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The Ugandan military said it discovered a bomb-making material at a training facility in the west of the capital, Kampala. According to the army, the facility belonged to the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militia that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. The authorities recovered nails, wires and …

At least four people including two police officers, have been killed and twenty-seven others injured in two separate explosions in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, local media have reported. The deputy head of Mulago hospital, Dr Rosemary Byanyima, told journalists that seven patients were in a critical condition and 20 were …

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday firmly reiterated that there will be salary increase for teachers of humanities. Delivering his address at the national celebration of World Teachers’ Day at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala, Mr Museveni assailed proponents of accelerated reopening of schools closed over Covid and put teachers …

Ugandan security forces are holding Dr Lawrence Muganga, a Rwandan descent over allegations of espionage and illegally staying in the country, army spokesperson Brig-Gen Flavia Byekwaso has said. Dr Lawrence Muganga, who is the vice-chancellor of the privately owned Victoria University, was picked up by plain-clothed officers from his office …

Ugandan police arrested a private security guard, who allegedly shot dead a Congolese national and his girlfriend, whom he was keeping in Bukasa, Makindye division in Kampala city, reports Dailymonitor. The deceased have been identified as Siviwe Katembo, 33, and his girlfriend whose identity is yet to be known. The …

The Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi known as Bobi Wine has been released without charge following his arrest hours earlier during a protest. He was leading a team of his party’s MPs in the capital, Kampala, to complain about the arrest and disappearance of supporters, before and since January’s election, …

Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, last night asked his supporters to be disciplined while pursuing civil disobedience, including peaceful demonstrations, over the January election results. According to the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), some of his supporters have internally targeted some party leaders who have …

Ugandan Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng receives a COVID-19 vaccine injection as the first person in the country’s inoculation campaign. Healthcare workers have received the AstraZeneca jabs as part of a phased rollout. Uganda launched its mass COVID-19 vaccination program on Wednesday, joining a host of countries in Africa to …

On Tuesday, Bobi Wine the Ugandan opposition leader called for peaceful demonstrations to oppose the poll results just days after he withdrew from the Supreme Court his election petition seeking to overturn President Museveni’s victory. “Museveni has betrayed the blood of our people and done worse than the regimes he …

The leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP) Mr Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has instructed his lawyers to withdraw the presidential poll petition which he had filed in the Supreme Court, challenging President Museveni’s victory in the January 14 general election. “We are withdrawing from the courts but we …