Three suspects are being detained at Busunju Police station over killing of a police officer in Mityana.The suspects are accused of having knowledge about a plan to kill Corporal Justus Bainemuha attached to Busunju Police station in Mityana district.
Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom has broken its silence on plans by the Bagungu to secede, describing the move as divisionary. Yolam Nsamba, the Principal Private Secretary to Bunyoro King, says the move is only intended to turn Bunyoro away from core issues.
The state has protested what it calls delaying tactics by the Health Ministry Permanent Secretary, Dr Asuman Lukwago in order to avoid plea taking in connection to the corruption charges slapped against him.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives has re-introduced the Pre-Export verification guidelines to deal with the explosion of products on the market which do not conform to standards.
Wobulenzi Police in Luweero District are investigating circumstances under which a 35 year old woman was strangled in her rental house by unknown people on Thursday night.
A group of Nigerian pilgrims called the Knights of St. Mulumba impressed fellow pilgrims by pledging 10, 000 dollars to help in the rehabilitation of the martyrs shrine in Kiyinda – Mityana Diocese.
Hundreds of policemen and UPDF soldiers have been deployed in Nakaseke to prevent planned protests by bush war veterans over delayed compensation for helping NRA/M come to power. Traffic is being closely monitored and heavy charcoal trucks have been banned from travelling until after the celebrations.
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations fighting for realization of the right to health in Uganda say President Yoweri Museveni gave superficial mention to health issues.
The Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) General Edward Katumba Wamala says utterances made by some senior army officers will not cause divisions in the army.
The Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura has set up a team to investigate how Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) officials sold off the land in Bigaaga Estates, which has resulted in clashes between residents and the investor.
High Court in Mbarara has stayed a bail application filed by a catholic priest who is facing murder charges. Fr, Cleophas Ensiyaitu, a priest from Mbarara Archdiocese, and six others are jointly accused of shooting four people dead in March this year.
Armed Bakonzo youths have beefed up security at the shrine of Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere in Bundibugyo district as ethnic tension between Bamba and Bakonzo continues.
The Ambassador of Netherlands Alphons Hennekens has said that the press has a responsibility to address issues that affect their community and what is going on in government and other circles.
There was mixed reactions to the State of the Nation Address, with some commentators saying President Museveni addressed issues of concern while others argued that it was another lost opportunity.
According to the declaration documents by Charles Rwebero, the Pallisa District Electoral Commission Registrar, only 26,364 of the 52,835 registered voters in Butebo County in Pallisa district participated in the by-election on Thursday. The declaration also indicates that not a single person showed up to vote in a total of 18 polling stations in the two sub counties of Opwateta and Kibale.
