UPDF soldiers have been in Somalia since 2007 fighting off Al Shabaab insurgents. They are however happy after members of parliament on the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee went there for a five-day visit. The MPs are there together with the State Minister for Defence in charge of Veterans Affairs, Oleru Gudu Abason. They are in Mogadishu to evaluate the ...
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The media has been challenged to put an end to gender-based violence by unifying and speaking with one voice. This will help amplify the role media plays in preventing and ending this vice in the country. Dr. Patricia Litho, the Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA) chairperson made this call. It came as Uganda together with the rest of the world ...
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The first son and Presidential advisor, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has told Ugandan journalists who abuse him that no one will be in position to protect them in case he takes over power in years to come. Gen Muhoozi is the only son of the current president of Uganda H. E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. He has been in power for more ...
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The Inspector-General of Government, Beti Kamya has explained why the so-called big fish in Uganda are never punished for corruption. There is a common belief amongst Ugandans that a lot of top government officials such as ministers, MPs, RDCs among others are so corrupt. However, they are barely ever persecuted for such offenses. It’s rather the nobodies who have always ...
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Details are emerging on how assistant superintendent of police (ASP) Julius Gwaivu, the Katwe Police Divisional operations commander got attacked. Apparently, a suspect he had already arrested turned against him and hit him so badly that it exposed part of the commander’s brain. A video has made rounds on social media showing doctors attending to Gwaivu’s shattered head. Many have ...
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