KAMPALA – Chaotic scenes unfolded at the General Court Martial as Eron Kiiza, one of the lawyers representing veteran opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye, was sentenced to nine months in Kitalya prison for contempt of court.
In the early 1900s, transportation in Uganda was very different from what it is today. People mainly walked or used animals to move goods and travel long distances. But in 1908, something remarkable happened – the first car arrived in Uganda. This marked the b
A somber mood has engulfed the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) following the tragic death of Lieutenant Ariho Amon, an officer with the UPDF Engineering Brigade. The incident occurred around 2 pm on Wednesday at a football field in Nakirebe, Mpigi District
President Yoweri Museveni who is also the commander in Chief of the armed forces has made changes in UPDF where he has appointed Maj Gen Don Nabasa as UPDF's Joint Staff And Strategy. Gen Don Nabasa has been replaced by Brig Wilberforce Sserunkuma as commander o
In early March 2017, panic-stricken officials from Uganda’s ministries of Works and Finance, dashed to Dar es Salaam to “compare notes” with their Tanzanian counterparts on among others, variations in prices of their disassociated Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) projects. President Mu
On October 14, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) shamelessly ordered the cutting of trees in the city centre occupied by breeding and roosting colony of the Cattle Egrets. Why? Some say it is to aid signalisation of the roads. The cattle keepers in Uganda would understand the criti
President Museveni said it was necessary for him to explain why he captured power because some people could easily compare him to Idi Amin.Ten days 29 years ago, President Museveni who had been in power for close
Senior lawyers have dismissed a move by the newly elected president of the Uganda Law Society to expel Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka from the Society's Council. The senior lawyers said Mr Isaac Ssemakadde's executive order has no legal backing. On Monday, Mr Ssemakadde issued an
This yearâs Independence Day, celebrated yesterday, is more special than usual. Although the British declared Buganda a protectorate of the crown in 1894, it was not until the defeat of Omukama Kabalega of Bunyoro in 1899 that a tipping point in the subjugation of the existing pre-colon
