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A fire in a school dormitory in Guyana that killed 19 children was lit by a student after her mobile phone was confiscated, police has reported....
By Gad Masereka Jinja, Uganda: Brig. Flavia Byekwaso, the former UPDF spokesperson has taken over as the new Chief of Staff at the Uganda Rapid Deployment...
By Gad Masereka Police in Wandegeya is investigating a suspected suicide by shooting involving Rogers Atuhaire, a private guard working with SGA Security Company. Atuhaire is...
By Kabugho Rahab Kampala, Uganda: According to authorities, well-known Ugandan blogger Ibrahim Tusubira, also known as Isma Olaxess, was shot and killed on Saturday night.The Uganda...
A startlingly brazen video that popular Ugandan blogger Isma Olaxess aka Jajja Ichuli posted with his followers on multiple social media platforms has surfaced just seconds...
The gunman fired more than 8 shots in a single burst, Mathias Waswa, the driver of murdered blogger Ibrahim Tusubira alias Isma Olaxess, who was shot...
By Gad Masereka Kampala, Uganda: Isma Olaxess, a well-known blogger from Uganda, was shot and killed on Saturday night in Kyanja, a city suburb of Kampala,...
Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye, the spokesperson for the Defense, stated that the UPDF is not required to bury a soldier who commits suicide or a crime...
By Gad Masereka US Texas: According to emergency services, a shooter shot and murdered eight persons who were shopping at a mall north of Dallas, Texas....
By raiding a kraal in the Moroto district early on Saturday morning during a cordon and search operation, the joint security forces have broken down criminal...
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has urged the government to stop enforcing laws in a selective manner and make sure that everyone involved in the iron...
Mary Goretti Kitutu, a minister for Karamoja, was denied bail by the head of the anti-corruption court in Kololo due to a lack of sufficient sureties....
Prof John Ntambirweki, the vice chancellor and founder of Uganda Pentecostal University in Fort Portal, western Uganda, has died. Ntambirweki died on Wednesday at Kampala’s Le Memorial Hospital. He’s been sick for a long time, and he even missed the university’s graduation ceremony last month, when a new chancellor was inaugurated. He established Uganda Pentecostal University as the Grotius School of Law and Professional Studies in 2001 and has served as vice chancellor ever since. The Grotius School of Law was renamed Uganda Pentecostal University after being approved by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) in 2005. Ntambirweki is a former senior professor at Makerere University and the former head of the law department at Uganda Christian University. In addition, he has worked as a consultant with Ntambirweki Kandeebe and Company Advocates. As a worldwide legal researcher, he has provided legal counsel to government agencies in several African nations as well as international organizations. He was also the chairman of the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) board of trustees.
By Gad Masereka Kampala,Uganda:Col. (rtd) Charles Okello Engola, the state minister for labor, employment, and industrial relations, was shot and killed by his security on May 2 in Kampala. At his home in Kyanja, a Kampala suburb, Engola, 64, was shot in the leg and stomach at around 8 am by the guard, Pte Wilson Sabiti. Later, in the nearby salon, the guard turned the pistol on himself to end his life. Ronald Otim, his personal assistant, also suffered serious wounds during the shooting rampage and was sent to Mulago Hospital for care. According to reports from Kyanja, Chris Baryomunsi, minister of ICT and national direction, Minister Engola was shot while his route to a Cabinet meeting. ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy spokesperson for the Kampala Metropolitan Police, confirmed the occurrence and said that security forces had cordoned off the crime site as investigations into determining the reason for the shooting immediately got under way. Engola’s lifeless corpse was discovered next to the minister’s official Land Cruiser, as shown in a crime scene photograph. Watch The Full Story Here The minister looked to be preparing to enter his official work car when his personal security began to shoot at him. The Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, and CID Director Tom Magambo raced to the deceased’s home early on Tuesday to supervise the investigation into the appalling and gory murder, according to a statement from police spokesperson Fred Enanga. “One of his bodyguards is accused of shooting him at close range many times at his Kyanja home. He visited a salon after fleeing the scene and shot himself dead, according to Enanga, who spoke to media in Kampala on Tuesday morning. He fled the scene up to the commercial center at Kyanja, Ring Road. “The investigation is currently being reviewed,” he continued. We’ve sent crime scene investigators to the location to employ cutting-edge equipment to pinpoint the precise cause of this awful homicide.
Eight activists have been committed to the Luzira government jail on charges of attack, encouraging violence, and having an illegal gathering by Buganda Road Grade One...