Uganda news

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. ...

President Museveni has said he is not the owner of Uganda much as he is in power. He says the owners of Uganda are the citizens and they are ever-increasing in number. Museveni said this while on KTN television station. He was being interviewed on his succession plan. “Uganda has got owners; they are here and increasing in number. When ...

The Director for Communication in Parliament, Chris Obore, has said people should stop getting angry about computer misuse law. According to him, the fact that they are getting angry means this law is addressing something, otherwise, they wouldn’t get annoyed. He says the government is only protecting her people, not attacking them. “There is nothing like unlimited freedom. The government ...