Uganda news

President Museveni spent the day in Mbarara and Sembabule districts, where he met NRM parliamentary aspirants and other officials from the two districts plus Isingiro, Kirihura and Kazo. Museveni said It is important for those seeking leadership positions in the NRM to appreciate NRM ideology. People are fighting hard to go to Parliament because MPs unilaterally increased their salaries. They ...

Today, Justice Owiny Dollo has been sworn in as the chief Justice of Uganda. This ceremony has been carried out from Entebbe state house. Owiny Dollo is the former deputy chief Justice. He was appointed by the president after the retirement of His Lordship Bart Katurebe. His Lordship Owiny Dollo has promised to work on cases that have lasted more ...

Honorable Minister Rukutana Mwesigwa is expected to appear in court today. The minister who is also the county MP of Rushenyi was arrested on Saturday. The Ntungamo grade one magistrate charged him with a number of cases including attempted murder. However, the grade one magistrate had no jurisdiction over an attempted murder case so Rukutana never pleaded to it. Therefore ...

Spain became the first country to surpass 500,000 COVID-19 infections in Western Europe. Kylian Mbappe the French football player is the latest football star to test positive on the continent. The new figures from Madrid came in amidst concerns about another wave of the virus across Europe. France recently tightened its restrictions, cases in Britain are on the rise and ...

President Yoweri Museveni says troubled Labour minister Mwesigwa Rukutana will face the courts of law. This is over last week’s violence in Rushenyi county during the NRM primaries. The police arrested Rukutana in Ntungamo together with his three escorts. This follows a shooting incident in Ruhama, Ntungamo district in which one person was seriously injured and a motor vehicle damaged ...