Uganda

US offers over Ksh600M bounty for the arrest of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony
By Francis Muli | 3 months ago
The US through the War Crimes Rewards Program has issued a USD5 million (Ksh609 million) bounty on any information that will lead to the arrest of Uga...

11 children killed in fire at Uganda’s school for the blind
By Agencies | 3 months ago
Police in Mukono are investigating a fire outbreak that killed 11 people at Salama School for the Blind in Luga Village, Ntanzi Parish, Mukono Distric...

Uganda cautioned about high fertility rate
By Agencies | 3 months ago
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has urged the government of Uganda to put in place mechanisms that can reduce the impact of the high fertil...

Museveni promotes son Muhoozi to General
By Naomi Njoroge | 4 months ago
Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has promoted his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba to the rank of General. Reports show that Muhoozi, who previously ser...

Ugandan gov’t distances itself from Museveni son’s war tweets
By Wycliffe Nyamasege | 4 months ago
The Ugandan government has distanced itself from controversial remarks made by Uganda’s commander of the land forces of the Uganda People Defenc...

Former Uganda Security Minister Elly Tumwiine dies in Kenya, Museveni mourns him
By Francis Muli | 5 months ago
Former Uganda Minister for Security General (Rtd) Elly Tumwiine has died while receiving treatment in Nairobi, Kenya. In a statement on Thursday, Augu...

Uganda police launch investigations into Sakaja’s Team degree
By Achieng' Mary | 7 months ago
Uganda police have launched investigations into the validity of Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja‘s Team University degree. In a letter addressed t...

Suspect in Ksh6.8 drug case jailed for life, fined Ksh20M
By Sheila Mutua | 12 months ago
A drug trafficker has been jailed to serve life imprisonment and fined Ksh20 million. Anne Achieng Anyanga had been charged with trafficking psychotro...

Ugandan national faces jail term for being in Kenya unlawfully
By Lilian Soi | 1 year ago
A Ugandan citizen, who was charged with three counts of unlawful presence in Kenya, possession of an identification card belonging to a Kenyan and hav...

Ugandan MPs test positive for Covid after EAC event
By Agencies | 1 year ago
Dozens of Ugandan legislators and their staff have tested positive for Covid-19 after participating in a regional tournament in Tanzania, a parliament...