Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni inspects a guard of honour during the flagging-off of Uganda’s first AU peacekeeping contingent to Somalia on March 1, 2007. East Africa remains the backbone of global peacekeeping despite shrinking troop numbers and funding.Despite the decline in number
Job Namanya Apuuli, the Chief Executive Officer of Apuuli Foundation and a seasoned media practitioner, has officially declared his intention to contest for the Kitagwenda County Member of Parliament seat in the 2031–2036 electoral term.Apuuli announced his political ambitions while addr
During the siege at former speaker’s palaces, investigators were shocked to find millions of ballot papers in one of the rooms.Sources say that Among had capitalized on her good friendship with top bosses at EC to have access to all manner of election materials, including ballot boxes an
section of junior police officers has appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to institute an independent inquiry into the conduct and performance of several senior police directors whose contracts recently expired, instead of automatically renewing their terms.The appeal comes as uncertaint
The UPDF has launched a nationwide recruitment drive targeting ordinary recruits and a broad range of professionals, from pilots and doctors to teachers and musicians (see full list)The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) has announced a nationwide recruitment exercise targeting both ord
Bukedea Woman Member of parliament and the immediate Former Speaker of the 11th Parliament Annette Anita Among might be off the hook following reports that the president met her last weekend at her for all her sins after weeks of trouble which even made her get booted from the Speaker’s race wh
The late Denis Bukenya (left) had been running a small businessResidents of Nansana were left reeling after a recent Makerere University graduate was brutally killed and his house set ablaze in what authorities suspect could have been a robbery-related attack targeting his business proceed
Nine people have been rescued as the search for more continues after a building under construction collapsed in Kisota Zone, Kibaaye Parish, Kawempe Division, Kampala on Friday afternoon.Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Rachel Kawala, said the nine people were successfully evacuat
three-storey building under construction has collapsed in Kampala, injuring several people, with several others suspected to be trapped inside. The building under construction in Kisota Zone, Kawempe North Division, collapsed from the top floor just before 1 p.m while builders were on site.
Police in Mbarara have recovered the dismembered body of a taxi driver who had been missing for more than three weeks, in a case that has shocked residents and prompted a homicide investigation.The deceased, identified as Basajja Majidu, was a resident of Kakooba Division in Mbarara City S
