Security

Why 16 NUP Supporters Pleaded Guilty to Possession of Explosives, Treachery

In a new twist, sixteen National Unity Platform (NUP) party supporters reversed their plea on Monday, October 14, 2024, from "not guilty" to "guilty" after spending four years on...

Kisangani Coalition, Like Other Insurgents, will be Defeated by UPDF

A document named the Kisangani Declaration, dated October 5, 2024, is circulating on different social media platforms and...

Karamoja Leaders Asked to Prioritize Peace for Effective Wealth Creation

The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) Commander of the 3 Infantry Division in Karamoja sub-region, Maj Gen. Don...

UMA Wants Gov’t to Setup Teaching Hospitals in Training Health Institutions

The Uganda Medical Association has proposed that the government set up teaching hospitals in most of the health...

UPDF Warns Charcoal Dealers in Northern Uganda

The Commander of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) 5 Infantry Division Brig Gen Keith Katungi has issued...

SECURITY BREAK THROUGH: Gen. Katumba shooters being brought to book process by process

The joint Security team actively investigating the double murder of Nanyonjo Brenda and Kayondo Haruna; and the attempted murder of General Katumba Wamala and his body guard Sgt. Koboyoit Khalid, has made a major breakthrough, and arrested 4 more suspects, highly connected to the double murder and attempted assassination which occurred on the 1.06.2021. The major breakthrough was as a result of the many leads, Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech told a media briefing Thursday afternoon, adding, “that were actively pursued...

Police releases CCTV footage of Gen Katumba suspected attackers

As investigations into the shooting begin, Police have released CCTV footage showing the suspected gunmen who attacked former Works and Transport Minister, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala’s vehicle. The former Chief of Defence Forces in the UPDF was attacked by assailants riding on two motorcycles who sprayed his vehicle with bullets killing his daughter and driver instantly. Police have released a video got from CCTV cameras from a nearby building and others in different places depicting the suspected attackers moving by two...

Breaking News: Gen.Katumba Wamala Survives Assassination which has left his daughter Dead

General Katumba Wamala has sustained serious bullet Injuries in an armed assassination attempt on him a few minutes after Nine O'clock  this morning. This happened around Kisasi on the lane that connects Bukoto to Kisasi and Kurambiro. The assassination attempt however left Gen. Wamala's daughter by the names of Brenda and his body guard dead on spot. Shortly after the incident, The general was rushed to Malcom clinic in Kisasi by an unnamed Boda boda guy for first aid. He was...

YOU GIVE ME LECTURES ABOUT DEMOCRACY, WHAT ARE YOUR CREDENTIALS? PRESIDENT MUSEVENI BLASTS FOREIGN ACTORS

President Museveni has said Uganda will only accept advice from its African peers and from the West if it is done through mutual respect. While giving his acceptance speech after being sworn in for the sixth elective term as the head of state for Uganda  at  Kololo Independence grounds on Wednesday, President Museveni told over 12 African heads of state and other dignitaries that Uganda initiated its own democracy that is one of the best in the world. “I doubt there...

Leader of Lango urges Youth not to engage in street Demonstrations

The head of Lango Paramount Chief Eng. Micheal Moses Odongo Okune has asked the Youth of the sub region against engaging in street Demonstrations which he said are imported from the Western Cultures and may not necessarily solve problems but rather cause havoc in our nation. The Won Nyaci as referred to in lango noted with concern that there is a section of Youth who claim to be so disgruntled and by the influence of the western culture and some...

ARMY PROMOTIONS: COMMANDER IN CHIEF PROMOTES ARMY SPOX LT. COL. AKIIKI TO COLONEL

President Museveni, who is also the commander in chief of the armed forces, has promoted, among others, the deputy UPDF spokesperson, Lt Col Deo Akiiki to Colonel. Col Akiiki has applauded the President, also the commander in chief for trusting him with a new promotion. He thanked the President and the army leadership for the new promotion that he said is a call for more efforts while doing his work. “This is a call for more efforts since the higher you go,...