Sheikh Yahaya Ramadhan Mwanje and Siraje Kifampa Unidentified gunmen driving in a numberless minibus alias drone have kidnapped Sheikh Yahya Mwanje, the former acting Amir Ummah of Salafiya Tablique Muslim community. Siraji Kifampa, the spokesperson of Jamatil Salafiya Tablique Muslim community, says that the gunmen...

Details of the Britam withdrawal emerged in a response filed on November 8 to a complaint raised last year with the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman – an independent agency of the World Bank – which revealed that Britam turned away from the Eacop after conducting a...

Representative photo Police boss, Martins Okoth Ochola, has lauded corporal Obbo, the officer in charge of Kiyunga police post in Kamuli district, eastern Uganda for arresting two of his seniors on allegations of robbing Shs 75 million belonging to Victoria Sugar Company. Obbo arrested the...

FILE Bullet casings Three people were killed during an attack on police and army officers who were on foot patrol in Kapeeka town, Nakaseke district on Saturday night. At around 2240hrs, the armed assailants shot dead a Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier, RA /260979...

An Ebola Awareness van drives along Kyadondo Road amid an Ebola outbreak, in Kampala, President Yoweri Museveni has extended the quarantine placed on Mubende and Kassanda districts, the epicentre of Uganda’s Ebola outbreak by a further 21 days. According to Museveni, although the country was...

Rescuers prepare to carry a body after a deadly landslide which hit people attending a funeral, in Yaounde, Cameroon A landslide in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde Sunday killed at least 14 people who were attending a funeral, the region’s governor said. “We are carrying the corpses...

Airtel Money, KCB unveil fixed deposit product to help clients fetch profits on savings Mr. Japhet Aritho (C), Managing Director at Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited, David Birungi (R) PR Manager at Airtel Uganda, and Andrew Rugamba, Head of Ecosystems at Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda...

LIST: Top economists in race for next BoU Governor job vetted President Museveni is expected to name the next Bank of Uganda soon (PHOTO /Courtesy) KAMPALA — The Governor Bank of Uganda (BoU) is such an influential position that greatly impacts the country’s economy’s GDP...