Aviation police have arrested a nurse trying to smuggle out cocaine worth 397 million through Entebbe Airport. The suspect, identified as Beatrice Isaro, a nurse from Rwanda was detected by the new technology equipments installed at the airport and was found with drugs concealed in a suitcase. "Police recently procured
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The Archbishop of York has put on a dog collar for the first time in almost 10 years, ending his symbolic protest over Robert Mugabe's leadership of Zimbabwe. In December 2007, Dr John Sentamu cut up his dog collar live on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, promising not to wear one until
Read MoreFormer Kilome MP Harun Mwau’s exit from Nakumatt was the trigger for the retailer’s slide to bankruptcy and near-liquidation, according to newly filed court documents. Edward Waithaka, a director of Nanyuki Mall Limited, says in court filings that Nakumatt chief executive Atul Shah may have used its working capital to
Read MoreThere is heavy deployment of army personnel and police in Kasese town as residents remember the death of more than 100 people in clashes between state security agencies and royal guards at the Kingdom of Rwenzururu, last year. Tomorrow will mark exactly one year since the raid on the palace
Read MoreA section of veterans from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Veterans League have told the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee that Article 102(b) of the Constitution does not make sense and should be repealed. The League is composed of largely former men and women of National Resistance Army (NRA),
Read MoreOctober, 2014. Patrick Ho Chi-ping was planning a trip from Hong Kong to the central African country of Chad, where he was scheduled to meet the long-time president, Idriss Déby. But Ho got a warning: he should skip the capital and, instead, take a flight to Ethiopia where he would then fly
Read MoreAnother Forum For Democratic Change (FDC) Presidential candidate has conceded defeat to the newly elected party leader, Patrick Oboi Amuriat. Moses Byamugisha in his concession speech says he looks forward to working with Amuriat to bring back party members who had deserted. Below is his statement Soon after Hon Amuriat
Read MoreTwo senior police officers who were side-stepped in the recent appointment of police spokesperson Emilian Kayima have finally handed over their offices as they await new deployment. The two officers include Commissioner of Police (CP) Fred Enanga who has been working as part of the administration team Assistant Commissioner of
Read MoreAfrican telecommunications group Econet is considering selling shares on the London Stock Exchange at a valuation of about $8 billion (UShs29.1 Trillion) next year after combining new and existing assets, according to people familiar with the matter, reports Bloomberg. That valuation would be based on an enlarged company, partly forged through
Read MoreM7 Assures Investors: ‘We Have Enough Power, Transport Routes’
President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda has enough power (electricity), transport routes and opportunities to enable foreign investors thrive in Uganda. Museveni made the remarks on Thursday during a meeting with a delegation of oil and gas investors from the United Kingdom who called on him at State House, Entebbe.
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