Boat mishaps: NEMA blames ageing wood, overloading
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has identified ageing wooden boats, overloading and submerged trees as major factors responsible for frequent boat acciden...
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How Rodri won the Golden Ball with no goal, no assist, no defining stat
Spain's Player of the Tournament dictated the final by making himself impossible to play against, and impossible to measure.In the final, Rodri tied up Messi in knots, so...
Kalangala candidates warned over rough Lake Victoria waters as campaigns end
Candidates and their supporters traversing Kalangala District’s islands ahead of the Woman MP by-election have been asked to exercise extreme caution on Lake Victo...
Unidentified Man Suspected to Be Police Officer Killed Along Jinja-Kamuli Highway
Residents of Mutai Village along the Jinja-Kamuli Highway are living in fear after an unidentified man was found dead by the roadside.The victim is suspected to have been...
Kasese Municipality to resume demolishing illegal structures
Religious and educational institutions operating in temporary wooden and iron-sheet structures in Kasese Municipality have been directed to relocate to permanent brick bu...
Mbale traders count millions in losses as late-night fire guts Bugema market
Tragedy struck Bugema in the Industrial City Division of Mbale City on Wednesday night after a fierce fire gutted dozens of kiosks and market stalls, leaving traders and...
Gongodyo Murder: Key suspect Obed filmed with log in mob attack arrested, total suspects now 10
Kampala, Uganda: Police have arrested two more suspects in connection with the mob killing of Rugby Cranes player Sydney Gongodyo, including a man captured on video alleg...
Demolition of roadside businesses wipes out revenues, shatters dreams
The morning sun burns through the dusty roadside of Bulindo and Kitukutwe, falling on broken timber, bent iron sheets and torn tarpaulins scattered where small kiosks onc...
Police Exhume Paulo Kafeero’s Body to Settle Children Parentage Battles
Heavy security personnel were deployed across Busansula village on Monday as police oversaw the exhumation of the remains of legendary Ugandan musician Paulo Kafeero, in...
Cattle Quarantine Pushes Nyamunuka Meat Dealers Into Financial Distress
Meat traders and slaughter operators in Nyamunuka Town Council say a month-long Foot-and-Mouth Disease quarantine has crippled livelihoods, stalled business activity, and...