Uganda news

Residents in Masaka town were left shocked after a Local Defense Unit ( LDU officer ) shot dead a boda boda cyclist as a pregnant woman tried to get on his motorbike ready to go. The yet to be identified LDU officer committed the crime at around 1:15pm along Elgin Street in Masaka town. The police CCTV camera shows the ...

The Joint Security Task force has finally denied a statement that was released by the MP of Mityana Municipality Hon. Francis Zaake, on his arrest and torture related to severe beatings. Zaake said he was badly beaten and detained in the police custody with 20 other people including a female suspect. The Member of Parliament further claimed that he was ...

Ministry of Health on Wednesday evening registered two new coronavirus cases bringing a total number of confirmed cases to 100 in Uganda. The new cases are again cargo truck drivers from Kenya who entered the country in Eastern part via Malaba border entry point. The patients are both Eritrean and Kenyan nationals.  These were among the 3,071 cargo truck drivers ...

News that reached our desk this afternoon indicates that two police officers in Mubende District are in trouble after being arrested for torturing an elderly man until he lost his life during the enforcement of the pandemic lockdown. According to the Wamala Regional Police Spokesperson, Kawala Rachael, the suspects identified as Musisikwa Godfrey, the officer in Charge of Nabingoola Police ...

Africell and Uganda communication commission have donated three brand new motor vehicles to the Ministry of Health team spear heading Ugandas national campaign  against COVID 19. The brand new tata single cabin pickup trucks were handed over to the Ministry of Health by africell Uganda CEO Ziad Dauod and chief commercial officer Neeraj Gala. Ziad said by providing additional mobility ...