Security

Kagame, Tshisekedi to Meet Sunday Over Escalating Tensions in Eastern DRC

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame are set to meet for critical talks amid escalating tensions in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), particularly...

Counsel Lufunya Backs ULC’s Decision to Deny Karua Practicing License

The Human Rights Lawyer, Derrick Lufunya, has supported Uganda Law Council's (ULC) decision to deny Kenyan lawyer and...

Besigye’s Co-accused Lutale Kamulegeya Disowned by Family for Treason Ties

The family of Sheikh Abdul Obedi Kamulegeya, a prominent figure in Ugandan Muslim politics, has publicly disowned their...

ISO Chief Urges Mbale Ghetto Youth to Join Money Economy to Alleviate Poverty

The Deputy Director General of the Internal Security Organization (ISO), Colonel Emmy Katabazi, has implored the Mbale ghetto...

Col Katabazi Retools Elgon Region RDCs, DISOs on Security, Monitoring Gov’t Programs

The Deputy Director General of the Internal Security Organization (ISO), Colonel Emmy Katabazi, has equipped the Resident City...

Uganda Insecurity Increasing due to Moral Decadency

The hustle for survival in Kampala is becoming more complicated as our society gets more eroded of human values. The News of a gruesome killing of a Boda Boda rider by thugs who were captured on CCTV camera mounted to nearby school gate, is yet another alarming incident that proves our society to be collapsing. In scenarios like this the public is quick to blame the government for not providing security to its natives. They have the right to. The...

All Armies Have a Doctrine and Purpose They Subscribe To- President Museveni

President Yoweri Museveni, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces has said all armies have a doctrine and purpose they subscribe to and that ideology and strategy are the “basic and crucial points.” He was Friday presenting an opportunity lecture to 297 trainees at Kabamba Military School, fifty-six of whom are professional cadets and ninety-six from the Somalia Defense Forces. President Museveni’s Remarks I had the pleasure, as commander in chief of the armed forces, to present a lecture of opportunity to...

City School Fence Collapses, Kills 6 Street Children

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Ugandans Should Take Terror Warnings Serious

Ugandans Should Take Terror Warnings Serious Last week the U.S government through the Ugandan embassy issued a terror attack warning.  Though the embassy could not provide substantive evidence of the threat, it pointed out that they suspect that the attack could be carried out in places frequented by American in Uganda. The warning was awash media houses and social media platforms which made it effective as far as reaching as many people as possible but the question is how cautious and...

BOU Saga: Culprits Need to Be Brought To Book Swiftly

Last weeks apprehension of eight Bank of Uganda officials and other Ministry of Finance staff has raised dust over an issue that has left the Government with a sore eye.

Uganda Calls Rwanda’s Bluff

Rwanda Revenue Authority early last week released a letter Notifing the public of the re-opening of the Gatuna border along its common border with Uganda.