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17 Jun '26
The Mbarara District Public Accounts Committee has directed the Chief Administrative Officer to record a police statement for allegedly allocation of land without following the required procedure. The committee chaired by Herbert Kamugiaha directed David Muhwezi, to record a statement at Bwizibwe
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17 Jun '26
Nation Media Group (NMG) has issued a response following widespread circulation of a statement attributed to Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, in which he allegedly threatened to shut down NTV Uganda and Daily Monitor. The remarks reportedly emerged after the
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17 Jun '26
Uganda’s political landscape is dominated by stories of imprisonment, intimidation, exile, and internal divisions.Dr. Kizza Besigye, one of the country’s most prominent opposition figures, continues to face political persecution and detention. Robert Kyagulanyi has spent significant pe
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17 Jun '26
Justice Susan Odongo has reinstated a Shs 120 million loan recovery suit filed by Goldmine Finance Limited after finding that its earlier dismissal was caused by misleading information from a court clerk, not deliberate neglect by the parties.In a ruling delivered on June 7, 2026, the judg
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17 Jun '26
Violence erupted in Kidongole Sub-County, Bukedea District, after residents confronted an attempted exhumation of a grave, leaving a grandmother critically injured and triggering a police investigation. The incident occurred in Kanyanga village, where the community of about 200 people reportedly
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17 Jun '26
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has urged the National Unity Platform (NUP) to spearhead a united opposition front, citing increasing political pressure and recent high-profile arrests as signs of deepening tension in Uganda’s political landscape.KAMPALA — The People’s Progres
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17 Jun '26
Elizabeth Nyasuna, who worked as Team Leader at Stanbic Bank’s Entebbe branch, has been awarded Shs 40 million by the court after the bank unlawfully dismissed her over a suspicious Shs 75 million cash withdrawal in 2012.Justice Anthony Wabwire Musana of the Industrial Court said Stanbic
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17 Jun '26
Lawyer and former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has been remanded to Luzira (Murchison Bay) Prison after appearing before court on charges of misprision of treason.His lawyers were led by Medard Ssegona Lubega. The others include Proscovia Kinihira, Samuel Muyizzi, Muhammed Nsereko, Mat
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17 Jun '26
Uganda's €2.7bn ($3.1bn) Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project could be under threat, with Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba proclaiming on June 16 that the contract awarded to Turkey’s Yapi Merkezi had been “cancelled”.There has been no confirmation or denial from the
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16 Jun '26
Musician Mansur Ssemanda, popularly known as King Saha, has confirmed that his concert will take place at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds on August 14 this year.The singer revealed that he has already received the necessary approval from the Ministry of Defence and has been given the green light