The Grade One Magistrate’s Court in Butambala District has remanded two suspects to a juvenile detention facility amid ongoing uncertainty over their ages, underscoring persistent challenges in age verification within Uganda’s criminal justice system.The two individuals, co-accused alo
Arsenal's Viktor Gyokeres scored a late winner to send Sweden to the World Cup with a 3-2 win over Poland on Tuesday night.The 27-year-old forward, who has had a mixed first season in north London, hit a hat-trick against Ukraine to send the Swedes to the play-off final and on Tuesday nigh
Police in Rukiga District are investigating the circumstances under which a 25-year-old Rwandan national was found strangled in Muhanga Town Council. The deceased, only identified as Fakasi, is believed to have been killed between midnight and the early morning hours of March 29–30, 2026. His l
Canon Mathew Rukikaire, the former Minister of Privatisation, has been installed as the new Chancellor of Kabale University. The 88-year-old was installed on Tuesday by Vice President Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, who represented President Yoweri Museveni. Kabale High Court judge Karoli Lwanga Ssemoge
On Tuesday, 31st March 2026, Muteesa 1 Royal University plays host to Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) Nkozi in Masaka city.Pepsi University Football League (UFL) 2025/26:Bugema University 0-0 Kampala University (Kampala University qualified after 1-1 aggregate score, on away goal’
The Government has directed the removal of all roadside sugarcane weighbridges across Uganda, citing widespread malpractice and significant financial losses in the sugarcane value chain.In a directive dated March 17, 2026, Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja instructed the Ministry of Trade, I
A bombshell Auditor General’s 2025 report has torn through the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI), exposing a deeply troubling mix of financial mismanagement, weak oversight, stalled innovation programs and outright administrative lapses under the leadership of Executive Director Profe
They are on the road before dawn and still riding long after dark, threading through Kampala’s gridlocked streets for fares that rarely exceed a few thousand shillings. For Uganda’s boda boda riders, the pressure to earn is relentless and increasingly, it is deadly.Motorcycles are at t
Lisandro Martinez of Manchester United celebrates with Patrick Dorgu of Manchester United during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford on January 17, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Copa/Getty Images) | Getty ImagesAfter a hot-and-col
Two university students have died in separate road accidents around Kampala, highlighting the growing toll of traffic crashes on young people amid rising fatalities nationwide.Michael Kavuma Tevin, a graduate student at Makerere University’s College of Engineering, Design, Art and Techno
