Student injured as fire burns second dorm at Nyakabanga SS in five days
Police in Bushenyi District in Western Uganda are investigating a second dormitory fire that broke out at Nyakabanga Senior Secondary School in Kyabugimbi Sub County five...
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Two years later: Did dead pupil foresee Salama fire?
Rebecca Namulondo, 9, had a chilling premonition of impending doom. In an emotional revelation, Godfrey Wamunyokoli, a Mathematics and Science teacher at the Salama Schoo...
Police probe fire inside historic Catholic church in Uganda
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango has revealed that police are investigating a case of attempted arson in the fire that burnt part of Kigungu Mapee...
Rise of the poetic pretender
As soon as you write a single poem or perform a line of poetry, those assembled will immediately baptise you “a poet”. And as sure as the spirit of Shakespeare seiz...
Authorities puzzled over fire inside Uganda's historic Catholic church
Devotees and residents at Kigungu Landing Site in Entebbe are puzzled following a Thursday night fire at the historic Kigungu Mapeera Catholic Sub-parish, the first Catho...
PLE candidates need reassurance not threats
This week Primary Seven candidates will seat their final exam which is set by Uganda National Examination Board. This annual exam always comes with a mix of anxiety, worr...
Traders in tears after Kigogwa fuel tanker explosion
Several businesspeople in Kigogwa Town are counting losses after a fuel tanker exploded at a trading centre on Tuesday. The northbound tanker overturned before bursting i...
Families deal with losses after Kigogwa tanker explosion
A teenager who died while trying to rescue children who were caught up in the Kigogwa fuel tanker blaze has been described as selfless. Joseph Muwonge, 19, chose not to...
Kigogwa fuel tanker explosion: What we know so far
At least 10 bodies had by Tuesday evening been recovered from the scene of a fuel tanker explosion at Kigogwa Town on Kampala-Bombo road in Wakiso District. Another perso...
Senior Tanzanian opposition party official abducted, injured
Unidentified people abducted, beat and seriously injured a senior Tanzanian opposition party official before dumping her in a forest, her party said on Sunday, a month af...