Author: Andama Hamid

Uganda – US Sign MOU to Support Interventions in Health Sector

Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has revealed that the USD 2.3 billion Memorandum of Understanding between Uganda and the United States of America on bilateral health cooperation will support and improve a number of health interventions in the country over the next five years. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Min Kasaija noted that Government acknowledges the […]

How 16 Year Old Student Died After Attack at Bobi Wine’s Gulu Rally

A Senior three student of Excel High School Mukono, Joshua Leon Otim succumbed on Tuesday evening to injuries he suffered following an attack by National Resistance Movement (NRM) Tshirt wearing gangs on the National Unity Platform (NUP) Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine on Saturday in Gulu City. According to Bobi Wine, Otim […]

NUP to Petition High Court Over Walukaga’s Dismissal from Busiro East Race

The Secretary General, National Unity Platform (NUP) David Lewis Rubongoya has revealed that the party will petition the high court on the Electoral Commissions (EC) denomination of Mathias Walukaga from the Busiro East Parliamentary race. Rubongoya who addressed media at the party headquarters in Makerere – Kavule, hours after the EC announced Walukaga’s denomination, said […]

S6 Student Jailed Six Months For insulting Museveni, Gen Muhoozi

Court in Kampala has sentenced Edison Ssemugenyi, a 20 year old Senior Six student to a six months imprisonment over spreading false information about President Yoweri Museveni and first son, Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Prosecution told court that, Ssemugenyi, through TikTok spread false information that President Museveni was bedridden. Prosecution further noted […]

PFF’s Busia MP Candidate Remanded over Misprision of Treason

The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has charged and remanded the People’s Front for Freedom’s (PFF) flag bearer for Busia Municipality MP seat, Samuel Makokha, to Luzira over misprision of treason. According to prosecution, Makokha got to know that the party founder and four-time presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye allegedly planned to commit treason last year […]

Electoral Commission Denominates Singer Walukaga from Busiro East Race

The Electoral Commission has denominated National Unity Platform’s Mathias Walukaga from the Busiro East Parliamentary race after he failed to meet the required academic requirements for the elective office of Member of Parliament. According to the EC chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, the commission launched an investigation into singer Walukaga following a petition to the […]

Electoral Commission Condemns Security Attack on Bobi Wine in Gulu

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Justice Simon Byabakama has condemned the Saturday attack on National Unity Platform (NUP) Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine together with this supporters by security personnel in Gulu. In a statement released on Monday, Justice Byabakama called on the police force to investigate what led to both uniformed […]

Govt, CSO’s Urge Parents to Protect Girls Against Digital Abuse

The Commissioner for Youth and Children Affairs at Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD), Fred Ngabirano has urged parents to protect their children especially girls against online digital abuse which has become a harsh reality in Uganda, with the advancement of technology and widespread digital gadgets. “With many children and women facing online […]

17 Arrested, Three AK 47’s Recovered as Police Busts Armed Robbery

The Iganga District Police has arrested 17 suspects and recovered three AK-47 rifles following a bust on an armed robbery in Walukuba, Jinja City recently. According to police, on 27th September 2025, UPDF soldiers attached to Lugazi arrested Gumikiriza Allan after a failed robbery in Walukuba, Jinja City, during which one suspect was shot dead […]