Over 1000 youths have been recruited into the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces teams in Eastern Uganda during the ongoing army recruitment exercise. The UPDF’s Chieftaincy of Training and Recruitment (CTR) put together two teams. They tasked them with traversing the Eastern region as part of the nationwide enlistment exercise for 2022. Washaki Ahmada, the Mbale Resident City Commissioner (RCC), confirmed ...

During the capture of the Bunagana border town on June 13 by the M23 rebel group, about 10,000 Congo refugees fled to Kisoro District. However, they are not refusing to make their return home citing the unsafe environment back where they came from. The Congo refugees are from Rutshuru, Busanza, Jomba, Gisigari, Tongo, Bunagana, and Masisi areas, all in North ...

The Uganda Police Force has revealed that motorists who will be caught bribing officers will get locked up. The warning came after an incident involving five officers caught on camera receiving a bribe from a motorist. This incident happened near the Riham factory along Bombo road. Police Constables Pele Boni (driver), Samuel Abedi Kwel, Kevin Bwire, Ivan Kirya, and Special ...

Legislators under the Public Accounts Committee – COSASE, are probing the controversial Shs 2.039 billion compensation to Natalia Namuli by the Uganda Land Commission (ULC). On Tuesday, witnesses treated them to some revelations as they gave more contradictory information. COSASE considers the 79-year-old Namuli one of the 6 ‘ghosts’ who sold to government their land in 2015 and they hurriedly ...

Hon. Denis Hamson Obua, the state sports minister had a few remarks as he saw off the Uganda Rugby 15’s team to France. A few other notables like the National Council of Sports (NCS) chairperson Ambrose Tashobya, General secretary Dr. Bernard Patrick Ogwel and other sports federations leaders sided with Hon. Obua. They were just outside the Copper Chimney Restaurant. ...