Uganda news

Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations will this time go on without Joventa Tukahirwa, one of the 44 Christians from Kitwe Catholic Parish in Ntungamo District. The 44 embarked on a 393km pilgrim walk ahead of the Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations on June 3. The 54-year-old Joventa Tukahirwa was on her fourth pilgrimage to Namugongo last week. However, though, this became a ...

Forum for Democratic Change party, FDC, has written out to Police to stop interfering with Kizza Besigye’s movements. Police interjected the former FDC president today as he tried to move in protest of the high commodity prices. FDC used its social media platform to condemn this act. “We condemn the continued violation of our founding President Dr.@kizzabesigye1’s right.Dr Besigye like ...

The limited security in DR Congo, has apparently delayed the construction of the Kasindi-Beni road according to the project contractor. This road consists of 80-Kilometre and it’s a joint Uganda-DRC construction project in Eastern Congo. It also covers the 54-kilometer integration of the Beni-Butembo stretch and the Bunagana to Rutsuru-Goma road which measures 89 kilometers. The project coordinator, Eng. Ananthula ...

Two National Unity Platform (NUP supporters are currently in jail after Police allegedly arrested them for bribing voters. The arrests happened on allegations of voter bribery in Odek Sub-county.  David Mudong Ongom, the River Aswa police spokesperson said Moses Kibuuka, a driver and Flavia Apio, a law student at IUIU had been arrested. They accuse the two are apparently of ...

Member Of Parliament, Jinja West, Hon Timothy Batuwa said the president only scheduled the speech to show Ugandans sympathy. He says Museveni simply wanted to let Ugandans know that the country is in a corner it can’t get out of. “What the President is doing is to sympathize with us. His speech was one to comfort people, telling them we ...