Fairway Hotel, Kampala downtown flooded after afternoon downpour
A heavy Thursday afternoon downpour flooded Fairway Hotel and several parts of downtown Kampala, disrupting businesses and exposing the city’s drainage challenges.Fairw...
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Lira businessman arrested over motorcycle theft, found with 100 logbooks
Lira City, Uganda: Police in the North Kyoga region have arrested a 54-year-old businessman in an intelligence-led operation linked to a stolen motorcycle from Kampala, u...
No more excuses, minister orders overhaul of delayed digital plate system
Transport Minister Katumba Wamala (center), Ministry ofTransport Commissioner Winstone Katushabe, officials from Uganda Revenue Authority, Integrated Transport Management...
Unsafe city': Fear grows as theft and burglaries hit Arua
Arua City has always been a place of movement. By daybreak—around 6am—its streets pulse with the high tempo of trade: vendors calling out prices, boda-bodas weaving t...
Gunmen kill fuel station security guard, steal firearm in Gulu
Unknown gunmen have shot dead a security guard in Gulu city, northern Uganda and fled with his firearm.The deceased has been identified as Ronald Obedi, a guard attached...
Ugandan civil society denounces ‘foreign agents’ bill
At a press conference, former cabinet minister Miria Matembe condemned the speed at which the controversial legislation is being pushed forward.“I have never seen such...
Kakiri Man Kidnapped, Killed After UGX5M Ransom Demand Fails
Police in Wakiso District are hunting for the assailants who kidnapped and killed a 25-year-old tuk-tuk rider in Kakiri town after his family failed to pay a ransom of 5...
LIRA HORROR NIGHT: Six Arrested After Woman Attacked by Gang in Two Separate Assaults
Lira, Uganda | Police in Lira City West Division have arrested six suspects following a horrifying night attack in which a 20-year-old woman was assaulted by multiple ass...
Woman poisons boyfriend's drink then films his agony as organs shut down
Judy Church knew her boyfriend Leroy Fowler was seeing another woman, but she stayed with him in the belief that one day he’d pick her. Church and Leroy had been togeth...
Blind for 13 Years, Mother of Five Sees Husband for First Time After Life-Changing Surgery
A 30-year-old woman from Etam Town Council in Amolatar District has regained her sight after more than a decade of blindness, in a remarkable medical turnaround that has...