Carol Donates Excess Cash to Cancer Institute as Ugandans Raise 324m for Surgery
The family of Cancer patient Carol Atuhirwe this morning held a thanksgiving service at All Saints Church in Kampala, to show gratitude to Ugandans who raised funds for her surgery. Carol’s hopes to...
View ArticleMbarara: Residents Torch Crime Preventer’s House Over Alleged Murder
Residents of Kakoba, Mbarara this morning stormed the house of Ssengabi Waswa a police crime preventer and set it ablaze accusing him of taking part in the murder of one of their own, last week....
View ArticleLord Mayor, Pr. Ngabo Charged Over Defiance Campaign, Released on Bail
Makindye Grade one Magistrate Benson Semondo has charged 28 people including Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, renowned pastor Happy Ngabo and Makerere University’s Dr. Stella Nyanzi of disobeying...
View ArticleUganda Law Society Condemns Justice Kavuma Over Besigye Injunction
The Uganda Law Society has come out to condemn last week’s interim injunction by the Constitutional Court, barring the activities of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) under their...
View ArticleMbarara: Police Officer Arrested in Armed Robbery
Police in Mbarara are holding 3 assailants who were involved in a shootout in Mbarara town on 15 February 2016. The group of four gunmen attacked Prof. Hosia Muhanguzi and his worker Agatha Tukamushaba...
View ArticleProf Kagonyera Lands Another Chancellor Job
Former Makerere University Chancellor Prof. Mondo Kagonyera, who is also the senior presidential advisor on Kigezi Affairs, has been selected to serve at the recently nationalized Kabale University as...
View ArticleUPDF War Jets Roar Over Kampala Skies
Kampalans Thursday afternoon were treated briefly to the noises of fighter jets hovering over the city, raising anxiety as a standoff carries on between police and opposition FDC supporters. The...
View ArticleMuseveni Inauguration Challenged in High Court
Two citizens have rushed to the High Court seeking postponement of the swearing in of President Yoweri Museveni, pending scientific determination of his actual age. Museveni’s swearing in ceremony is...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: UPDF High Command Ends Somalia, CAR Missions
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) High Command has taken what a senior official described as a “strategic decision” to put an end to the country’s armed forces’ military missions in the region,...
View ArticleUgandans Now Twice as Poorer as Kenyans – World Bank
Ugandans are now twice as poorer as neighboring Kenyans according to the latest World Bank Development Indicators report. The detailed statistical report produced annually by the World Bank put...
View ArticleRugunda Intervenes as Residents Reject New District
The controversies surrounding the new Rubanda district which was recently cut out of Kabale district have forced the urgent intervention of the Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda. The new district...
View ArticleBREAKING: Kiir Ejects Garang’s Son from Ministers’ Meeting
The South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Friday kicked out the son of the country’s founding leader Dr. John Garang from the Transitional Council of Ministers’ Meeting in the capital Juba. Mr. Mabior...
View ArticleBREAKING: Police Blocks Winnie Byanyima Outside Her Kasangati House
The wife of FDC’s Col Dr Kizza Besigye, MrsWinnie Byanyima has arrived in the country from the UK, but denied entry at her home. Byanyima tweeted Friday evening that she was stopped outside at her...
View ArticleAUPL: KCCA Tip SC Villa to Maintain Lead
Table leaders KCCA FC recovered from a dull first half to beat rivals SC Villa in the Azam Uganda Premier League in a game played at Nakivubo on Friday evening. Both teams created a handful of clear...
View ArticleByanyima Calls for National Prayers Today
Wife of FDC’s Col Dr Kizza Besigye, Mrs Winnie Karagwa Byanyima has called for nationwide public prayers on Monday afternoon. The prayers are supposedly for husband’s release from his home detention as...
View ArticleMuseveni Intervenes to Curtail Mbarara Mass Evictions
A team of security officers led by Mbarara Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Captain Martha Asiimwe, on the orders of President Yoweri Museveni have intervened to save more than 100 families in...
View ArticlePolice Sorround FDC Offices ahead of Besigye ‘Swearing-in’ Ceremony
Police has Monday afternoon stormed the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) offices in Najjanankumbi and arrested a number of party officials. The opposition party was holding is usual weekly press...
View ArticleMinister Tumwebaze: Besigye Swearing In Is Illegal
The Minister for Presidency and KCCA, Frank Tumwebaze has said the threat and attempts by the former presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye to swear in as Uganda’s president is illegal, theatrical,...
View ArticleMuseveni Inauguration Day to be Declared Public Holiday
Government is mulling declaring Thursday May 12th, when President elect Yoweri Museveni will be sworn in a public holiday. ChimpReports has exclusively learnt that the Minister for Presidency and KCCA...
View ArticleMuseveni Swears-in New Judges
At least seven judges of the High Court have taken oath at Entebbe State House. President Museveni, who presided over the low-key ceremony, urged the judicial officials to uphold integrity and dispense...
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