Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 12:00 EAT on Saturday 4th June 2022. There was a stampede at the Uganda Martyrs Catholic shrine in Namugongo during the Martyr’s day celebrations on Friday afternoon as thousands of pilgrims fought to have at least a drop of water from the famous Martyrs’ lake. All hell broke loose…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1003 EAT on Thursday 2nd June 2022. Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has ordered the immediate closure of the Supreme court building in Kololo until further notice. In a memo dated May 31, 2022, Dollo says that following the fire that gutted part of his chambers earlier in April, there have been water…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0949 EAT on Thursday 2nd June 2022. The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has denied media reports accusing the army of killing over 400 people in Moroto district during aerial bombings.  Early last week, local media quoted Emmanuel Chero, chairperson of Karamoja Youth Agenda Vision 2040 alleging that UPDF…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1122 EAT on Tuesday 31st May 2022. Budaka district councillors have refused to approve the FY 2022/23 Shs 30 billion budget, citing several anomalies which they claim they cannot proceed to approve.  The budget which the council was meant to approve has the health sector taking Shs 4.8 billion,…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1105 EAT on Tuesday 31st May 2022. Jovita Tukahiirwa, one of the 44 pilgrims trekking a 395km journey from Ntungamo district, western Uganda has been knocked dead by a speeding car in Lyantonde along the Mbarara-Kampala highway. Tukahiirwa, 54, was killed by a speeding Toyota Harrier registration number, UBH…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1347 EAT on Tuesday 31st May 2022. Jailed city lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked the Constitutional court to order Uganda Prisons Services to produce Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West counterpart Allan Ssewanyana for the hearing of the case seeking to quash criminal charges instituted against…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1126 EAT on Monday 30th May 2022. The medical fraternity is mourning the death Dr Emmeline Bagonza, a specialist in primary care, preventive medicine, and community medicine. Bagonza died in a road crash on Friday evening. At the time of her death, the renowned physician was attached to International…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1029 EAT on Monday 30th May 2022. The Indian government is holding two female Ugandan nationals for alleged possession of 1.85 kilograms of cocaine. According to a tweet from the customs department in New Delhi, the suspects were picked up shortly after arrival on May 26, 2022, aboard Ethiopian…