Retired Archbishop John Baptist Odama's vehicle reportedly lost control and crashed into a young boy operating a mobile money stall near Kati Kati Lacor.According to eyewitnesses, the driver attempted to avoid a child rolling a motorcycle tire but lost control and veered off the road, stri
Irene Chillinggut, the Regional Traffic Officer (RTO) for North Kyoga Region (Lango) made the call, sounding warnings to transport operators to desist from bad practices such as overspeeding, careless driving and overloading which may cause road crashes.Chillinggut said a total of 46,02 pe
He noted that scientists documented a rare and gradual social split within the group over nearly a decadeUganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has dismissed reports of an ongoing chimpanzee war in Kibale National Park, saying the claims misrepresent a long-running scientific study of one chimpan
Police in Mubende District have arrested three suspects after intercepting a truck transporting meat believed to be from stolen cattle in an early morning intelligence-led operation aimed at curbing livestock theft in the region.According to the Wamala Region Police Spokesperson, Lameck Ki
Gen Muhoozi meeting Somali President Hassan in the pastSomalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said Somalia could now take charge of its own security and should bid farewell to Ugandan troops, signalling a potential shift in one of the Horn of Africa’s most critical security part
Kenyan court has sentenced Samuel Kamau Karanja to seven years in prison over the 2016 building collapse in Huruma’s Ngei II Estate, Nairobi, which claimed 52 lives.Karanja, who owned the apartment block, was convicted of manslaughter, illegal construction on riparian land, building with
KAMPALA — Uganda was thrust into a total blackout Sunday morning after a sudden failure in the national electricity grid, according to the state-run transmission utility.The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited, or UETCL, issued an emergency public notice confirming that the n
fuel truck travelling to Gulu lost control at Karuma bridge on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, plunging into the River Nile. The Albertine North Region's marine experts have launched a search & recovery operation for the fuel tanker and victims.Solomon Mugisha, Acting Police PRO for A
For decades, Kampala’s skyline was a patchwork of build now, ask later logic a sprawling landscape of unpermitted structures and horizontal growth. However, the Building Control (Amendment) Act of 2026 has signaled the end of that era. What we are witnessing today is not just a legislative upda
Five people, including a six-month-old baby, were killed in a devastating road crash on Friday night along the Manafwa–Lwakhakha road in eastern Uganda.The accident occurred at around 11:00 pm on April 10, 2026, at Bumakheti Village in Butiru Town Council, Manafwa District. It involved a
