Uganda news

A few minutes before 5 pm on Friday, Buganda Kingdom’s leader Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II’s convoy made its way into Masaka city. Upon his arrival, an aroused crowd welcomed him despite the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic. The stop came as the Kabaka headed to his Nkoni palace in the neighbouring Lwengo district. This is where he held his 28th coronation ...

Popular stand-up comedian Pablo has come out to say the government is going to claim Olympic gold medalist Peruth Chemutai’s victory as their initiative. Yesterday 4th August 2021 saw Uganda get her first gold medal in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics through 22-year-old Peruth Chemutai. Chemutai who also doubles as a police officer and excelled just like previous sportspeople in ...

The Uganda Police Force together with the UN Women established a Gender Based Violence Cases (GBV) toll-free helpline (0800199195). This passed through the UN’s line department of child and family Protection. Police officers were then asked to be courteous while handling Gender-Based Violence. ‘’Be courteous and exercise customer care while receiving the calls and speaking to victims of Gender Based ...

Former Minister and NRM bush war hero Al Hajji Nadduli has come out to warn his boss President Museveni that he’s playing with fire. He was commenting on the issues of mailo land in Buganda saying that if the President presses any further, he might not like the outcome. Nadduli further said that Museveni’s goal is not to settle the ...

Police under the instruction of the Statehouse anti-corruption unit has arrested four OPM officials. Police detained them over the purchase of poor quality relief items for Kasese flood victims. These four officials were part of the nine that the PM put in charge of this project. Prime Minister, Robinah Nabanjja expressed her disappointment in the materials purchased, calling them substandard. ...