Uganda news

Farmers in different parts of Maracha district are in disbelief over a hailstorm that destroyed their gardens. The hailstorm majorly focused its wrath on villages in Tara and Ajira sub-counties. It started as a joke on Monday, August 21 and then turned into a devastating hailstorm for about an hour. Simon Angudira, the Kudra village chairperson in Ajira sub county ...

Darius Orikiriza, a 38-year-old health worker from Rukiga district has been arrested by the territorial police. The Mparo Health Centre IV enrolled nurse is accused of allegedly raping a 20-year-old pregnant woman. The 38-year-old is a resident at the health Centre quarters in Mparo town council in Rukiga district. The victim of his alleged crime has been identified as 20-year-old ...

Authorities in India have in detention two Ugandan women who were caught operating a sex racket in their apartment. The women were picked up by police in Pimpri Chinchwad in Maharashtra, about 130km south of Mumbai. Police said the suspects were found running a sex racket from an apartment in a residential area in Sangvi. Pimpri Chinchwad police also said ...

The Chief Magistrate of Kayunga, Joy Nambozo, has reinstated Sheikh Abdallah Ssebisubi as the Imam of Kayunga Town mosque amid protests from a section of Muslims. The Kayunga Imam was in 2007 removed from office by a section of Muslims. They accused him of mismanaging mosque affairs. Subsequently, Sheikh Ssebisubi and UMSC (as plaintiffs) jointly dragged seven Muslims to court ...

Bamunanika County lawmaker Robert Kafeero Ssekitoleko is pursuing legal action to claim UGX 25 million in damages after being involved in a manhole accident. The incident, which occurred recently, has prompted the lawmaker to seek compensation for the injuries sustained. The member of parliament, fell into an uncovered manhole while walking close to Garden City The manhole, located in close ...