A UPDF soldier on Thursday night shot and injured a colleague before committing suicide at a detachment in Moroto district. The incident happened in Kidepo village, Rupa Sub County, 10 kilometres West of Moroto town.
Following yesterday’s chaotic Public Order Management Bill Debate that led to the unceremonious adjournment of the House to Tuesday, opposition MPs have today vowed to block the passage of the bill come Tuesday.
Uganda Cranes first choice goalkeeper Dennis Onyango has said he is happy for a new challenge after signing with Bidvest Wits University on loan for one season this afternoon. The experienced shot stopper moved on loan from giant side Mamelodi Sundowns.
The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) will discuss the continued threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels in its next parliamentary session that begins this month.
Global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has once again voiced its opposition to the Public Order Management Bill 2011 currently being debated in the Ugandan parliament. Sarah Jackson, Amnesty International\'s deputy Africa director says the bill must not be allowed to pass in its current form as it poses a grave threat to basic freedoms in the country.
Flooded seasonal rivers and muddy spots in Karamoja have held travelers and Motorists forcing them to suspended their journeys out of Karamoja as heavy rains demolish roads rendering them impassable.
There are only two medical workers at the Mental Health Unit in Fort Portal, the in-charge and one nurse who attend to more than twenty patients everyday.
Uganda Cranes have landed an international friendly against African giants Egypt on August 14. The game will be played in the Coastal town of El Gouna, some 430km outside Cairo because of the security tensions in the Capital.
Defending champions Eastern, who are finding this year’s campaign tough, will face tricky side Mid North in one of the semi final ties, while in-form Buganda take on West Nile at 2pm. Buganda is the only team in the competition that has won all their three group games.
The Rwandan government has switched off close to half a million mobile phone subscribers for failure to register their Subscriber Identity Module commonly known as SIM cards. The SIM card registration exercise in Rwanda kicked off in February 2013 and was supposed to come to an end on the 31st day of July.
Elioda Tumwesigye, the State Minister for Health and General Duties, says this is caused by the large sexual cycle that housemaids have especially at home including fathers, sons, motor cyclists, askari and shamba boy among others. This means if each of the above people have sexual partners, then the spread of HIV is more imminent.
Reverend Canon George Bagamuhunda has been elected new Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Kigezi. Canon Bagamuhunda is to replace Right Reverend George Katwesigye, who retires in March 2014 after heading the diocese for over 15 years.
Tororo Town College in Tororo Municipality was on Thursday indefinitely following a violent student strike. The school administration took the decision on Thursday morning after students turned rowdy and pelted stones at the school building destroying school property.
