Uganda news

Authorities are looking for the body of a Boda boda rider who was swept off by rainwater earlier today at Busega Round-about. This happened after a heavy early this morning downpour that saw traffic disrupted across many areas of Kampala. Okello Godfrey, an eye witness and reporter for Ssekanolya Newspaper in his account to Newslexpoint, said the Boda Boda rider, ...

Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has expressed joy over US sanctions against Ugandan officials for violation of human rights. “The people of Uganda value their relationship with the global community and appreciate the concern shown by the United State on the deteriorating situation regarding human rights and civil liberties. It is our hope tha other nations of the world will ...

ICT Minister Judith Nabakooba has asked the Private Sector to join government in sensitizing the masses to embrace of covid-19 vaccination country wide. About 200,000 public officials have been vaccinated to prevent covid-19 since the vaccination started in March 2021. ” The private sector should join government in vaccine awareness if you want bars to reopen and curfew lifted, get ...

The media and the Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF) start the reconciliation process. They started this with a football match between themselves at Phillip Omondi Stadium at Lugogo. The media and the UPDF have had a very sour relationship especially since campaigns kicked off. Journalists accused UPDF of always targetting them for purposes of violence. The situation got even worse ...

The government of Uganda has scoffed at the US government over sanctions and says it will not lose sleep over that issue. The US imposed sanctions on officials they accuse of human rights violations in the just concluded 2021 general elections. On Friday, US Secretary of State, Antony John Blinken announced visa restrictions on those believed to have undermined the ...