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Museveni says Ugandans must stop living "a harsh life"
January 27, 2020 by URN
President Museveni has said Ugandans should "stop living this harsh life” and start consuming goods that they consider luxurious yet...
Corruption, greed dwarf NRM achievements - Arua residents
January 26, 2020 by URN
Greed, corruption, and abject poverty have dwarfed the infrastructural development achievements of the National Resistance Movement's stronghold on power several...
World leaders agree to back away from interfering in Libya
January 26, 2020 by The Observer Team
Twelve world leaders have agreed to provide no further military support to warring parties in Libya and to sanction those...
Yellow fever outbreak declared in Moyo, Bullisa districts
January 26, 2020 by URN
Government has declared an outbreak of yellow fever in the districts of Moyo in northern Uganda and in western Uganda...
Angolan journalist feels vindicated over 'corrupt' first family
In 1999, Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais wrote an article titled “The Lipstick of Dictatorship” in which he denounced then-President José Eduardo dos Santos as corrupt. For his writing, he was arrested, held in solitary confinement, denied food and charged with defamation. “I was jailed for that, went on trial…
Sheikh who wrongly married man further remanded
Sheikh Mohammed Mutumba, the Kyampisi Masjid Noor mosque Imam in Kayunga who unwittingly married a fellow man, has been further remanded to Ntenjeru prison. Today Friday, Mutumba, 27, appeared in court but the case could not proceed due to the absence of the chief magistrate Juliet Hatanga. Mutumba was arrested earlier this month…
25-year-old woman defrauds job seekers of over Shs 300m
A 25-year-old businesswoman has been remanded to Luzira prison for obtaining money by false pretense from desperate job seekers. Gonhill Nakaweesa a resident of Zana, Makindye Sabagabo in Wakiso district on Thursday appeared before Buganda Road Grade One magistrate Stella Maris Amabilis.Prosecution told court that between November 2019 and December 2019…
10 Chinese cities on lockdown; 830 coronavirus cases confirmed
The Chinese National Health Commission said today Friday that there are 830 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus countrywide, while at least 25 people have died. The Chinese government isolated more cities Friday, an unprecedented move to contain the coronavirus, which has spread to several other countries. In China, at least 10…
Ambassador Malac warns of terrible end to Museveni rule
The outgoing US Ambassador to Uganda, Deborah Malac has warned that ultimately, governments that stay for long in power without a transitional plan often end up badly.Malac, a known straight-talking diplomat, yesterday held her final press briefing at the American Centre as US Ambassador to Uganda after four years of…
Court adjourns Shs 142bn Basajjabalaba case indefinitely
The Constitutional court has adjourned indefinitely passing judgement in the case in which businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba was dragged over his Shs 142 billion compensation.This is the fourth time the panel of five Constitutional court judges led by Kenneth Kakuru has failed to deliver their ruling. The other justices on the panel include…
How 'first daughter' Isabel looted Angola to the bones
Self-made billionaire, she often claimed and often posted inspiration messages of how hard work makes dreams come true. In 2013, soon after she was named a billionaire, she told the Financial Times that her entrepreneurial spirit dated back to age 6, when she started her first business, selling chicken eggs to…
3 Chinese cities on lockdown over deadly virus
China decided Thursday to lock down three cities that are home to more than 18 million people in an unprecedented effort to try to contain a deadly new viral illness that has sickened hundreds and spread to other cities and countries in the Lunar New Year travel rush.Police, SWAT teams…
Kabale youth protest NRM district polls
Ruling party youth leaders in Kabale district are protesting the declaration of Ezra Aryanyijuka as the party’s National Youth Council finance secretary. Aryanyijuka was declared unopposed by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) district registrar Maurice Mugenga Keitaba during polls held on Tuesday at Kabale district council hall. The election is…
Burkina Faso to arm citizens after terrorists kill 36
Burkina Faso's parliament voted Tuesday to provide local volunteers with "light weapons" after a terrorist attack on two villages left 32 civilians dead. No one has claimed responsibility for Monday's attack that the government blames on a "terrorist group."
