Month: June 2011

The Uganda Human Rights Commission has asked government to release the report into the Kasubi tombs fire. Fire gutted the historic site in March last year but its cause has never been established. A commission of inquiry was established but its findings have also never been made public. Presenting the […]

Thirteen more people have sustained injuries after lightning struck a police radio communication antenna at Omoro Sub county headquarters, Alebtong district. Most of the victims were farmers who had turned up at the Sub county Headquarters for a NAADS meeting. The LC3 Chairman Omoro sub county Robert Okullu says they […]

Four children have been struck by lightning in Mayuge district. The tragedy has occurred at Bukasero village in Bukatube sub-county in Mayuge district and the affected children have been rushed to Bukasero health centre in critical condition. Their father John Baturi says the children were playing in his compound from […]

The eviction of former Kampala mayor Alhajji Nasser Ntege Ssebagala from the Town Clerk’s House along Sezibwa road has started. The exercise is being conducted by KCC Law enforcement officers together with the police. Ssebagala who spent an hour in talks with the police has left the place after being […]

Former NSSF MD David Jamwa has been granted bail by the Court of Appeal.  He has been asked to pay 10 million Shillings cash and to sign court bond worth 500 million shillings not cash.  Jamwa has been released, pending determination of the appeal challenging his conviction and sentence.  The former […]