A TEACHER GETS 8YRS JAIL SENTENCE OVER DEFILEMENT OF HIS PUPIL
A teacher at Kumari Primary School Bosco Atiku, 36yrs, in Koboko district has been jailed eight years after being convicted for defiling a 16-year-old. The...
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UPDATE: AT LEAST 73 PEOPLE DIE IN JOHANNESBERG BUILDING FIRE
At least 73 people have died – including seven children – in a Johannesburg building fire. More than 50 others were injured. Officials say it...
BOBI WINE IN KASESE TODAY ON HIS NATIONAL TOUR
Security beefed up on the streets of Kasese municipality ahead of the scheduled visit of National Unity Platform party president Robert Kyagulanyi. Kyagulanyi aka Bobi...
PARLIAMENT GIVES A GREEN LIGHT ON A BILL TO BAR PRIVATE PROSECUTIONS IN CRIMINAL MATTERS
Parliament has granted Busiki County Member of Parliament, Paul Akamba, leave to introduce a Bill seeking to abolish the institution of criminal proceedings by private...
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH IN PROTECTING WETLANDS-BUSHENYI LEADERS
Leaders in Bushenyi district have asked the central government to stretch its tough hand on continued wetland encroachment in the area. According to the leaders,...
FOUR ARRESTED IN MBARARA OVER EXTORTION FROM PDM BENEFICIARIES
Police in Mbarara district have arrested four people in connection to extortion of money from beneficiaries of Parish Development Model (PDM) program. The suspects from...
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY REJECTS REQUEST TO ALLOCATE SPACE FOR BORN AGAIN CHURCH
Makerere University administrators have rejected the request to provide space for born-again Christians who are demanding their own church on campus, with the institution insisting...
GABON ARMY DECLARE COUP ON NATIONAL TV
Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon to say they have taken power. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election,...
KACITA WARNS GOVERNMENT ON BAN OF SECOND HAND CLOTHES
Traders under the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) have warned the government against the proposed ban on importation of second-hand clothes, highlighting its effect on...
NRM FRONTS UTHMAN MUGISHA IN HOIMA LC5 BY-ELECTION
The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has fronted Uthman Baraka Mugisha for the Hoima district LC5 by-election. This is after he beat off competition from...