With inequality rising, does the world really need billionaires?
As world leaders rub shoulders with billionaire executives at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of cities around the world demanding action against growing inequality. The WEF, in the ski resort of Davos-Klosters, has been an annual event for the…
S.Sudanese national arrested at Malaba with fake dollars
A South Sudanese national, Duach Chuol Kaylech Toang has been arrested for possessing materials used to produce counterfeit currency. Duag was arrested by Ugandan officials while crossing the Malaba one-stop border point from Kenya through Uganda to South Sudan by bus.
People Power task Acholi mobiliser to explain Museveni meeting
Opposition pressure movement, People Power has tasked its Acholi sub-region mobiliser, Bosmic Otim to explain himself after pictures emerged of him meeting President Yoweri Museveni. Pictures of Otim, a popular musician in northern Ugandan emerged on social media showing him meeting Museveni. The ruling party, National Resistance Movement is in an overdrive…
Body of Ugandan shot dead in Rwanda repatriated
The body of a Ugandan national, Teojen Ndagijimana recently shot dead last week by Rwandan security operatives has been brought back into the country.Ndagijimana, 25, a resident of Kabingo village, Murora sub-county in Kisoro district was shot dead on Saturday at Kumugu trading centre Musanze district in Rwanda, about three…
Fallen tree blocks Kampala-Jinja road
Traffic flow along the Kampala-Jinja road has been paralysed after a huge tree fell in the middle of the road in Banda. The eucalyptus tree fell on the road at around 12 pm. Motorists were stuck for several hours along the busy road stretching from Kyambogo all the way to…
Inside Gen Museveni, Mbabazi Kisozi meet
Photos of President Museveni and former Prime Minister John Patrick Amama Mbabazi in a private meeting on New Year’s Eve stirred an intense political debate on social media. The meeting happened at the president’s Kisozi ranch in the central district of Gomba. The presidential team that posted the photos on social…
NRM to Kadaga rivals: Back off Kamuli seat
Dr. Betty Naigaga got all the attention and drew the wrath of the ruling NRM politicians in the eastern Kamuli district when she announced last week that she would be seeking in 2021 to wrest the Kamuli district Woman parliamentary seat from Rebecca Kadaga, the incumbent and speaker of parliament. Naigaga’s…
Judge: Why Mbabazi lost 2016 petition
Justice Jotham Tumwesigye has carefully remained out of the media eye since he retired last year at the end of his two year contract at the Supreme court. In the judiciary, Tumwesigye started out on the bottom rung of the ladder as a state attorney. He was later appointed to the…
PLE 2019: 66,000 fail, can’t join secondary
In all, at least 66,152 candidates failed flat the 2019 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) and cannot legitimately join any post primary institution, an analysis of last week’s results has found. Last year’s failure rate represents a 9.6 per cent climb in the number of failures compared to 8.6 percent registered the…
Boda boda rider arrested over UPDF dog tag chain
A boda boda rider Paul Mugerwa has been arrested and detained at Kawempe police station over alleged illegal possession of a Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) chain commonly known as dog tag. Mugerwa, a resident of Kiganda Zone in Kawempe Division, Kampala was arrested by police officers deployed at Paniafrica Company…
Capital Shoppers, Tuskys' bakeries closed over poor hygiene
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has closed several bakeries belonging to top supermarkets around Kampala for failure to adhere to basic health standards.The bakeries include that of Capital Shoppers in Ntinda and Nakawa branches, Tuskys supermarket Ntinda and Nansana branches, and Mega Standard on Burton street. Others are S&S supermarket…
Malawi is home to Africa's first drone academy
Malawi this month opened the first African Drone and Data Academy, with support from the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef). The academy aims to improve drone technology skills across Africa, beginning with Malawi and neighboring countries. Karen Asaba developed an interest in drones at Uganda Flying Labs, a Kampala-based drone mapping…
FAO warns of looming locust invasion in Uganda, South Sudan
The desert locust swarms that have invaded Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia could spill over into more countries in East Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned. The UN agency stressed that the region's unusual climate conditions have favoured the rapid reproduction of the locust swarms and…
Museveni’s beef welcome in post-Brexit Britain - PM Boris
