21+ hour, 32+ min ago   (404+ words) Police in Kalangala District have detained a 50-year-old fisherman accused of killing his wife following a domestic dispute reportedly linked to childlessness and allegations of adultery. Ibrahim Nsereko, a fisherman at Kussu landing site on Buyovu Island in Bufumira Sub-county,…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (530+ words) Grief and fear have engulfed Kitwe Cell in Rwentuuha Town Council, Bushenyi District, after a 34-year-old woman was found dead in a banana plantation on Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Justina Sandres, born in Nyakishana sub-county, Buhweju…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (544+ words) Government’s Shs5 million cattle restocking programme per beneficiary in Bukedea District has been hit by recycled telephone numbers, alleged extortion and diversion of funds, raising fresh questions about controls over the initiative. Mr Elimu Emmanuel, the district focal person for the…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (669+ words) One of the courtrooms at the High Court in Kampala. There will be no court hearings in Kampala on Thursday as judicial officers leave their chambers to participate in the third National Court Open Day at Kololo Independence Grounds. The…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (552+ words) Concerned residents in Kamuli are demanding justice for the family of Hussein Tenywa, who was shot dead during a boxing event at Muzuri Guest House in Bunangwe Cell last Saturday. Residents allege Tenywa was shot by Presidential Police Guard (PPG)…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (330+ words) Yonasan Tibenderana, 35, was arraigned before Grade One Magistrate Rhoda Acham Ochom and accused of obtaining Shs200,000 from a woman after allegedly claiming that he could process an express national identity card for her. According to the charge sheet, Tibenderana allegedly committed…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (387+ words) By Anthony Wesaka & Juliet Kigongo Mr Obeid Lutale, the political aide to Dr Kizza Besigye, has for the first time been named in the former presidential candidate’s ongoing treason trial, with the key prosecution witness telling court that Dr Besigye…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (393+ words) A 21-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of a 22-year-old waitress and aggravated robbery and remanded to Luzira Prison. Patricia Rose Turindwamukama, a self-employed resident of Mukalazi Zone, Bukoto I Parish in Nakawa Division, appeared before Senior Principal…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (80+ words) monitor.co.ug Former political intelligence chief and political analyst Charles Rwomushana has been released by security forces, two days after his high-profile arrest from a live radio broadcast in Kampala. The airport, usually a place of hurried footsteps, luggage…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (480+ words) The whereabouts of political commentator Mr Charles Rwomushana and National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporter Mr Ivan Mwijukye—who were abducted by armed men over the weekend—remain unknown. Mr Rwomushana was taken by armed men in civilian clothes from the…...