Tag: Security officers

Heavy downpours: Kampala Drowns, Bududa Survivors Shiver, Darkness Grips Wakiso

The current downpours countywide are not just rain but a deluge, a relentless assault that has transformed various areas across the country and not spared Kampala's streets by throwing them into treacherous rivers. In Banda, Kyambogo, and...

Opposition Women Leaders Ask Gov’t to Stop Brutalizing Supporters

Crime

A section of women leaders from different opposition political parties in Uganda have appealed to the government to end brutality against those who don’t support them. Barbie Itungo, the wife of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP)...

Crime

Mapeera Kigungu Catholic Church Torched

According to archives from Catholic literature, Mapeera Church was built on the spot in Kigungu, where the two French missionaries of Fr. Siméon Lourdel, also known as Mapeera and Brother Amans Delmas, arrived in the country on 17 February 1879.

Security

Security Closes Off NUP Headquarters ahead of Planned Press...

The offices were closed off, and the place was surrounded by both military police and Uganda Police, who did not accept anyone to enter or exit the party premises.

National News

NIRA Set to Register Children Born during LRA Captivity...

NIRA's standard registration process requires a child to present parental identification. However, in this situation, many parents were killed during the conflict, and others have no official IDs themselves.

Sports