Uganda news

In a recent development, President Museveni has announced a financial injection of Shs1.2 billion to support savings and credit cooperative organizations ( Saccos ) specifically working with disadvantaged youth residing in slum areas. The beneficiary Saccos include Kampala-Kisenyi III, Kasangati Community, Nansana Division, Makindye Youths with Skills, Makindye East, Masajja para Zone, Kasokoso, Kawempe South, Kawempe North, Rubaga Kakeka, Nakawa ...

Kampala Metropolitan Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire has spoken about the life of late city gangster “Sobi” Paddy Serunjoji. He said he doesn’t think he had changed by the time of his death. Sobi who was known as a thug around Kampala came out and confessed that he is among the people that have been giving Ugandans especially those in Kampala sleepless ...

In a recent legal development, the court in Uganda has acquitted a former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander, Thomas Kwoyelo alias Latoni of 15 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. However, the  high court has upheld 78 other charges against him, marking a significant turn in the ongoing legal proceedings. Kwoyelo’s involvement with the LRA, a notorious rebel group ...

Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have killed at least 7 people in Kamwenge district, western Uganda. The attack occurred in the early hours of Tuesday in Kyabandara township. “The raids started at 1:00am as people were sleeping,” said Moses Tukundane, an area resident. “We heard people screaming and calling for help.”  One of the victims of the attack has been ...

The Territorial Police in Gomba District are investigating circumstances under which Sobi, a notorious criminal and city robber was killed by an angry mob. This apparently happened in a land wrangle at Kibaale village, Kigumba parish, Maddu sub county. Preliminary findings suggest that on Monday at around 12:30 PM, a group of 50 people armed with sticks, pangas, and spears ...