Uganda news

A fight for cash at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) is stirring tensions between Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja and Hillary Onek. A September 15 letter from Onek to Nabbanja leaked showing that he is in disagreement with the divert of shs 5bn. This amount will apparently come from the shs 15bn allocated to his docket as a contingency ...

Police at Amuria Central Police Station in Amuria district is holding a 16-year-old mother in their custody. It is alleged that the girl poisoned her 18-month-old daughter. Inspector Ronald Omaido, the acting District Police Commander (DPC) confirmed the story to reporters. The suspect is a resident of Ocanai village in Asamuk Town Council in Amuria district. Omaido added that they ...

The NRM parliamentary caucus has rejected President Museveni’s proposal to deny murder suspects bail. Museveni wanted to have an amendment in the penal code act banning the granting of bail to the murder suspects and those accused of committing grave offences. There was a meeting at Kololo Independence grounds where they discussed this issue. Sources that preferred anonymity say most ...

The spokesperson of police, Fred Enanga has said that ambulances are being used to ferry passengers. This is mostly in the late hours of the night. Apparently, these passengers are always from bars. He says most of the ambulances, belong to politicians. Their drivers have started using them for their own selfish gains. “The ambulances, especially the private ones are ...

Traders in Moroto Municipality have asked the government to instigate an inquiry into how and why a shillings 25 billion market developed cracks so quickly. This is intended to establish how the recently constructed UGX25 billion market in Moroto developed cracks months before handing it over for occupancy. The Moroto Market construction happened under the markets and Agriculture trader improvement ...