Museveni: I am the one who ordered for deportation of MTN CEO but I was misled,Museveni’s money fights with MTN Emerge
Money, policy and misinformation are at the centre of the long-running tension between Uganda’s leading telecom operator, MTN, and the government. That much was confirmed at a meeting last week between President Yoweri Museveni and MTN Group CEO Rob Shuter, MTN Group Chairman Phuthuma Nhleko and another...
NRM chairman shot dead on spot by MP’s bodyguard in heated up meeting
Residents of Kiziba Village, Bugaya Sub County in Buvuma District have been left in distress after the village National Resistance Movement party chairman was allegedly shot dead by Woman MP Janepher Egunyu Nantume’s bodyguard. Eyewitnesses said the MP’s bodyguard shot Sadiq Kizito in the neck...
Man Arrested After Eating Free KFC for a Year by Claiming He’s From Headquarters
KFC has responded to fans of the alleged conman on Twitter to say: “It would be legendary if only it were true. Fake is as far as it gets with this story.” Let’s face it: sometimes, crime does pay. Our society has always had a certain fascination with those grifters,...
Rwanda’s FLN/MRCD Rebel Group Speak out on CMI Boss Gen.Abel Kandiho’s Alleged Support To Maj.Calixte
The rebel group of Maj Callixite Nsabimana, aka Sankara, who Rwanda claims to have implicated Uganda on subversion against its neighbour to the south-west, has spoken out on the allegations. Maj Sankara, the spokesperson of the National Liberation Forces (FLN), the armed wing of the Rwandan Movement...
Four confirmed dead as neighbour’s wall fence collapses on their house
Four have been confirmed dead and another still missing after a neighbour’s wall fence collapsed on their house in Seguku, off Entebbe road, following the Sunday morning downpour. "A neighbour's hard core fence fell on to my uncle's house killing all the five members... The only person...
Environmental Police Commander Godfrey Taire Idwege Dies
The Commandant of the Environmental Police Protection Unit, Commissioner of Police (CP) Godfrey Taire Idhewge is dead. The cause of death is not yet clear, but Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga says CP Taire died on Friday afternoon at St. Francis Hospital in Nsambya. “The Inspector General of Police...
Independent Mps reject IPOD’s Proposal Restricting Them From Contesting In 2021
Independent Members of Parliament have rejected a proposal calling for independents to resign from political parties 12 months before elections. The IPOD Summit on Monday adopted the proposal which is intended to help political parties to block supporters from running as independent candidates immediately...
Museveni-Kagame in bitter row after Learning about border killings
President Yoweri Museveni and Rwanda President Paul Kagame tete-a-tete as Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as president of South Africa early on Saturday, has been overshadowed by accusations after two men at their border. Analysts had hoped the surprise ‘meeting’ in Pretoria, would signal...
12-year old primary four girl commits suicide in her room
Police is investigating the death of a primary four pupil of Nkumba junior primary school in Nkumba central, Katabi town council in Wakiso district. Her lifeless body was found hanging on a pole in the small room where she had been sleeping on Friday morning. Mark Matovu, a neighbour to the deceased,...
Rwandan soldier shoots dead two people in Ugandan territory as tension renews
Police in Rukiga District in Western Uganda are investigating a case in which two people were on Friday shot dead by a Rwandan soldier on anti-smuggling mission. The Kigezi regional police commander, Mr Richard Ecega identified the deceased as John Batista Kyerengye, a resident of Nkoma cell, Ntabarwe...
