Uganda news

Simon Musangala, a city lawyer, has said the computer misuse law is just demonic in nature and out to outcompete the constitution. The lawyer has added his view on the many already about this law. “This law is demonic in nature and it’s intended to curtail or to be in conflict with the supreme law which is the constitution.” Simon ...

The Government will revise the ban President Museveni had imposed on boda boda riders in Mubende and Kasanda districts due to the Ebola outbreak. This is to enable candidates there to have means of transport to get to schools in time for their final level exams. This ban caused physical paralysis on the first day of the exams which started ...

The Criminal Investigation Department of Police has launched an investigation into the BLQ football betting company and three others. These have caused losses worth billions of shillings to Ugandans. The BLQ scam left hundreds of Ugandans who had recently become millionaires crying foul after their acquired wealth mysteriously vanished. This happened in a matter of hours after some of them ...

Despite signing into law the Computer Misuse Act last week, President Museveni has revealed that tweeting is not one of Africa’s biggest problems. This is after the President was asked about his son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s recent Twitter tirade. Muhoozi in a series of tweets said that it would take him just two weeks together with his army to capture ...

The Minister for East African Community Affairs, Hon Rebecca Kadaga, has called upon the Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola to arrest a police officer seen beating an old woman in a video. A furious Kadaga through her Twitter page referred to this officer as fat. This is after a video was uploaded by Ugandan US-based journalist, Bahati Remmy. ...