Uganda news

In a remarkable turn of events, a journalist who was shot during 2020 election campaign as police tried to disperse supporters of the National Unity Platform presidential candidate Mr Robert Kyagulanyi has undergone a successful surgery to repair his skull in the United States of America. The incident, which occurred amidst heightened tensions during the electoral period, sent shockwaves through ...

The Police at Kawempe Division in Kampala have arrested two suspects on allegations of trafficking persons for sexual exploitation. The suspects include; Nantale Brenda, a 21-year-old female adult and resident of Kigulu village in Wobulenzi. Her accomplice, Ssewamala Lawrence, a 27-year-old is a resident of Kanyanya, Kawempe division in Kampala district. According to Police Spokesperson SCP Fred Enanga, the suspects ...

The Minister of East African Affairs, Hon Rebecca Kadaga is once again on the spot for the Nyege Nyege festival this time around clashing with Muslim clerics in Jinja. It should be noted that the former Speaker of Parliament was at the forefront of fighting for this festival to happen last year. This is after parliament had resorted to banning ...

Police in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District are actively hunting for an unidentified man who is suspected to have stabbed to death his 22-year-old woman. The suspect thereafter attempted to set the room on fire over the weekend. Police have identified the deceased as Rashidah Nakaddu, a former student of Buganda Royal Institute and Technical Institute-Mengo. She was killed in the ...

Reports reaching our news desk indicate that the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is reportedly in the advanced stages of considering new taxes targeting the operations of Born-again Pentecostal churches. The tax measures still pending stakeholder deliberations, according to reports, will be targeting mainly charity and other non-church activities being run by the churches. The news has since enflamed some of ...