Uganda has been named among four African countries that are set to be removed from the list of the beneficiaries of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) over failure of their governments to observe human rights and failure to make progress in democratic rule. The US introduced the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) […]
The International Crimes Division of the High Court has ordered an American couple to compensate a child they allegedly tortured with sh100m. Mackenzie Leigh and her husband Nicholas Scott Spencer were accused of intentionally inflicting physical and mental pain and suffering on a 10-year-old HIV-positive foster son whose name remains withheld in respect of […]
Student leaders at Makerere University Business Schools (MUBS) are demanding the appointment of a Principal. In June, the MUBS Council appointed Prof Moses Muhwezi as the acting Principal and kicked off the search for Prof. Wasswa Balunywa’s replacement. The term of Prof. Balunywa, who has been at the helm of this institution for the last […]
Britain’s King Charles III on Tuesday arrived in Kenya in company of Queen Camilla, ahead of his four-day state visit. King Charles’ visit however raised a lot of dust as the locals demanded for apology and compensation following the past tarnished colonial memories. On his first visit as a monarch to a former colony, Charles […]
Fear has gripped the staff of Buganda Kingdom’s BBS Terefayina at Bulange Mengo following the shocking sad news of the death of one of them in an accident on Masaka Road. Eng. Ahmed Ssenabulya is said to have died in an early morning accident which occurred at Nabbingo Cell on Masaka Road at around […]
The Flying Squad Unit in coordination with Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) enforcement and Jinja police carried out an operation in Jinja City, leading to recovery of a fuel tank. According to Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga said the recovered fuel tanker is registration number UBH 904U (head trailer) and trailer registration number UAT 093W, loaded with […]
The death toll from the fire that gutted a dormitory of Kasaana Junior School in Nyendo-Mukungwe Division, Masaka City, has reached four. The incident that happened at 4:00 a.m. also left 11 pupils injured. According to the school authorities, the dormitory accommodated 15 children of Top and Primary One classes. The latest victims have been […]
A total of 88 acting Grade One Magistrates on Monday started a two-week induction training held by the Judicial Training Institute (JTI) at Colline Hotel Mukono. Magistrate Musa Ammaari Ssemogerere who was on July 26, arrested at Lira Law Development Centre (LDC) after sneaking into the examination hall to sit for her girlfriend’s exams would […]
Bannakyaggwe baguddemu ekikangabwa, oluvannyuma lw’okufa kw’Omuzira mu Bazira owa Radio Y’obujjajja CBS FM. Kalema Kalikyejo ye Muzira mu Bazira owa Pulogulaamu Entanda ya Buganda eweerezebwa ku Radio CBS FM ng’ono ye w’omwaka 2006. Kalikyejo yafiiridde mu ddwaliro e Mukono nga abadde awangaalira ku kyalo Kayanja-Nnamataba ekisangibwa mu disitulikiti y’e Mukono. Ku kyalo Kayanja kuno, ku […]
A 20-year-old casual labourer has kidnapped a 10-year-old pupil in Kisoro district and is demanding for eight million shillings ransom. John Mary Irankunda, a pupil at Nshungwe Primary School and a resident of Kanyacucu village, Busengo parish Nyarubuye sub-county, was kidnapped by a Congolese national only identified as Hakiza on October 22, 2023. Hakiza had […]