A 12-year old boy whose genitals were bitten off by an aggressive neighbor’s dog has been referred to Mulago hospital urology unit for possible perineal reconstruction surgery. Joshua Okware, a primary three pupil of UCI primary school in Osukuru subcounty, Tororo district was attacked by …
Residents of Rucence village in Mbarara district were treated to drama when a woman suspected of committing adultery was ordered to ‘pack her bags’ and leave her marital home following a village court’s resolution. After 22 years of marriage, Sarah Kyomuhendo and Abel Tumusiime parted …
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has so far collected close to sh20b within seven months of its existence, the Authority has disclosed. Figures show that by February, the Authority had collected sh19.4b, which is sh3b more than what was collected during the previous financial …
Uganda will earn an estimated US$50m (about sh116b) from the forthcoming Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly to be hosted in Kampala, a member of the organising committee has revealed. Aswa MP, Reagan Okumu said Monday that the money would be earned through accommodating the delegates, tourism, …
ZIMBABWE’S president Robert Mugabe says he will “definitely” call elections this year to end a fragile three-year coalition with the former opposition. Mugabe, in an interview to mark his 88th birthday, dismissed objections to early polls. “That is what cowards say. Elections can happen at …
Police in the western district of Kanungu are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a 62-year-old man who was Monday morning found dead in his coffee store. Elly Maate, the south-south western Uganda police spokesperson identified the deceased as John Kamugisha, a resident of Rwere …
Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga yesterday ordered the Minister for the Presidency, Mr Muruuli Mukasa, to table before the House the salary structure for the KCCA’s top executive and other KCCA staff. The minister is among others expected to present before Parliament the salary for …
Gen Moses Ali, the stand in leader of Government business has announced before Parliament that Gender Minister, Syda Bbumba, and Minister of General Duties in the Prime Minister’s office, Khiddu Makubuya, have resigned their positions. The two were accused of causing financial loss to the …
The renown comedian and Radio presenter Ephraim Kiyingi Kadoma who died on Thursday morning is to be buried today. According to close sources Kadoma will be put to rest today at 2:00pm in Kabira, Buwama, Kammengo sub-county in Mpigi district. Kadoma succumbed to Tuberculosis at …
