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Social Media Celebrities Set to Spend Christmas Holiday in Prison

Social Media Celebrities Set to Spend Christmas Holiday in Prison

The Christmas season is traditionally a time for family, celebration, and reflection. However, for several well-known Ugandan social media personalities, politicians, and public figures, this year’s festivities will be spent behind the high walls of Luzira Prison.From opposition politici

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Uganda Prisons Declare Standby Class One Ahead of 2026 Elections

Uganda Prisons Declare Standby Class One Ahead of 2026 Elections

According to the directive, all prison officers are required to remain fully alert and vigilant at all times, with routine patrols to be conducted both within and around prison facilities and staff barracks to prevent any security breaches.The Uganda Prisons Service has declared a Standby

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Stay at Least 20 Metres Away from Polling Stations After Voting, Attorney General Clarifies

Stay at Least 20 Metres Away from Polling Stations After Voting, Attorney General Clarifies

AG Kiryowa KiwanukaThe Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, has clarified that voters are legally allowed to remain at least 20 metres away from a polling station after casting their ballots, amid growing public debate over post-voting conduct.Kiwanuka’s clarification follows weeks

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Gen. Moses Ali labels health reports as “Political Dark Art”, says he is still fit and hunting votes

Gen. Moses Ali labels health reports as “Political Dark Art”, says he is still fit and hunting votes

Gen. (Rtd) Moses Ali addresses journalists at his residence in Adjumani Town, dismissing health-related rumours.If re-elected in 2026, Gen. Moses Ali will enter Uganda’s parliamentary record books as the first four-star general to serve as an MP at the age of 86.Adjumani, Uganda:

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Butaleja teachers starve as corruption and payroll scandal deepens.

Butaleja teachers starve as corruption and payroll scandal deepens.

The Butaleja District Local Government has been plunged into a serious administrative crisis that has denied more than 60 newly recruited education personnel, including headteachers, deputies, and assistants, their pay for several months. This is further characterized by debilitating resource sho

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UN Holds Solemn Ceremony for Peacekeepers Killed in Sudan

UN Holds Solemn Ceremony for Peacekeepers Killed in Sudan

Abyei – The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) held a solemn memorial ceremony on Monday at its headquarters in Abyei to honour six Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in a drone attack on the mission’s logistics base in Kadugli, South Kordofan, on Saturday.The attack

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BREAKING: AFC/M23 Rebels Announce Withdrawal from Uvira After U.S. Pressure on Rwanda

BREAKING: AFC/M23 Rebels Announce Withdrawal from Uvira After U.S. Pressure on Rwanda

Congo’s M23 rebel group said on Monday it would “unilaterally withdraw” its forces from the strategic eastern city of Uvira, following what it described as a request from United States mediators, in a move analysts say may reflect mounting pressure on Rwanda amid threats of U.S. sanctions.

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‘I was declared deserter for resisting COVID-19 corruption in Uganda Prisons Service’

‘I was declared deserter for resisting COVID-19 corruption in Uganda Prisons Service’

A former Uganda Prisons Service custody health officer, James Turyatunga, has accused the institution of corruption and denying him justice after he was declared a deserter under contentious circumstances.Turyatunga, who once served at the height of the C

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BUSHENYI: Drunk Police Officer Loses Gun to Thieves

BUSHENYI: Drunk Police Officer Loses Gun to Thieves

A police Constable who had been deployed to guard Bushenyi chief magistrates and High court lost an AK47 gun after getting drunk.According to credible sources at Bushenyi police, the suspect was persuaded into drinking alcohol and eventually became absolu

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Butebo District Offers Worst Interpreter at Museveni Campaign Rally, But President’s Transformation Message Still Well-Received

Butebo District Offers Worst Interpreter at Museveni Campaign Rally, But President’s Transformation Message Still Well-Received

President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign visit to Butebo district in Eastern Uganda last week was marred by a series of unfortunate translation failures, leaving both the president and the crowd struggling to communicate effectively.This was reminiscent of what happened in Mbale where a furi

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