The UK-Africa Investment Summit opened today in London, UK where a number of trade agreements worth and commitments in turbo-charge infrastructure financing and clean energy development were signed. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said as the UK leaves the European Union (EU), it is setting its sight on Africa, where it intends to…
Benin museum celebrates return of precious artifacts from France
More than two years after France promised to return colonial-era treasures to their African homes, Benin — ostensibly the first recipient of the groundbreaking policy — still awaits them. But on Friday, a small museum outside Cotonou celebrated the return of antique royal scepters gifted by a group of Paris…
Three trainees die during police training
Two female and one male trainee have died at the ongoing military training at Police Training School (PTS) at Kabalye in Masindi district.4500 Probation Police Constables (PPCs) and 500 Learner Assistant Inspectors of Police (LAIPs) started a one-year police course in September last year.It is alleged that two female trainees…
Self-testing could be a turnaround in fight against HIV scourge
On December 1, Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Aids day, reflecting on the impact the disease has had on the country. Latest figures show that Uganda registers 1,000 new infections and 500 people die of complications related to the virus every week, writes BAKER BATTE…
Police blocks FDC anniversary celebrations in Mbale
Police in Mbale, eastern Uganda has blocked Forum for the Democratic Change's (FDC) belated 15th-anniversary celebrations at Mpumude playground. FDC marked 15 years on December 6, 2019, with national celebrations at Mandela National Stadium-Namboole. Party members in Mbale had planned to hold regional belated celebrations of the party's anniversary but police blocked…
Museveni, Kagame to meet in London
President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame are expected to meet in London on the sidelines of the UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020 which starts today.If it goes ahead, this will be the first meeting for the presidents since last August when they met in Luanda, Angola and signed…
Kawempe Imam arrested over defiling 15-year-old girl
Residents of Kawempe, a Kampala suburb have arrested and handed over to police the Imam of Bilali Mosque in Bwaise for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl.Sheik Muhammad Abdullah Kefeero, 40, a resident of Nabukalu zone in Kawempe division, was arrested by the residents and taken to Kawempe police station after…
Cameroon teachers seek reinstatement of corporal punishment
Cameroon teachers are protesting what they say is growing violence against them by both students and their parents, and the teachers are urging the government to protect them and reinstate corporal punishment. The teachers say the absence of corporal punishment is encouraging abuse of teachers. This week, several attacks on teaching…
Malawi judges offered election petition bribes - chief justice
LILONGWE, MALAWI - Tens of thousands of Malawians took part in protests on Thursday at alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election last year of President Peter Mutharika. People took to the streets after the country's chief justice charged that the five judges presiding over the…
Uneb records improved PLE performance in 2019
The Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) registered improved performance in last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) according to results released on Friday at Kampala Parents School. Although the number of candidates who passed in division one in 2019 reduced by 1.7 per cent compared to 2018, overall performance especially in the…
PLE: Uneb withholds results of 1,512 candidates
The Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has withheld results of over 1500 candidates who sat for last year's Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) pending completion of investigations over possible exam malpractice. Today, Friday Uneb released the 2019 PLE results of 695,804 candidates from 13,475 centers. Of these, 473,893 (68.2 per cent) were Universal…
AG seeks Shs 24bn 'facilitation' for $10bn DRC plunder case
The attorney general William Byaruhanga is seeking Shs 24bn to facilitate negotiations between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the settlement of a $10 billion plunder case. In 2005, the United Nation's International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Uganda violated the sovereignty of the DRC and is responsible…
BBS TV journalist arrested over Bobi Wine recounts ordeal
On January 6, Kyadondo East MP and People Power pressure group leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine was set to launch his week-long consultative meetings after declaring his intentions to challenge President Museveni in next year's general elections. The launch was scheduled to take place at Gayaza Our Lady of Good Counsel…