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Gynaecologist Dr Job Obwaka Dies Suddenly While Visiting Companion, Police Say

Gynaecologist Dr Job Obwaka Dies Suddenly While Visiting Companion, Police Say

45-year-old woman is being treated as a person of interest by police following the sudden death of Dr Job Obwaka, one of the country’s most respected obstetricians and gynaecologists, who died at the age of 83.Dr Obwaka was pronounced dead on arrival at Nairobi Hospital on Friday evening

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Minister Kabbyanga Tells Journalists 'I Can Put You In' at World Press Freedom Day Event

Minister Kabbyanga Tells Journalists 'I Can Put You In' at World Press Freedom Day Event

Remarks by ICT State Minister Godfrey Kabbyanga at World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Kampala have stirred concern after he warned journalists against “arrogance” and suggested he has the power to detain them, appearing to contradict his own defence of media freedom.The State Mini

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Amolatar: 16yo S1 student of Kangai SS fatally stabbed by unknown attacker

Amolatar: 16yo S1 student of Kangai SS fatally stabbed by unknown attacker

16-year-old boy and S1 student at Kangai Secondary School in Amolatar district has tragically lost his life.Odon Keneth was fatally stabbed by an unknown assailant in Abedober village, Arwotcek parish, Amolatar district.According to Onyang Sam, the grandfather of the deceased, Odon

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URA Enforcement Team Shoots, Injures Man in Suspected Mistaken Identity Case

URA Enforcement Team Shoots, Injures Man in Suspected Mistaken Identity Case

joint police and Uganda Revenue Authority investigation has commenced after an enforcement team opened fire on a vehicle along the Kampala–Jinja highway, injuring a man later found not to be involved in smuggling.The incident occurred on April 26 at around 8:50pm, when a URA enforcement

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Gen Otema, wife lose defamation case against DFCU

Gen Otema, wife lose defamation case against DFCU

The High Court has dismissed a defamation case filed by Lt Gen Charles Otema Awany and his wife, Elizabeth, against DFCU Bank, after the bank advertised their properties for sale over an uncleared loan.The case dates back more than a decade to when the couple entered into a banking relatio

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Blind for 13 Years, Mother of Five Sees Husband for First Time After Life-Changing Surgery

Blind for 13 Years, Mother of Five Sees Husband for First Time After Life-Changing Surgery

A 30-year-old woman from Etam Town Council in Amolatar District has regained her sight after more than a decade of blindness, in a remarkable medical turnaround that has transformed her family life and renewed hope within her community.Acila Kevin, a mother of five, had lived with bilatera

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Janet Museveni Celebrates 40-Year Impact of UWESO, Calls for Continued Investment in Vulnerable Children

Janet Museveni Celebrates 40-Year Impact of UWESO, Calls for Continued Investment in Vulnerable Children

First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni, has reflected on the four-decade journey of the Uganda Women’s Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO), noting that the organisation began with a group of committed Ugandan women responding to the plight of vulnerable children affe

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Rotary Heart Camp Gives 14-Year-Old Chloe a Second Chance at Life

Rotary Heart Camp Gives 14-Year-Old Chloe a Second Chance at Life

Fourteen-year-old Chloe is looking forward to returning to school, playing with friends, and living a normal life again after undergoing successful heart surgery at the Uganda Heart Institute through a Rotary-supported medical camp.Chloe was among nine children who received life-saving clo

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Okello sentenced to death over Ggaba kindergarten killings

Okello sentenced to death over Ggaba kindergarten killings

The suspect in the murder of four toddlers at Ggaba Kindergarten, Christopher Okello Onyum, in the dock during his trial and a public hearing at Ggaba Community Church, Kampala. PHOTO/ ABUBAKER LUBOWA The High Court in Kampala has sentenced Christopher Okello Onyum to death for the brutal

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Bobi Wine’s Son Fires Back After General Muhoozi Hints at Succeeding His Father: “You Can’t Run a Nation”

Bobi Wine’s Son Fires Back After General Muhoozi Hints at Succeeding His Father: “You Can’t Run a Nation”

sharp political exchange has erupted in Uganda after NUP-aligned youth figure Solomon Kampala, son of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine), strongly criticised Chief of Defence Forces General Muhoozi Kainerugaba over comments suggesting a possible succession to President Yoweri Museven

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