Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1009 EAT on Thursday 7 2022. Dickens Nuwamanya, a soldier from the elite Special Forces Command (SFC) allegedly took his own life after shooting dead his girlfriend Patience Kamarembo. Nuwamanya, 27, worked with the Special Forces Command 5th Brigade in Ruhegyere, Kiruhura district in western Uganda.The shooting took place…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0948 EAT on Thursday 7 2022. Umeme office in Sironko. File photo After losing a labour dispute before the Industrial court, former workers of Umeme now accuse their union bosses of conniving with their employer to deny them gratuity amounting to Shs 38bn. They, however, did not back up…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0955 EAT on Wednesday 6 2022. In 2021, Uganda launched the nation’s first local Covid-19 vaccine developing effort aimed largely at stepping-up the inoculation of as many Ugandans as possible. Covid-19 infections and deaths remain low in Uganda while vaccination efforts are moving slowly that widespread immunity is unlikely…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0924 EAT on Wednesday 6 2022. Many Ugandans missed the April 4 deadline to acquire e-passports. That means their old passports are effectively invalid travel documents.Godfrey Kambere, the commissioner of Immigration Control at the ministry of Internal Affairs, has warned that Ugandans who have not yet upgraded to the…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1304 EAT on Monday 4th 2022. The acting Bukwo district engineer, George Festo Limo and road inspector, Isaack Mangusho have been arrested over the alleged theft of Shs 200 million under the Road Fund. Police picked up the duo from Bukwo district headquarters where they had barricaded themselves on…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1243 EAT on Monday 4th 2022. Fire yesterday Sunday gutted the agrichemicals and equipment central store of ministry of Agriculture, Animals Industries and Fisheries along Buganda road in Wandegeya in Kampala.  The store shares the same compound with the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council and Uganda Veterinary Board offices. Eyewitnesses say the fire spread…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1230 EAT on Monday 4th 2022. Students of Koboko Public School were sent home Three secondary schools in Koboko municipality have been closed indefinitely following 12-hour-long clashes among students.Koboko Public secondary school, Koboko Parents secondary school and Nyangilia secondary school were closed following a meeting involving Koboko district LC V…

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 37th day, we take a look at the main developments. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1159 EAT on Friday 1 April 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that Russia is consolidating and preparing “powerful strikes” in the country’s south, including the besieged port city of Mariupol. NATO also…