Author: Andama Hamid

Three New Ebola Cases Confirmed in Uganda

The Ministry of Health has confirmed three new cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to five. According to the Director General Health Services, Dr. Charles Olaro, the new cases include two Ugandans and a Congolese national. “A Ugandan driver who transported the country’s first […]

U.S Sanctions Tanzanian Police Boss Over Torturing Activists Agatha Atuhaire & Kenya’s Boniface Mwangi

The U.S. Department of State has sanctioned the Tanzanian Police Force (TPF) Senior Assistant Commissioner, Faustine Jackson Mafwele over gross violations of human rights including torturing, and sexually assaulting human rights activist Agather Atuhaire and Kenyan Boniface Mwangi, last year. The two renowned activists, had travelled to Tanzania to observe the trial of opposition leader […]

Four More Remanded Over Bank Of Uganda Laptop Robbery

The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court, has charged and remanded four more suspects over the robbery of seven laptops from the Bank of Uganda (BoU), headquarters along Kampala Road on May 3rd this year. Buganda Road Chief Magistrate Ritah Neumbe Kidasa, on Wednesday charged the four suspects with the theft of seven laptops from the […]

28 Arrested As Police Burst Online Sex Ring

The kira Division Police in Wakiso District has in custody 28 suspects over alleged human trafficking and promoting pornography. The Kampala Metropolitan Police PRO SP Racheal Kawala, revealed that the group was arrested following an intelligence-led operation in Mbalwa Buyinja Zone, Kyaliwajala, Namugugongo Division in Kira Municipality. Kawala said preliminary investigations suggest the young women […]

Police Recovers All Stolen Bank of Uganda Laptops

The Uganda Police has revealed that all six laptops that were recently stolen from the Bank of Uganda head offices along Kampala Road in Kampala City on 3rd May. According to the Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy PRO Luke Owoyesigyire, following the earlier arrest of two suspects and the recovery of two of the stolen laptops, […]

We Are Investigating Several Petitions Against Former Speaker Among – IGG

The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Lady Justice Aisha Naluzze Batala, has revealed that the inspectorate is investigating several petitions it has received against former speaker Anitah Among. In a post shared on it’s official X handle, the inspectorate confirmed receiving several petitions against Among, but declined to divulge any details into the ongoing allegations […]

Police Seizes Among’s Rolls Royce Cullinan From Kigo Residence

As the corruption probe into former Speaker of Parliament Anitah Among, deepens, security operatives have impounded her Rolls-Royce Cullinan and a Range Rover with number plates “AAA,” from her Kigo residence. The seizure on Monday, follows security raids on her homes on Sunday in Kigo and Ntinda suburbs, with the search at Kigo, leading to […]

Among Withdraws From Speakership Race as Corruption Probe Deepens

The former Speaker of Parliament Anitah Among, has withdrawn from the speakership race and grovelled before President Yoweri Museveni and the National Resistance Movement (NRM), as the probe into her alleged corruption deepens. On Sunday, security operatives led by the Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID), sealed off Among’s homes in Kigo and Ntinda suburbs, hours […]