Media Council summons The Observer again
Nearly five years after first being summoned over a controversial story, The Observer newspaper finds itself back before Uganda’s Media Council, this time, not jus...
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Nansana mother stranded after thief steals bag containing her baby’s dead body
The 40 year old told Bukedde newspaper that she was trying to transport the child’s body back to her village for burial but had no money for proper transport.A wom...
Three Tororo Hospital Officials Arrested Over Patient Extortion
Three officials from Tororo General Hospital have been arrested by the Inspectorate of Government (IGG) following a monitoring exercise that uncovered alleged patient ext...
Gov’t Refuses to Reduce Tax on Mobile Money
Ugandans using mobile money platforms will continue to contend with the 0.5 percent tax to withdraw cash, a tax that has been blamed for the high cost and low uptake of d...
Paul Mugerwa Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison for the Murder of Prominent Ugandan Doctor Dr. Wilfred Olila
In a ruling delivered on Monday, April 13, 2026, by Lady Justice Sarah Birungi Kalibbala rejected Mugerwa’s plea bargain in which he had pleaded guilty to all char...
Anti-Corruption Unit Cracks Down on Former Flying Squad Operative Behind Fake Murder Plot and Extortion
The Anti-Corruption Unit, in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), has made a sig...
Breaking: Christopher Okello denies murder charges
The presiding judge, Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha listed four counts of murder, each relating to the death of one of the four infants allegedly killed at Ggaba.Christo...
Heart-wrenching Moment in Court! Ms. Stella Apolot Faints After Testifying on Son’s Death in Toddler Killing Trial
Ms. Stella Apolot, one of the parents who lost their child in the tragic Ggaba Kindergarten stabbing, fainted in court after giving an emotional testimony about the death...
Three Arrested as Police Intercept Truck Carrying Suspected Stolen Meat in Mityana
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-le...
Trial of Ggaba Daycare Killings Suspect kicks off at Scene of Crime
The trial of Christopher Okello Onyum, the prime suspect in the killing of four children at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre, commenced on Monday during a High Co...