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8 feared dead after UPDF helicopter crashes at Mogadishu Airport

A UPDF helicopter under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) carrying 8 people on board including the crew has crashed at the Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia. According to the BBC, the head of the Somali Civil Aviation Authority, Ahmed Maalim, investigations are under way to establish the cause […]

Declining birth rates linked to cost of living, gender inequality

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative in Uganda Dr. Gift Malunga has revealed that the declining birth rates among families in the country has been linked to the cost of living, gender inequality and future anxieties amongst couples across the country. “The issue is lack of choice, not desire, with major consequences for individuals […]

Muhoozi orders arrest of Brig Bekunda over corruption

The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has ordered for the arrest of the UPDF engineers Brigade commander Brig Gen Cyrus Besigye Bekunda over alleged corruption. In a post via his X on Tuesday, the CDF said Bekunda was arrested alongside other officers from the Engineers Brigade over corruption and financial mismanagement which […]

Video! How MP Tinkasiimire was abducted by UPDF officers

Following the news of the abduction of Buyaga West Constituency MP Hon. Barnabas Tinkasiimire by UPDF soldiers at Rubis petrol station, Makerere and his release by his abductors on Monday evening, video footage of MP Tinkasiimire’s abduction has been leaked. In the CCTV footage making rounds on Tuesday, the heavily armed soldiers are seen dragging […]

Two Rwandese nationals arrested over armed robbery

The Uganda Police spokesperson ACP Kituuma Rusoke has revealed the arrest of two Rwandese nationals over four cases of armed robbery in kisoro district. According to kituuma, the suspects Irankunda Gerald alias Ndereya and Habyarimana Vallence who are residents of Karumena and Kisoro Hill villages respectively were found with an Ak47 gun among other items […]

Former Blue eyed girl Akullo attacked by NRM T- shirt wearing goons

As the country still takes to mind the weekend events where goons dressed in NRM T-Shirts brutalized civilians during President Museveni’s nomination for the party flag bearer position, information reaching our desks indicates that former Director of Criminal Investigations Grace Akullo and her son were not spared the beatings. According to reports, the goons attacked […]

Police’s Twine granted bail as NUP’s Mutwe is further remanded

The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s court has granted bail to embattled former Police CID Spokesperson Charles Twine while his co accused National Unity Platform’s (NUP) Noah Mutwe has been further remanded on charges of incitement of violence, Hate speech and Malicious information. Court presided over by Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi granted Twine bail after spending over […]

Three Mpigi District officials remanded over soliciting bribes for jobs

The Mpigi Chief Magistrates Court has charged and remanded three Mpigi district officials over allegedly soliciting bribes from people in exchange for jobs within the district. The three who include Mr. Ssejjemba Martine the LC V Chairperson Mpigi District, Mr. Kirumira Fredrick the Chairperson Mpigi District Service Commission and his secretary Ms Nakamoga Sarah have […]

Police shoots 3 dead in foiled Mobile Money robbery

The spokesperson for the Uganda Police ACP Kituuma Rusoke has revealed that the force shot dead three suspected robbers who were attempting to rob a mobile money shop in Lungujja-Mengo, Rubaga Division over the weekend. According to Kituuma, the three were killed after police officers attached to Nateete Police Station responded to a mobile money […]

Court sets 14th July to rule on NUP’s Madubarah hearing

The Entebbe Senior Magistrate Grade one, Edgar Tibayeita Tusiime has further remanded shoemaker and National Unity Platform (NUP) member Mr Juma Musuuza alias Madubarah until 14th July for court to decide whether he has a case to answer or not in the hate speech case before the court. His worship Tibayeita adjourned the case after […]