The Uganda Police has arrested renowned Danish wildlife journalist Klaus Thymann, over an alleged environmental story he published documenting the rapidly melting glaciers of the Rwenzori Mountains National Park. According to sources, Thymann was arrested on Monday at the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) headquarters in Kampala, where he had gone to access permits to allow […]
The Minister for ICT & National Guidance, Hon Justine Lumumba Kasule, has revealed that the early Sunday morning, switch off of Nation Media Group (NMG) stations including NTV Uganda, Daily Monitor and Spark TV among other sister companies, followed a directive by President Yoweri Museveni. In a statement released on Tuesday, Lumumba revealed that the […]
The proceedings in the misprision of treason case against the former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, have been deferred to Tuesday next week, after Uganda Prisons Services (UPS) authorities informed court that Lukwago was unwell and undergoing specialised medical investigations and treatment at Mulago National Referral Hospital. While addressing journalists after a closed door court […]
The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded former Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and a former Policy Advisor at the African Union, Michael Katungi Mpeirwe, to Luzira Prison following an extradition request by the United States government over a UGX 220 Billion alleged drug trafficking, arms smuggling and terrorism-related offences. Katungi who also served […]
Olayinka Hakeem Babalola, a member of the Rotary Club of Trans Amadi, Nigeria, is set to take office as President of Rotary International this Wednesday (July 1, 2026), becoming the second African to lead the global membership organization. Uganda’s Sam F. Owori was elected to become Rotary International president (hence would have been the second […]
The Deputy Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Kajjansi Town Council, Mr Patrick Mubiru has given the family of the late Ezekeri Makabugo Sempagama Bunjo, a period of two weeks to mediate and reach a settlement over the late’s 521 acre estate, covering two villages of Ngongolo ‘A’ and Ngongolo ‘B’ in Wakiso District. During a locus […]
Veteran Journalist and political commentator Timothy Kalyegira who has been missing since Friday last week, has resurfaced today and has been charged with computer misuse at Kira Chief Magistrates Court. Kalyegira’s disappearance on Friday, which was his birthday raised concern amongst his neighbours and family in Butenga Estate, in Kira municipality, Wakiso District. Human rights […]
The Chief Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) and Senior Presidential Advisor on Defence, Gen. (Rtd) Caleb Akandwanaho, commonly known as Gen. Salim Saleh, has urged the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba to brief the Justice Minister Nobert Mao, on the recent arrest of former Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, who is facing […]
The Officer in Charge (OC) of Kyesiiga police post in Masaka district, Willy Ogwal, has been arrested after allegedly shooting dead a two-year-old child and injuring two other civilians while responding to a disturbance at a bar. According to the Kyesiiga sub-county chairperson Mikidad Lusiba, Ogwal was responding to a bar fight in Ndeeba trading […]
The Senior Special Advisor to President Yoweri Museveni, and son in law to the first family Odrek Rwabwogo, has called for the protection of the head of state from alleged wrong, unthinking characters within the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) who are undermining the greater good, for the country. “All Ugandans now have a stake […]
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