UPDF soldier charged over shooting dead civilian, injuring colleague
Hamis Walimbwa before the field court martial Hamis Walimbwa a, 38-year-old Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier accused of shooting dead a civilian and injuring a colleague, has been arraigned before the field court martial in Kisoro. Walimbwa was charged with two counts of murder...
Here are the songs Ugandans loved most in 2022
Grenade and Pinky’s Picha was the hottest song in 2022 Songboost, a trusted music monitoring app that keeps track of music trends on 130 radio stations in Uganda, 36 in Kenya, 14 in Tanzania, six in Nigeria, as well as others in a total of...
Uganda increases minimum capital requirements for banks by 500%
Uganda’s Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija (left) and the Central Bank Acting Governor, Dr. Michael Atingi-Ego. Uganda’s Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon. Matia Kasaija, on 16th November 2022 signed a ministerial instrument, increasing the minimum capital requirements for banks by 6 times or...
Simba Telecom parades customer service vans as part of New Year investment plans to boost market presence
Simba Telecom parades customer service vans as part of New Year investment plans to boost market presence KAMPALA – Local telecommunication devices and airtime solutions provider Simba Telecom has confirmed plans to enhance its market presence and effectiveness by improving its retail distribution capacity. The...
US offers $10m for Manda Bay attack mastermind
The US Department of State said Washington was looking for anyone who could provide information “leading to the arrest or conviction in any country of Maalim Ayman or any individual who committed, attempted, or conspired to commit, or aided or abetted” the attack on the...
Sex Talk: How this corporate wife got her groove back
I spent New Year’s day in good company and when we had binged on all there was to binge on and the children were doing their own catching up elsewhere, the topic gravitated to relationships and marriage. The longevity (rather, the lack of it) of...
2023 preview: Uganda eyes global dominance
Joshua Cheptegei is again expected to dominate It is a sign of the times that Uganda these days makes entries into global sports events to compete. For a long time, it was a country that used to enter events to participate. But that mentality is...
M23 rebels claim capture of Nyamilima town
M23 rebels on patrol The M23 rebels have claimed that they have captured Nyamilima town in the Rutshuru territory of North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The town is located about 19 kilometres from the Ishasha-Kanungu border between Uganda and...
Ebola vaccine trials show great promise
The results from a large-scale randomised clinical trial on one of the candidate vaccines in West Africa also showed that the vaccine is capable of 12 months of protection against the viral disease.
Community-driven banditry taints Nigeria’s Buhari legacy and lurks in wait for successors
Hardly a week passes before the forces declare killings of bandits, or terrorists. But the terror gangs also, occasionally take a toll on the forces and civilians.
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