Uganda Prison Service Commissioner General of Prisons, Dr Johnson Byabashaija has transferred 42 prison officers, appointed some and sent others on leave. In the new changes prisons spokesperson Frank Baine, has been appointed CP in charge of corporate affairs while Wilson Francis Magomu CP prisons headquarters will now head security and services. Baine will hand […]
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Two officials of Mwizi SACCO in Rwampara district are being investigated after being rearrested by operatives believed to be connected to the State House Anti-Corruption Unit led by Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema on Saturday 20th June 2020 for misusing shs411 million from the SACCO. The suspects are Evarist Mujuni, the chairperson board and Evans Kabombo, the […]
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Alliance for National Transformation founder Gen. Mugisha Muntu has stepped down. Muntu launched the party in May last year, to rival other opposition parties in a bid to unseat President Museveni who has ruled the country for close to 35 years. Muntu has appointed the Party’s Deputy National Coordinator Alice Alaso to act as new […]
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Two men in Kasese district are in police custody after they were found in possession of contaminated meat. The head of the Veterinary Department at the district Geoffrey Kalule says that the meat tested positive for anthrax which poses a threat to the lives of the consumers. The duo, identified as Muhindo Landus and Kasasira […]
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There is disagreement among Mbarara Municipal council councilors over where the headquarters of the two city divisions should be located. This started during the council meeting held at Adit hall yesterday, as two councilors Shubusha Mwesiga and Nicholas Nuwagaba raised the matter arguing that the headquarters of Mbarara North division should be located in Biharwe whereas that of South […]
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Mbarara Municipality – becoming city effective July 1,2020 (next week). Current Mayor – Robert Kakyebezi It sits on 449.09 Sq Kms Estimated population – 222,541 in 2017. Mbarara, in a special situation, it connects Uganda to Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, and other countries that’s why it has different nationals. Did you know that Mbarara town is […]
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Three people have been detained in Rukungiri district over the death of a 35-year old man. The suspects identified as Leo Magambo, John Kanyesigye and Edward Owamani all residents of Bugangari Sub county in Rukungiri district were arrested after the death of Lamech Tumusiime, whose body was discovered 3 kilometres away from a trading centre […]
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Parliament has tasked the ministry of education and sports to take interest in the status of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. This came after the Kasanda North member of parliament Patrick Nsamba raised a matter of national importance in which he complained about the maintenance of schools while students are at home after they were […]
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Police in Rwampara have this morning arrested two men including an area defense secretary for alleged to have last night beaten to death a man accused of stealing a goat belonging to one of the suspects. The Rwizi police spokesperson Samson Kasasira says the duo beat Nahamya Godwin, 29 a resident of Nsuro cell Kamomo […]
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The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) has said that their two officers arrested in connection with the shooting dead of Church lay reader in Kasese district on Wednesday morning are being investigated and will be punished according to the law. UPDF spokesperson Brig Richard Karemiire says the duo will appear in the military court as […]
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