By Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin Updated at 1335 EAt on Friday 04th May 2023 KAMPALA- Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement -NRM party on Thursday eulogized Col (rtd) Charles Patrick Okello Engola. The State minister for Labour was on Tuesday shot and killed by his bodyguard an act that caused panic in government and private high-profile circles….
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Hudu Hussein moves to Masaka as new RCC
By Antonio Kalyango Masaka finally has a new Resident City Commissioner (RCC) after two months without a substantively appointed person in the office. Hudu Hussein, the former RCC for Kampala has assumed his office, moving from Lwengo District where he has served in the same capacity since November 2022. “Yes, it’s true that Hudu has…
Uganda Police wait on DPP on whom to charge next
By Priscilla Maloba Police have said they are waiting for orders from the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) on whom to charge next over theft of Karamoja iron sheets.So far four suspects have been charged for diverting iron sheets meant for the people of Karamoja. These include State Minister for Karamoja Affairs, Ms Agnes Nandutu,…
Uganda Gov’t releases Shs26 billion road funds to districts, cities
Government has released Shs26.1 billion for road maintenance works in districts, cities and municipalities for the fourth quarter of the 2022/23 financial year. A circular issued by the Uganda Road Fund, dated April 17, 2023 indicates that Shs16.4 billion has been sent to 135 districts, town councils and their sub counties, Shs3.3 billion goes to…
Ugandans in Karamoja turn to leaves, nuts as hunger strikes harder
By TOBBIAS JOLLY The acute hunger and malnutrition that hit Karamoja Sub-region recently has forced locals to resort to eating leaves and nuts harvested from wild trees.During a visit by journalists to several villages in Rengen and Longaroe sub-counties in Kotido, where hundreds of people succumbed to hunger last year, women and children could be…
Uganda Teachers Mark National Career Guidance Day
By Viola Nabbale – updated at 1133 EAT on Thursday 23rd March 2023 Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports on Monday marked the annual National Career Guidance Day at Kololo Independence Ground. The day was lobbied by Incredible Youth International, headed by James Brian Ntwatwa in a meeting he held with the First Lady and…
Robbery: Japanese national testifies against Sipapa.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe 0937 EAT on Tuesday 21st March 2023. A Japanese national Waada Atsushi has testified against aggravated robbery suspect Charles Olimu alias Sipapa. In addition to the charges of robbery of up to Shs 1.6 billion and jewellery from a South Sudanese official, for which he was committed to the High…
6 Ugandan gay porn actors arrested in Jinja.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0938 EAT on Sunday 19th March 2023. Police in Kiira region have arrested six youths seen featuring in a viral homosexual video. In the video, the youths are seen practising sordid acts before cameras as others chant in the background. The video has been widely shared on WhatsApp platforms…
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