parents and guardians and got displaced by the mudslides have appealed for financial assistance because their education now hangs in balance. At least 71 students of Bulucheke secondary school lost a guardian/parent or got displaced in the October 11 mudslide that killed an estimated 60…
Tanzanian govt distances itself from homosexuals crackdown
Nearly a week after a local administrator called for a crackdown on gay people living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s biggest city, the government is distancing itself from his remarks. Paul Makonda, a regional commissioner in Dar es Salaam, asked the public to send him the names of anyone suspected of…
URA registers Shs 48bn mobile money tax shortfall
Taxation body, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has, in the first quarter of the 2018/19 financial year, collected Shs 103 billion from mobile money tax. The figure is Shs 48 billion short of the targeted Shs 151.5 billion. This tax, alongside the over-the-top (OTT) services tax that seeks to regulate social media…
Ugandan emerges second in world birding competition
Ashely Brian, a Ugandan national and secretary Uganda Bird Guides Club emerged second in the Inter-Continental Birding competition held in Singapore last week. The competition, which attracted participants from 78 countries, was aimed at testing birders on different bird species across the globe saw Costa Rica emerge top while Papua New Guinea…
Shs 665m Akii-bua stadium money well spent - ministry
The ministry of Education and Sports has clarified on the money disbursed for the construction of Akii-Bua Olympic stadium that has got social media users on the African continent talking. There were claims that more than Shs 600 million disbursed for the construction of the stadium had been mismanaged. Early this…
Kayihura to sue New Vision over Kaweesi murder stories
Former inspector general of police (IGP) Gen Kale Kayihura has threatened legal action against government-owned New Vision newspaper and its sister publication, Bukedde for alleged defamation. Through his lawyers Kampala Associated Advocates, Kayihura wrote to the editor-in-chief of the New Vision Printing and Publishing Corporation on November 1, notifying the publication…
Uganda to deploy Ebola vaccine to health workers on DRC border
Uganda will begin administering the experimental Ebola vaccine to approximately 2,000 health care and front-line workers along its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo next week Monday, ministry of Health said. Uganda has no confirmed cases of Ebola, but as the threat worsens in the DRC, the preventive measure is…
Nkumba students boycott lectures over beauty pageant
Students of Nkumba University boycotted lectures over the failure by the university administration to facilitate the Mr and Miss Nkumba University beauty pageant that was scheduled to have its grand finale today Friday, November 2.
Stella Nyanzi arrested for attacking Museveni on Facebook
Makerere University social researcher and political activist Dr Stella Nyanzi has been arrested from Wandegeya police station as she sought police protection for her protest march against Makerere Institute for Social Research (MISR) for failing to reinstate her back in office. Nyanzi was suspended indefinitely from Makerere on March 31, 2017 by…
Homosexuals in Tanzania go into hiding as govt launches crackdown
Gay and transgender people in Tanzania have gone into hiding fearing for their lives after a senior government official called on the public to report suspected homosexuals so that they could be arrested beginning Monday. Paul Makonda, regional commissioner for Tanzania's main city of Dar es Salaam, announced the crackdown Monday…
Italy launches 'Land for Children' offer to fight declining birthrate
The Italian government has decided it needs to offer incentives to combat the country’s declining birthrate and proposed a new plan it is calling “Land-for-Children.” The Agriculture minister says providing free farmland for families who have a third child could create new business ventures for Italian families. Italy now has the…
