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The dark side of Uganda's boda boda boom

The dark side of Uganda's boda boda boom

The number of people who died in traffic incidents in Uganda rose by more than 10 percent in the past decade, despite global road traffic deaths falling by five percent per the World Health Organisation (WHO). Uganda Police Force statistics attributed nearly 45 percent of deaths caused b

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Taylor Swift is now the world's richest female musician: Here's who she surpassed

Taylor Swift is now the world's richest female musician: Here's who she surpassed

FILE - Taylor Swift attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on Sept. 11, 2024, in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)NEW YORK - 

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How Zaake torture threw security officers in the eye of the storm

How Zaake torture threw security officers in the eye of the storm

What started as a show of might by the military and the police against Mityana MP Francis Zaake in Mityana District in 2020 has thrown senior police and military officers in the eye of the storm. The four police officers, whom court found to have been involved in the torture of MP Zaake,

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Judge refers Akamba's human rights case to constitutional court

Judge refers Akamba's human rights case to constitutional court

The High Court in Kampala has referred a human rights application that was filed by Busiki County, Namutumba Member of Parliament Paul Akamba to the Constitutional Court for determination. In his application, Mr Akamba who is accused of seeking for 20% kickback from the chairperson of U

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Besigye trashes 'acclaimed' accident victim Simbwa's confession

Besigye trashes 'acclaimed' accident victim Simbwa's confession

Dr. Kizza Besigye, a former presidential candidate, took to his X account trashing Moses Simbwa who during the National Resistance Movement’s liberation day celebrations in Jinja openly confessed to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni that he was used by the opposition to defame the government wit

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"It is illogical" says Ssenyonyi on claims of opposition using drones to abduct, torture its own supporters

"It is illogical" says Ssenyonyi on claims of opposition using drones to abduct, torture its own supporters

The Leader of the Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi has described as illogical, the claims that opposition supporters are being abducted using drones and firearms, only to be subsequently held in government prisons and safe houses.""Is it conceivable that the opposition is employing drones a

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