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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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Swearing-In Without Proof: Where Are the DR Forms?

Swearing-In Without Proof: Where Are the DR Forms?

visit to the EC’s official website still displays election results from 1996 to 2021, with nothing for 2026Ugandans are once again confronted with a troubling question: where are the Declaration of Results (DR) Forms that validate the outcome of the January 15, 2026 presidential election

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Police Fire Tear Gas, Live Bullets as Guild Election Chaos Erupts at IUIU Mbale Campus

Police Fire Tear Gas, Live Bullets as Guild Election Chaos Erupts at IUIU Mbale Campus

Students at the Mbale campus of the Islamic University in Uganda clashed with security forces after disputed delays and technical failures in an online guild election process triggered protests, forcing police to intervene with tear gas and live ammunition.Chaos erupted at the Mbale campus

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Robber who ordered Gen Damulira to free detained girlfriends finally arrested, CP of Prisons’ Gun retrieved

Robber who ordered Gen Damulira to free detained girlfriends finally arrested, CP of Prisons’ Gun retrieved

Katwe, Uganda — A man who allegedly ordered the release of two girlfriends from detention before surrendering to police has been convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison, authorities said.The suspect, identified as Mbaziira, was rearrested in Katwe after previously escaping custody.

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PHILIP KARUGABA: Why The Sovereignty Bill Must Be Withdrawn

PHILIP KARUGABA: Why The Sovereignty Bill Must Be Withdrawn

There is an unwritten rule, supported by parliamentary precedent, that where substantial amendments are made to a Bill, that Bill must be withdrawn, redrafted, re-gazetted and reintroduced to Parliament at first reading.The rationale for this rule is that the Bill is no longer that which w

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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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Bireete: Flawed finance certificate puts Sovereignty Bill on shaky ground

Bireete: Flawed finance certificate puts Sovereignty Bill on shaky ground

The Attorney General has significantly amended the controversial Protection of Sovereignty Bill. However, no amount of redrafting can cure what remains its Achilles heel.The certificate of financial implications that accompanied the Bill to Parliament does not comply with the law. The Bill

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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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Uganda to start manufacturing own satellites

Uganda to start manufacturing own satellites

Uganda has announced plans to begin manufacturing its own satellites, as part of the country’s ambition to enter the global space economy and transition into a knowledge-based economy.This was revealed during the opening of the National Science Week 2026 at Kololo Independence Grounds in

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Ipswich promoted to the Premier League, Wrexham miss playoffs

Ipswich promoted to the Premier League, Wrexham miss playoffs

Ipswich Town's Marcelino Nunez celebrates following the Premier League match at Carrow Road, Norwich on Saturday April 11, 2026.Ipswich Town returned to the Premier League at the first time of asking as a 3-0 victory over visiting Queens Park Rangers on the final day of the regular Champio

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