Hamza Batambuze, a resident, says that their cell is a multipurpose zone comprising of schools, residential units, health facilities and other business, which should warrant police to intensify motorized patrols, so as to burst criminal gangs within the area.
Read more ...Last month, the city authorities forcefully kicked hundreds of vendors from the major streets of the city center citing they were illegally operating. Others evicted included roadside bus operators, pickups, and tricycle operators along Gulu-Kampala Highway.
Read more ...Most of them are conflicts involving owed women, as well as children and their girl-children, a trend attributed to the patriarchal system that denies women the right to own land. Leaders say that system has created a culture in which even close relatives deny women access to or ownership of land.
Read more ...A number of farmers say that they have lost it all this season because of the inconsistent and intermittent rains that have affected their crops.
Read more ...The alcohol is reportedly locally manufactured from parts of the Lango Sub-region and Mable district.
Read more ...The company which was registered in Uganda eight years ago is said to have its roots in the Philippines. In Uganda, it operates from Mabirizi Complex as a distributor of nutritional supplements manufactured by natures way company in the United States of America. The supplements include Alkaline Coffee, MyChocco, a chocolate drink for children, and Liven 24/7 among others.
Read more ...The Inspectorate of Government-IG is keeping secret the names of corrupt officials to give them room to find means of recovering stolen money and returning it to the government without facing public scrutiny and long court battles.
Read more ...Besides the 422 break-ins, the region has also registered 6,728 other cases that include 132 murders, 397 cattle thefts and 550 cases of domestic violence.
Read more ...The comments by Ariko, a member of the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party follow his victory in a by-election held on Thursday. He polled 9, 407 votes and defeated his closest rival Moses Attan Okia who had 8,771 votes while Pascal Amuriat, the Uganda Peoples’ Congress-UPC party candidate got 115 votes.
Read more ...State Attorney Ivan Kyazze told court that he needs time to disclose his evidence to the accused so that they can prepare their defense.
Read more ...Nakamatte said although the transfer is normal in public service and is okay with it, she wants to move to another station with her name cleared of any corruption scandal through a special audit.
Read more ...According to the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA, traffic flow will be diverted from Monday to September 2 at the section between Shell Shoprite and Garnesh Plaza.
Read more ...Pascal Lote, a resident of Lokitelarenga village, said the rustlers outsmarted the security forces and victoriously drove out the animals from the heavily protected kraal. Micheal Longole the Karamoja regional police spokesperson confirmed the incident saying the joint security are following the foot marks of the animals which he said are moving towards Nabilatuk district.
Read more ...Frank Kafeero, died when he had gone to irrigate his eggplant and tomato gardens in response to the prevalent dry spell in the area. His body was found in a water pond next to his gardens.
Read more ...Area residents say that they have been demanding a land title for the 11,475 acres of land they are occupying, protection from wild animals that escape from the Queen Elizabeth National Park and rehabilitation of their major roads since 1994 in vain.
Read more ...The war which has escalated the world's economic crisis started in February and has raged till now creating turmoil in food and energy markets, and further raising high food prices. The two countries are leaders in the production of wheat, oil and sunflower.
Read more ...Apart from the persistent presence of non-tariff barriers by different national authorities, nationalist interests have even failed initiatives like the liberalization of the air space, which the entrepreneurs say would do a lot to boost trade and travel and generally, the economic growth of the region.
Read more ...Prof Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, a keynote speaker challenged President Yoweri Museveni as the eldest leader of the bloc to bestow his experience and ensure he convinces his peers to embrace the integration of the EAC. The alliance that first collapsed a decade later in 1967, and was revived in July 2000.
Read more ...Beatrice Anywar, Uganda's Environment Minister, noted that on a continental and regional scale, it is becoming more and more obvious that the extreme weather events and changing climatic conditions are causing both internal and cross-border movements and displacement.
Read more ...The guidelines released ahead of the annual International AIDS Conference, WHO says will support countries as they plan for CAB-LA introduction as part of a comprehensive approach to HIV prevention and will facilitate urgently needed operational research.
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