Government Ressures Ugandans Still Trapped in South Sudan
Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has called upon Ugandans still stuck in the troubled South Sudan to remain calm as government comes up with a plan for them. More than 20,000 Ugandans including...
View ArticleMachar Stormed Kiir’s Office With a Gun
The South Sudan First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar entered into a meeting room with President Slava Kiir on the black Friday evening, fully armed with a pistol. The revelation was made by Kiir in an...
View ArticleMP Ssewanyana to Arm Residents With Sticks Against Police
Makindye West Member of Parliament (MP) Allan Ssewanyana has threatened to spend his next salary procuring sticks for all his supporters as they prepare to defend themselves against police brutality in...
View ArticleMachar Sacks Gen. Deng as Opposition Crisis Worsens
The South Sudan First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar has dismissed one of his powerful military generals from the unity government. Machar who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the army faction-...
View ArticleCONFIRMED: Gen. Taban Deng Accepts to Replace Machar
The South Sudan First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar is set to lose out his position anytime as the top leadership of his faction zero on Gen. Taban Gai Deng to takeover. On Thursday leaders of SPLA-...
View ArticleDenmark Set to Deport 3 Ugandan ‘Homos’
Authorities in Denmark are holding in detention three Ugandan purported homosexuals while processing their deportation. Reports from the European country indicate that three Ugandan women who claimed...
View ArticleSt Peters Nyarushanje Students Strike Over Abusive Teacher
Over 300 students of St. Peters Nyarushanje Secondary in Rukungiri district have been sent home and the school closed following a violent strike that led to the destruction of school property valued at...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: President Kiir Held by War as Medical Condition Worsens
The South Sudan President Salva Kiir was advised by doctors to fly to South Africa for a specialized and comprehensive medical treatment the very week war broke out in his country. ChimpReports...
View ArticleKabale Former Mayor Ruhemurana Declines to Hand Over Office iPad
The former Kabale Mayor Dr. Pius Ruhemurana is under pressure to take back the Municipality iPad which he is clinging onto. Dr. Ruhemurana, who was defeated by the Sentaro Byamugisha in the past...
View ArticleDevastation as Wildfire Guts Echunya Forest Reserve
Transport along the Rubanda – Kisoro road was paralyzed this morning after fire gutted Echuya Forest Reserve, one of country’s biggest reserves. Elly Maate, the Kigezi regional police spokesman...
View ArticleCol. Bantariza Compares Museveni to Donald Trump
Government Deputy Spokesperson Col Shaban Bantariza has picked the analogy of American Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump to justify the failure of Uganda’s ruling National Resistance...
View ArticleMbarara: Teacher Mistakenly Murdered in Mob Justice
Police in Mbarara has arrested a group of bodaboda riders who allegedly killed a teacher of Bugamba SS in Mbarara district. On July 6th at around 8; 00pm while Stuart Muhumuza, an English teacher at...
View ArticleBesigye, Lukwago to Sue Gov’t as Court Dismisses Another Case
Makindye Chief Magistrates Court has dismissed a case of disobedience of lawful orders against former FDC presidential candidate Dr. Kiiza Besigye for lack of evidence. In this case Besigye has been...
View ArticleOur Savings Are Not for Bailouts – NSSF
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has dismissed media reports and allayed public fears that part of the Fund’s savings was likely to be tapped by government in the impending controversial...
View Article6 Police Officers Confess to Beating Besigye Supporters as Trial Begins
Six people have confessed to taking part in the brutal clobbering of FDC strongman Dr. Kizza Besigye’s supporters early this month at Najjanankumbi. The confessions contained in statements recorded at...
View ArticleHow 2 Playful UPDF Soldiers Shot Each Other Dead
Police in Bundibugyo have commenced investigations into an incident in which 2 UPDF soldiers acted recklessly and shot each other dead last week. Addressing journalists on Monday, police spokesperson...
View ArticleTumwebaze Appoints Kaheru to Head UBC Board as Nabeta Resigns
Information and ICT Minister Frank Tumwebaze has appointed media and political analyst, Simon Kaheru the acting board chairman of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC). This followed the...
View ArticlePolice Opens New Charges on Besigye
Fresh charges have been slapped on former opposition presidential candidate Col Dr Kizza Besigye on Monday afternoon. Besigye was this morning arrested in the city center as he held a procession from a...
View ArticleKiir Replaces Machar with Gen Deng as South Sudan Vice President
President of the Republic of South Sudan has fired his deputy Riek Machar, replacing him with his colleague and high ranking official for the SPLA in Opposition Gen Taban Deng Gai. President Kiir in a...
View ArticleRubirizi Residents Task MP to Spearhead Removal of Presidential Age Limit
A section of residents in Rubirizi district during the weekend pushed Bunyaruguru Member of Parliament John Twesigye Ntamuhira to move a motion in parliament to have the presidential age limit scraped...
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