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A 16-year-old girl who went missing on Wednesday has been found dead. The victim has been identified as Jane Anyango, a daughter to Teopista Auma a resident of Kagembe village in Makulubita sub-county. Moses Male, a resident says that Anyango disappeared on Wednesday when her mother had sent her to take maize to the grain […]

              Security personnel in Rwanda have arrested a 21-year-old man. Anthony Twijukye, a resident of Buhoro village in Rwene parish was arrested by Rwandan security operatives on Wednesday at 5:00 pm.  According to Deus Rwenduuru, his son was guarding a garden of beans about 100 meters from the border […]

The Kampala Central Police Station (CPS) has introduced blast walls in response to the November 16, suicide bombing that left one policeman dead and 23 others injured. The blast walls, made of sacks filled with soil and sand, have been placed at the entrance to the quarter guard, where most of the severely injured police […]

Candidates of the National Unity Platform and National Resistance Movement NRM party have started open campaigns to canvass votes in the race for the LCV chairperson of Kayunga. The race attracted six candidates including Andrew Muwonge of the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party, Harriet Nakwede of the National Unity Platform-NUP, Anthony Waddimba from the Democratic […]

Nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo have applauded Uganda Peoples Defense forces-UPDF for raiding Allied Democratic forces-ADF camps in Eastern DRC. The UPDF, in a joint operation with DRC forces, launched a series of strikes against the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF militants in neighbouring Congo, on Tuesday, an offensive that Ugandan officials said was intended […]

Leaders of the National Unity Platform-NUP party in Kasese have been remanded further after the prosecution failed to show up in court. The five were arrested by security personnel last month from Kamaiba ward in Kasese Municipality for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government.  They are Bryan Basisa, the NUP Kasese District Chairperson, Geoffrey Bwambale, […]

Commercial Banks and Microfinance Institutions are yet to to officially hear about the 200 billion shillings for lending out money meant to rescue small enterprises that were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic which was commissioned early last week. A check at two government-owned financial institutions and one private bank showed that the managers at the […]

Despite a growing number of countries impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the new Omicron variant, World Health Organization (WHO) urges countries to follow science and the International Health Regulations. In a statement, the organization warns that travel bans may play a role in slightly reducing the spread of COVID-19 but […]

The police in Mbarara have arrested a man for allegedly dealing in fake currencies. Godfrey Kazinda was arrested on Thursday and found with fake 46,200 US Dollars and 2.5 million Shillings. The Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson Samson Kasasira says Kazinda was arrested last year in December but was granted bail which he skipped. Kasasira notes […]