Makerere Kicks off Application for Private Admissions
The Academic Registrar of Makerere University Noam Masikye has invited students to apply for the undergraduate programmes under the private sponsorship scheme for the 2017/18 academic year. The...
View ArticleHearing Of Interim Injunction On Sim Card Registration Flops
Hearing of the interim injunction where activists Tumuhimbise Norman and Trumpet Uganda Limited are challenging Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) directive of deactivating unregistered sim cards...
View ArticleNational Medical Store Fails to Explain Sh27bn Unapproved Supplementary...
Officials from National Medical Stores (NMS) on Monday faced it rough after failing to explain how they implemented the Sh27bn given to them as supplementary budget for procurement of Malaria drugs....
View ArticleKabale MP Wants Late Bishop Kivengere Canonized
Andrew Baryayanga Aja, the Kabale municipality Member of Parliament has appealed to the Church of Uganda to canonize the late Bishop Festo Kivengere, the first native Bishop of the Diocese of Kigezi as...
View ArticleUPL: Onduparaka Seek Redemption against The Saints
Uganda Premier League Onduparaka vs The Saints Betway Greenlight stadium 4:30pm Onduparaka suffered a humiliating 4-1 loss to Vipers in their last outing in the league at St. Mary’s stadium, Kitende....
View ArticleStarving People in Kanungu Resort to Eating Spear Grass
Residents of Kihiihi Sub County in Kanungu District are now feeding on spear grass, locally known as “omushojwa” owing to the famine that hit the area. Gad Byomuhangi, the Kanungu LC5 vice chairman...
View ArticleLIRA: Schools Threaten Not To Reopen For 2nd Term Over Rising Commodity Prices
The fate of more than two thousand learners in Lira district hangs in balance after owners of private schools threatened not to reopen for second term if their request to increase school fees is not...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal Orders Fresh Elections in Kalungu District
The 3 Justices of the Court of Appeal, Steven Kavuma, Elizabeth Musoke and Paul Mugamba have declined to declare DP’s Emmanuel Musoke as the Kalungu District LC5 Chairperson and ordered the Electoral...
View ArticleAmb Kabonero Bids Farewell to President Kagame
Uganda’s Ambassador to Rwanda, Richard Tumusiime Kabonero, 53, has appreciated the support and hospitality of President Paul Kagame during his stay in the country. Amb Kabonero was recently transferred...
View ArticleUPL: Kasumba’s Lone Strike Lifts SC Villa Past Vipers
Uganda Premier League SC Villa 1-0 Vipers Striker Umar Kasumba scored the solitary goal as Sports Club Villa edged past wasteful Vipers in the game played at Masaka Recreation ground on Tuesday. Vipers...
View ArticleNational Drug Authority Impersonators Arrested In Ibanda
Police in Ibanda district is holding two men who have been extorting money from drug shops and clinic operators claiming to be National Drug Authority inspectors. The Ibanda district police commander...
View ArticleEast African Affairs Commissioner Charged for Torturing UPDF Officer
The Assistant Principle Commissioner in the Ministry of East African Affairs, James Ocen Okuja has been charged with two counts related to torture. Mr. Ocen Okuja who is also the owner of Dokolo Hotel,...
View Article40 Arrested Over Illegal Activities on Government Forests
The National Forestry Authority officials this week arrested over 40 people in the 3 districts of Ibanda, Kamwenge and Buhweju. The said group has been apprehended over illegal activities in the...
View ArticleMbarara H/S Student Murderers Arrested
Police in Mbarara have arrested two other people in connection with the murder of a student of Mbarara High School. The arrested are Juma Sentongo and Hamza Agaba, both residents of Ruharo ward in...
View ArticleArmy Court Issues Warrant of Arrest for MP Kabaziguruka
The Makindye General Court martial has issued a warrant of arrest for Nakawa Municipality legislator Michael Kabaziguruka for skipping court. Kabaziguruka is said to have missed court on two occasions...
View ArticleHamis Kiiza Completes Move to Al Hilal
Uganda Cranes forward Hamis “Diego” Kiiza has officially sealed a contract agreement to join Sudanese giants Al Hilal El Obeid. The deal was made public on Tuesday evening with Kiiza’s agent, Sulaiman...
View ArticleChaos as Police Confiscates 10 Pioneer Buses
Business was paralyzed this morning at the City Square as police together with court bailiffs confiscated Pioneer Easy buses over debts. The bailiffs from Libra Auctioneers led by Bonney Lwamukaga told...
View ArticleMbarara High School to Erect Monument for Mzee Byanyima
Mbarara High School’s administration is considering putting up a monument to immortalize their former leader Mzee Boniface Byanyima who passed away yesterday in Kampala. The school headmaster Benon...
View ArticleURA Collects 70% of Revenue Despite Economic Slowdown
Uganda Revenue Authority has released its 9 month revenue collection performance between July 2016 and March 2017 reporting a 13.5% growth in revenue compared to the same period last fiscal year. With...
View ArticlePolice Deploys at Byanyima Home as Family Condemns ‘Media Misrepresentations’
The bereaved family of Mzee Boniface Byanyima has Wednesday expressed disdain at some of the media reports that came out today following the passing of the former Democrat and statesman at Nakasero...
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