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Police have confirmed the arrest of Police Constable Ivan Wabwire who on May 12 shot and killed an Indian money lender near Parliament in Kampala. PC Wabwire who is now being held at Busia police station in eastern Uganda on murder charges killed Uttam Bhandari at Raja Chambers along Parliamentary Avenue in Kampala. “A joint…
Police have cordoned off Parliamentary Avenue in Kampala after an armed assailant allegedly shot and killed a money lender (of Indian nationality) at the latter’s office at Raja chambers. Eyewitnesses said the assailant was a police who disappeared after the shooting. Detectives are on the ground piecing evidence together and interviewing eyewitnesses to help…
The Christian fraternity in the country is mourning the death of Simon Peter Mukhama, who has been the General Secretary of the Bible Society of Uganda. Mukhama passed away Friday morning at Mengo Hospital in Kampala where he had reportedly been rushed for treatment. Details of the cause of his death were still scanty by…
Just like his parents, Sami-Kamal Mujuzi Bashir was looking forward to his first academic report on April 28. He was, however, fatally wounded on April 25 when a sliding gate at his home in Nakuule Zone in Nansana Municipality fell on him. Sami was just three years and four months old. His birth on December…
The United States has put Uganda on notice that it risks losing $400 million (Shs1.4t) in Washington’s annual support to HIV/Aids care and treatment over the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Parliament, by an overwhelming majority, enacted the legislation on March 21, setting out a plethora of tougher penalties including the death sentence for the worst offenses. President…
A border dispute between Uganda and DR Congo is again brewing in the frontier town of Padea, West Nile Sub-region after Congolese locals backed by their police crossed into Uganda and laid claim to three villages deep inside Uganda. The villages being claimed by the Congolese are Acu Cell, in Jupadindu Ward of Padea Town…
“Much as I had the urge to go and work in the Middle East, I always wanted to go through proper channels and my desired destination was Dubai since at that time there were few worrying stories from Dubai-based migrant workers. After sitting my Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) exams, my mother had plans for…
Renowned music producer Abdul Karim Muchwa, also known as Producer Didi, is in dire need of prayers. After several weeks of crying out for help and pleading with musicians to lend a helping hand, he is now a sick man. Recently he was rushed to the hospital due to a combination of complications. Although the…
An investigation into a cash payment of just under Shs2.9 billion to two ghost informers that helped the taxman recover nearly Shs32 billion from Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has unearthed a string of syndicated actions. The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has an informer management and reward policy that extends benefits to whistleblowers whose information leads…
Over 400 youth arrested from Karamoja and transported to different government prisons in Acholi Sub region are said to be languishing in jail without proper feeding. About 442 suspected to be in illegal possession of firearms were rounded up during a UPDF cordon and search operation, screened and those presumed guilty were taken to detention…
