A section of Ugandans have bitterly criticized Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao, the Democratic Party (DP) President General after he said that people “have to fear the man who God has decided to lift up!” and that some should “be ready with apologies.”
A Ugandan man has been sent to prison on remand for destroying a portrait of President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, the country’s longest serving leader. A court in the capital Kampala read charges of malicious damage to property to the young man. He pleaded not guilty to the charge against him.
As the investigation into an attack on the Busiika Police Station continues, a senior security chief has warned the criminals behind the attack to surrender, wait to be arrested or killed if they put up resistance. Deputy Inspector General of Police (D-IGP) Maj Gen Geoffrey Katsigazi Tumusiime says security agencies are well aware of who the attackers are and where they are.
Assessment body Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has given a status update on national examinations as the ongoing O-level Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) exams enter Week 5, the last week that hundreds of thousands will be writing their Senior Four Exams, and as the Board gets ready for the upcoming A-level Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations which begin next week.
Until July 2022, Norbert Mao was only the President General of the opposition Democratic Party (DP). Besides his appearances on the NBS TV’s Frontline Show, Norbert Mao was the only fighter in his one-man army against the people he accused of being opposition hypocrites.
But Hamza and Rema are celebrating four years of knowing each others and three years since the introduction ceremony that broke the heart of kaana ka mbaata Eddy Kenzo. In these four years of knowing each other, the Sili Muyembe singer and her doctor have been blessed with one baby girl.
Ugandan singer Edirisa Musuuza aka Eddie Kenzo has asked fellow citizens to pray for him, saying that he has been receiving death threats from people keen on ending his life. After his successful Eddy Kenzo Festival at the Kololo Independence Grounds on Saturday, November 12, 2022, Kenzo addressed entertainment reporters in Kampala.
A little over 1,500 Ugandan government employees (civil/public servants) will lose their jobs starting in the next financial year (2023-2024) which begins in July 2023 when a number of agencies will be scrapped of as part of efforts for the rationalization of government agencies and public expenditure (Rapex) initiative.
A group of unknown gunmen have attacked the Kensington Apartments Police Post in Kyanja in the capital Kampala. The attack happened at about 2am last night. The attackers were said to be riding on a bodaboda and they fired shots at the police post.