Peter Douglas Okello, the Gulu district local council speaker says they are currently involved in negotiations with the leadership of the team to agree on terms before the district could assume management of the club.
Kiprotich, who was also voted sportsman of the month of February by the Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) on Monday, told URN on phone that he feels very proud of his achievement despite coming third in that race. The Ethiopian legend, who has dominated long distance races for over a decade, came in fourth place.
At Luzira Prison, inmates sleep on mattresses which Baine believes do not burn fast in case of a fire outbreak and that is why they are not scared of such an outbreak. This is despite the prison having only three fire extinguishers and no fire fighting vehicles exclusive to the prisons.
Arua police is holding a man accused of defiling his 9-year-old step sister and infecting her with HIV. 30-years-old Francis Luambo is a resident of Arua Hill Cell in Awindiri ward in Arua Municipality.
Dan Alinange, Uganda National Roads Authority—UNRA spokesperson said on Tuesday that a total of 2,000 kilometers of roads in the country have been designed but the construction work cannot commence due to lack of funds. Alinange says each of the 2,000kms will cost approximately one million dollars.
Wobulenzi town council has finally scrapped the 18 percent Value Added Tax-VAT that was imposed on water following protests from residents and councilors.
The Human Resource department of Uganda Police is drafting a law that will make it difficult for officers to leave the force before their official retirement age.
In a rare show of unity both Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and the city Executive Director Jennifer Musisi, have agreed to review the contract with Pioneer Easy Bus.
Ali Mutebi, the chairman of the National Union of Taxi Operators (NOTU) expressed fear that once the bus lanes are set out by KCCA, the taxis will not be allowed to park in the areas either to pick or disembark passengers. This move, they say, will push the taxi owners out of business.
The NRM caucus has once again failed to reach a consensus over the fate of Emmanuel Mutebile, the Central Bank governor over his role in the exorbitant compensation of city businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba.
Inzikuru, accompanied by her relatives, on Monday reportedly went to her home in Arua and confiscated some of the property she co-owns with her husband, Martin Bosco Acidri.
After spending over 24 years covering the rebel Lord Resistance Army insurgency in Northern Uganda, local journalists have decided to document their experiences. The journalist mooted the idea, during the second annual general meeting of Northern Uganda Media Club-NUMEC.
MPs from Katakwi are protesting the decision of government to relocate the field artillery school from Masindi to their district without consulting local leaders.
The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) says it is aware of the latest plans and re-organization by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) to attack Uganda from their bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC.
Hoima District council has instituted a five member probe committee to investigate allegations of extortion against James Mwesigwa, the district Fisheries Officer.
Residents of Nametsi, the village by the 2010 landslide in the mountainous eastern district of Bududa have come up with local mitigation measures aimed at curbing landslides.
