Month: January 2025

Some of the bottles of the city 5 gin which is suspected to have caused the deaths   Police in West Nile are investigating the death of 14 people after allegedly taking “City 5”, a local potent gin produced by City 5 distillers in Ayivu division of Arua city. The

A tolling officer receives cash from a motorist at the tolling plaza   The government is yet to meet its monthly collection target of shillings 7.8 billion from tolling the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA only collected close to Shillings 20 billion as toll fees on the expressway between

Security officials in the Albertine region are investigating their own accused of extorting money from farmers in Bugoma central forest reserve in Kikuube district. The majority of the complaints are against Uganda People's Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers and some police officers deployed to guard some part of the Bugoma forest reserve

Shanitah Nampijja, a widow and resident of Magala. Shanitah Nampijja, a widow in Entebbe municipality is accusing three soldiers from the elite Special Forces Command-SFC of assault. According to Nampijja, the soldiers based at the SFC barracks in Nsamizi, Entebbe Municipality have made her life difficult since she is currently

Moroto authorities want have asked all people donating relief food to Karamoja to register with the district before it is delivered to the community. This follows complaints that some local leaders are using the hunger situation to campaign using relief food. URN has also learned that the food relief meant

The government has processed over 3000 freehold land titles for beneficiaries in the five districts of Ankore comprising Ibanda, Rwampara, Kiruhura, Mbarara, and Mbarara City. The issuance of the freehold land titles is being implemented under the Systematic Land Adjudication and Certification (SLAAC) program, a pilot project implemented by the

Unidentified thugs have brutally murdered a South African-based Ugandan businessman for unknown reasons. The assailants kidnapped Fred Galiwango, who has been running a vehicle mechanical workshop in Lancaster Soweto on Sunday last week. His mutilated body that was chopped into pieces was discovered at the start of this week. South

Deputy Head of Mission at Uganda’s Embassy in Mogadishu, Maj Gen Nathan Mugisha. The government of Uganda will explore untapped opportunities with Somalia following recent agreements by the two parties. This as the two countries move to sign another four Memorandum of Understanding by the end of the year. Officials

Prof. Mahmood Mamdani As the country marks 50 years since the expulsion of Asians from Uganda by former President Idi Amin Dada, two distinguished scholars have said there is going to be another expulsion if things continue with the trajectory they are taking. Speaking yesterday at a public lecture organised