Uganda news

Ugandan Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vincent Bagiire recently met with his Kenyan counterpart, Dr. Korir Sing’Oei. The two met to discuss several issues of mutual interest to both countries including bilateral relations. In the meeting, Bagiire congratulated Kenya upon the successful elections they held in 2022. He additionally congratulated his counterpart on his appointment and assumption ...

On Friday, the Prliament’s select Committee wound up its second week of the NSSF probe. During this, Mr. Mwine Mpaka, the head of the committee asked Mr. Richard Byarugaba, the former Managing Director of NSSF and its staff if they wanted to make any personal statements. Mr. Byarugaba raised his hand and talked about an additional allegation against him. He ...

Brig Charity Bainababo, the Deputy Commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC ), has congratulated the performance of army schools in PLE.  Apparently, three SFC Army schools managed to attain 38 first grades and 98 second grades. These in particular are Kololo Summit View Army Primary School, Marine Base Army Primary School and Nsamizi Army Primary School. The army held ...

The Islamic University in Uganda is in grief after one of their students committed suicide. On hearing about this, Mbale police quickly sprung into action to investigate the circumstances around this unfortunate incident. Mr. Rogers Taitika, the Elgon regional police spokesperson identified the deceased as Fred Kaptire, 34. At the time of his death, Fred had been pursuing a Dioloma ...

Members of Parliament, Mr Allan Ssewanyana (Makindye West) and Mr Muhammad Ssegirinya (Kawempe North) have been in prison for about two years. All this time, the two had never been prosecuted. However, the office of the Director of the Public Prosecutions (DPP) announced it is ready. Word from the DPP’s office is that evidence is ready to be presented. This ...