Security agencies in Wakiso District have arrested a suspected member of a criminal gang and recovered a rifle believed to have been used in a string of robberies across the Kampala Metropolitan area.The operation, conducted in Nsangi and Kyengera divisions, followed a tip-off from residen
An 18-year-old apprentice hairdresser from Kassanda District has died while being rushed for advanced medical care after being found in critical condition at a private clinic, prompting a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death and raising fresh concerns about unsafe med
The Chief Magistrate at Mwanga II Mengo Chief Magistrate’s Court, His Worship Adams Byarugaba, has sentenced 7 teachers accused of involvement in examination malpractice to a Custodial sentence of one year in jail.The accused who were sentenced on Friday, 10th April, 2026 are alleged t
Uganda recorded approximately 2 million births in 2025, according to Dr Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health, who warned that rapid population growth is outpacing the country’s healthcare capacity.Speaking before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) d
Police in Kassanda District have arrested a suspect in connection with the brutal murder of 61-year-old Pheobe Nalugwa, a resident of Kizibawo Village in Bukuya Sub-county.According to a statement released by Wamala Region Police spokesperson SSP Lameck Kigozi, the deceased had been involv
A Ugandan government health work has been arrested for stealing 100,000 doses of ARVs and hiding them in a pit latrine.The Uganda National Drug Authority (NDA) said the arrested health worker is an assistant nursing officer at Kassanda Health Centre IV.NDA spokesperson Abiaz Rwamwir
Members of Parliament have sharply questioned officials from Ministry of Works and Transport over long-delayed road projects and expensive framework contracts, some of which have remained incomplete for more than a decade despite billions of shillings spent.The officials appeared before th
The Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President, Yunus Kakande.The Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President, Yunus Kakande, has admitted that unidentified security operatives took control of the electoral process in Ssembabule during the January general elections after bot
Police in Kassanda District are investigating the death of a 30-year-old bar proprietor who was allegedly killed following a late-night fight linked to a domestic dispute.The deceased, Ivan Ahimbisibwe, owned E-Zone Bar and Lodges located in Lugongwe Trading Centre, Kijuna Subcounty.
Six people, including two children returning to school, were killed in a fatal evening crash in Kassanda District after a commuter taxi rammed into a parked bus on the Mityana–Mubende highway.Wreckage of a commuter taxi that rammed into a parked Link Bus along the Mityana–Mubende highw
