Patients Die as Uganda Loses Billions in Inflated Prices of Cancer Drugs
The battle against cancer in Uganda remains grim as patients grapple with inflated prices of drugs. The National Medical Stores (NMS) with support of top administration at the Ministry of Health...
View ArticleKony’s Men used Warm Water, Herbs to Treat Bullet Wounds
By Tom Maliti A former member of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) described to the International Criminal Court (ICC) the Spartan mobile medical units the group used to take care of its sick, the...
View ArticleICC Indicted Less ‘Notorious’ LRA Rebels Than Uganda Provided – CMI Official
By Agencies The trial of Dominic Ongwen continued on Tuesday, 03 October 2017, with the second day of the testimony of the 36thProsecution witness; Mr Timothy Nabaasa Kanyogonya – also known as Witness...
View ArticleUPDF Soldiers Subjected to Me to Forced Labour – Witness Tells ICC
The trial of Dominic Ongwen continued on Wednesday, 04 October 2017, with the testimony of the 37th Prosecution witness, Witness P-0081. Appearing through video link before the Court, Witness P-0081...
View ArticleUPDF Officer Says He was Unaware of LRA Warning about Pajule Attack
The Ugandan army commander responsible for protecting the Pajule camp for internally displaced people told the International Criminal Court (ICC) he was not aware the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)...
View ArticleWhen Kony Sympathised With Civilians During LRA War – Witness Recounts
A survivor of the October 2003 attack on the Pajule camp for internally displaced people told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that during his time with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) no one...
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NATIONAL EXCLUSIVE: UPDF, Police Clash Outside Kaweesi Ex Girlfriend Home
A specialized team of police officers armed with assault rifles have unsuccessfully tried to break barriers set up by UPDF soldiers in a move aimed at arresting the former girlfriend of slain Assistant...
View ArticleMuseveni Deploys Elite Force at Kaweesi Girlfriend’s Home
In a bid to deescalate the tension between Internal Security Organisation (ISO) and Police, President Museveni has quietly directed an elite force of armed personnel to take over security at the...
View ArticleAMISOM Condemns Terrorist Attack in Mogadishu
The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Madeira, strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the residents of Mogadishu, on...
View ArticleMUSLIM KILLINGS: How Police Investigation Descended Into Chaos and Clashes
In March 2011, the then Minister of Internal Affairs Kirunda Kivejinja picked his mobile phone and called the Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura. Kivejinja said the president had expressed...
View ArticleKaweesi’s Ex Girlfriend to Meet Museveni
Christine Mbabazi Muhoza, the former girlfriend of slain AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi, is set to meet President Museveni. ChimpReports last week broke the news about the scuffle between Internal Security...
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INVESTIGATION: How MultiChoice Staff Diddled Customers in Fixed Exchange Rate...
Distressed workers of MultiChoice Uganda, a subsidiary of South Africa-based MultiChoice, are protesting over unfair suspension from work and a planned move to relieve them of their duties. But the...
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Brig. Muhanga: We’ll Triumph over Alshabaab Terrorism
The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) Contingent Commander, Brig. Muhanga Kayanja, alongside a team of security officers of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Monday visited the scene...
View ArticleUgandans in Diaspora Urged to Work Hard, Cooperate
Consul General of Uganda in Mombasa Ambassador Katureebe Tayebwa called on Ugandans living in the diaspora to embrace the spirit of hard work, togetherness, cooperation through formation of...
View ArticleMillions Displaced in DR Congo amid Growing Violence
Some 3.9 million people across several regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been displaced from their homes, UN officials said in a Tuesday statement, warning that the number...
View ArticleBurundi Becomes First Nation to Quit ICC
Burundi is becoming the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. An ICC spokesman confirms that the pullout takes effect Friday, a year after the East African nation notified...
View ArticleVIDEO: Powah Boss Explains Why You Should Embrace the Refugee Fundraiser
Powah Limited, a social impact distributor for energy solutions is set to launch a fundraising campaign towards purchasing solar lights to Bidi bidi refugee community which hosts over 250,000 people...
View ArticleUPDF Joins Police to Battle Pokot Armed Rustlers
By Arafat Nzito Residents of Nakapiripiriti district have for long suffered at the hands of their neighbors from Pokot in Kenya, who continue to steal their cows. Over 450 heads of cattle have been...
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INVESTIGATION: Uganda, Rwanda Slip into New Cold War
In December 2014, Ugandan security services assembled experienced protocol officers and elite armed personnel to rush to Entebbe International Airport to secure a high profile person from Rwanda. An...
View ArticleU.S. Offered Shs808Bn for Refugee Welfare in Uganda in 2017
The United States contributed $221 million (about Shs808bn) towards humanitarian assistance for refugee operations in Uganda during the U.S. government’s Fiscal Year 2017, officials said in a...
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