National News

By Moses Kyeyune. The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has confirmed to parliament that she refused the former Attorney General Peter Nyombi’s body to lie in state. Kadaga’s statement comes after pressure from a section of MPs as to why the former attorney general and Buruuli County MP was not […]

By Ruth Anderah. A driver attached to CMI has testified against the leader of Boda-Boda 2010 Abdullah Kitatta pinning him before the General Court Martial on charges of unlawful possession of firearms. Corporal Alex Baguma a primary four drop -out told court presided over by Lt. Gen Andrew Gutti that […]

By Shamim Natebwa. The Buganda government is demanding for an independent commission of inquiry into the cause of the fire at St Bernard’s manya secondary school in Rakai district on Monday night that left over 10 lives lost. According to Buganda Premier Charles Peter Mayiga all findings on the fire […]

By Ritah Kemigisa. The opposition Democratic Party has tasked government to produce reports on the various fire outbreaks in schools. This comes a day after fire killed 10 students of St Bernard Manya SS in Rakai district. Addressing journalists, the party president Norbert Mao blamed government for being irresponsible and […]

By Damali Mukhaye. The Uganda National Examinations Board has explained the drop in the number of students sitting for the 2018 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education exams which kicked off yesterday. The number of candidates registered for UACE has dropped from over 100,000 in 2017 to 99,600 in 2018. The […]