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02 May '26
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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02 May '26
Nottingham Forest winger Callum Hudson-Odoi has been ordered to pay more than £1,100 by a court after he was convicted of failing to tax his McLaren supercar.The 25-year-old Premier League star was prosecuted by the DVLA over the unpaid bill on his McLaren 765LT sports car. Court papers s
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02 May '26
On Thursday, April 30, 2026, Justice Alice Komuhangi Khauka of the High Court handed Christopher Okello Onyum a death sentence after convicting him of killing four children at a daycare centre in Ggaba in Kampala Capital City’s Makindye Division.If Okello does not appeal his conviction a
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02 May '26
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ms Ruth Nankabirwa, has named Ms Stella-Marie Biwaga as interim Board chairperson for Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL), replacing Ms Lydia Ochieng-Obbo, whose contract was terminated.In the Saturday statement, Ms Nankab
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02 May '26
Panic spread in a Kyazanga village after residents accused a man of exhuming a corpse for ritual purposes, but no body was found, with leaders urging calm amid fears of mob justice fueled by unverified claims.Tension gripped Bizo Village in Kyazanga Sub-county, Lwengo District, after resid
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01 May '26
Mbale City Police are holding a 23-year-old woman in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man during a late-night altercation at Snap Lounge located at Industrial Division.The suspect, identified as Namboozo Shadia, is alleged to have acted in concert with others to attack Tugonza Zura,
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01 May '26
The Police have arrested one of the bodyguards to the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, for allegedly shooting and injuring a female driver near her residence on MacKinnon Road, Kampala. Security sources say the suspect, Corporal Humphrey Muhanguzi, allegedly shot at a woman in her Toyota Harr
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01 May '26
Society does not—and should not—extend the same leniency to individuals who commit murder under the influence of alcohol. A drunk person, after all, also operates under impaired judgment. Alcohol distorts reasoning, lowers inhibition, and clouds decision-making. Yet when a drunken individual
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01 May '26
The Principal Judge, Lady Justice Jane Frances Abodo, on Thursday afternoon hosted students from Trinity College Nabbingo for an interview to be featured in the school’s annual magazine, The Crystal, in a moment that underscored the enduring link between the institution and its distinguished al
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30 Apr '26
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