Uganda’s President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has revealed that a top US government official tried to convince him to okay homosexuality practices in the country.

First Lady and Education Minister Janet Kataaha Kainembabazi Museveni has spoken out on the allegations of sodomy at King’s College Budo, as well as promotion of homosexuality in the country’s schools. 

Ugandan singer Hassan Kigozi aka Geosteady and his baby mama Prima Kadarshi have traded insults on social media in a war of words that has seen the former love birds ‘tear each other into pieces’ and expose their dirty secrets.

A Ugandan activist of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has called for amendments to the central bank law to allow the printing of President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s portrait photo on all currency notes.

The Ministry of Education and Sports has announced dates for the selection of students interested in technical and vocational studies. The admission process to the TVET institutions will include interviews at the regional centres. 

Uganda’s main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has trashed a statement by the national army, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), regarding the alleged torture of Eric Mwesigwa, a party activist who claims that his chest was burnt with hot metals during detention. 

Authorities in Bushenyi have today woken up to a rude shock after university students closed the gates to the district headquarters protesting lack of action from the security committee regarding the killing of their colleagues. 

Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LoP) Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, has threatened to sue Monitor Publications Limited, which runs The Daily Monitor, over a story on his alleged engagement in secret talks with an official in President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government to cause the release on bail of National Unity Platform (NUP) MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya of Kawempe North and Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye West.

Uganda Police Force (UPF) has revealed details of how fraudsters gained unauthorized access to a company’s account in Stanbic Bank and withdrew about $1.8m (about Shs6.6bn). Working with Stanbic Bank Uganda’s Fraud Department, Police’s Special Investigations Division has been investigating the fraud and has managed to identify those suspected of taking part, some of who have already been arrested.