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Teso Leaders Reject Sovereignty Bill Over Rights Concerns

Teso Leaders Reject Sovereignty Bill Over Rights Concerns

Leaders warn proposed law could erode citizenship, stifle freedoms, and weaken Uganda’s global tiesLeaders from the Teso sub-region have unanimously rejected the proposed Sovereignty Protection Bill currently before Parliament of Uganda, describing it as ambiguous, restrictive, and poten

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GUN DRAMA AT SPEKE APARTMENTS! UBOS Top Boss ‘Tries To Shoot’ Mp In Boozy Clash

GUN DRAMA AT SPEKE APARTMENTS! UBOS Top Boss ‘Tries To Shoot’ Mp In Boozy Clash

There was high drama at Speke Apartments on Saturday night after a heated parking lot clash between a top boss at the Uganda Bureau of Statistics and outgoing Rubanda West MP Moses Kamuntu allegedly escalated into a near-shooting incident!Eyewitnesses say the trouble started at the exit wh

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Namayingo gold rush turns deadly as unsafe pits kill four monthly

Namayingo gold rush turns deadly as unsafe pits kill four monthly

At least four people die monthly in gold mining accidents in Namayingo District, Eastern Uganda as an unregulated rush for the precious minerals draws unemployed youth into unsafe pits.District officials attribute the deaths to crude mining methods, weak enforcement, and sudden shifting

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Is Supporting NUP Now a Crime? Principal Judge Justice Jane Francis Abodo Faces Uganda’s Toughest LC2

Is Supporting NUP Now a Crime? Principal Judge Justice Jane Francis Abodo Faces Uganda’s Toughest LC2

The air at Senior Quarter Cell, Iriaga Ward, Laroo- Pece Division, Gulu City in Gulu district was thick with tension as residents gathered, hope mixed with frustration, waiting for answers that had taken years to ask. When Principal Judge Justice Jane Francis Abodo stepped forward, she was not ju

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Directors Face Jail as Uganda Government Investigates 20 Gold Companies: Police & Energy Ministry Inquiring into Alleged Fraud

Directors Face Jail as Uganda Government Investigates 20 Gold Companies: Police & Energy Ministry Inquiring into Alleged Fraud

The chief police publicist Kituma Rusoke has corroborated the Energy Ministry’s Geology & Mining Commissioner Agnes Alaba’s information indicating that a total of not less than 20 private companies involved in gold deals in Uganda are currently being investigated.That the companies

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Ssenyonyi Says MP Nakimuli Drove Herself to Hospital for Ill-Fated Surgery

Ssenyonyi Says MP Nakimuli Drove Herself to Hospital for Ill-Fated Surgery

Opposition MPs are in shock after Kalangala Woman MP Hellen Nakimuli died during surgery, with Opposition Leader Joel Ssenyonyi revealing she personally drove herself to hospital earlier in the day for what she believed was a minor procedure.The Leader of the Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, ha

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DR Congo, M23 Rebels Agree on Humanitarian Access, Prisoner Release in Swiss talks

DR Congo, M23 Rebels Agree on Humanitarian Access, Prisoner Release in Swiss talks

MONTREUX, Switzerland: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Alliance Fleuve Congo/March 23 (AFC/M23) rebel group announced on Saturday they had made “substantial progress” toward a protocol on humanitarian access and judicial protection, committing to rapid aid deliverie

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Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance backs proposed tax rise on spirits

Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance backs proposed tax rise on spirits

The Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance (UAPA) has thrown its support behind the government’s proposed increase in excise duty on undenatured spirits below 80% alcoholic content, welcoming a move that would see the rate rise from Shs1,700 to Shs3,500 per litre.Juliet Namukasa, the chairperson

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AI Image of Breastfeeding Vendor Sparks Heated Debate on Kampala Evictions

AI Image of Breastfeeding Vendor Sparks Heated Debate on Kampala Evictions

An emotionally charged image shared online by outspoken businessman Frank Gashumba has sparked a nationwide conversation in Kampala, not because it was real, but because of what it represents.The image, which depicted a street vendor breastfeeding her child as her kiosk was being forcefull

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Street Boys Fill Gap Amid 60% Plastic Crisis

Street Boys Fill Gap Amid 60% Plastic Crisis

Peter Lotimo on red and another street boy picking waste plastic bottles along one of the streets in Soroti CitySOROTI – Every morning before the streets of Soroti return to life, 20-year-old Peter Lotimo walks the back alleys of the city with a sack over his shoulder, pulling plastic bo

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