Gov’t announces new public service salaries
Public Service ministers Lydia Wanyoto and Gen Katumba WamalaThe government has released the 2026/27 public service salary structure, maintaining its policy of prioritisi...
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Why Police Tactics Are Falling Short on Kidnapping For Ransom Cases
Security experts are warning that inadequate investment in kidnapping investigation skills has left law enforcement agencies exposed, fueling public anxiety as kidnapping...
Seven-Year-Old Kidnapped, Killed in Kyenjojo
Police in Kyenjojo are holding two suspects accused of orchestrating the kidnap of a seven- year -old boy and later killed him after demanding ransom.Spokesperson, Kituum...
UEDCL Purge: Vindictive House-Cleaning or Necessary Reform? Taxpayers Face Costly Legal Reckoning
KAMPALA — In a move that has sent shockwaves through Uganda’s power sector, the interim leadership at the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has...
Court remands two in Katikkiro Walusimbi’s daughter murder case
Shock and grief have gripped Wakiso after court remanded two suspects linked to the brutal killing of Lydia Babirye, the daughter of former Katikkiro JB Walusimbi, in a c...
Gov’t to Address Myths Associated with New HIV Injection in PrEP Strategy Review
Faced with growing myths and misconceptions surrounding the newly rolled out HIV prevention injection Lenacapavir, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has embarked on a review o...
Gen Katumba Wamala pledges reforms as he takes over Public Service ministry
The newly appointed minister of Public Service, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, officially assumed office today and pledged to strengthen efficiency, accountability and perfo...
Katumba Katumba Wamala Decries “Loss of Humanity” Amid Rising Kidnaps and Killingsa
Public Service Minister Gen. Katumba Wamala has called on religious leaders to openly condemn what he described as a “complete loss of humanity” in Uganda, citing a s...
52-year-old real estate dealer suffocated to death by kidnappers with a polythene bag despite family paying Shs7 million of Shs19 million ransom demanded
Police have arrested two men over the kidnap and murder of Lydia Babirye, a 52-year-old real estate dealer based in Kampala. The arrests were made by the Flying Squad und...
Woman Kidnapped for Ransom Found Dead in Wakiso, Two Suspects Arrested
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnapping and murder of 52-year-old Babirye Lydia, whose body was recovered from a house in Wakiso District days...