The Ass. IGP Asan Kasingye maintains that police will remain deployed on different streets as it maintains peace in this country so long as security sees elements that want to disrupt this peace. He explains that as a security organ, they have keenly analyzed the furious language used by key figures both in government and oppositions […]
Government has come out with mandatory testing exercise of all vehicles in the country as one way of addressing the increasing road accidents in a move to reduce road carnage on the roads. The Minister of Works and Transport Eng. John Byabagabi while addressing Journalists at Parliament said with effect from April 2016 there will be […]
States: Arrest ICC fugitive al-Bashir in Indonesia Below is the full press release: Civil society calls on ICC member states to arrest and avoid Sudanese president at Organization of the Islamic Cooperation summit Jakarta/The Hague—International Criminal Court (ICC) member states should arrest and avoid all non-essential contact with ICC fugitive Omar al-Bashir at a summit of the Organization of […]
Workers representative in parliament Theopista Nabulya Sentongo agrees with the stand by Government not to allow any export of labor to UAE until they reach a final conclusion with the government of Dubai. The two Governments started negations on the issue of exporting labor following the decision by the government of Uganda to companies from exporting labor to Dubai. The companies exporting […]
Milton Turyasima, Assistant commissioner employment service, from ministry of gender labour and social development, and the Presidential adviser on Ugandans working in the diaspora Florence Kilemerwa are calling for a smooth conclusion to the consultations into the started negotiations between the Uganda and Dubai governments but maintain that no labour company will be allowed to […]
Police has arrested members of a gang believed to have been terrorizing people in greater Kampala. The gang specializes in contract killing as well as armed robbery. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga says that in the subsequent operations, they have been able to apprehend 11 of the Gang members and recovered a gun and 110 rounds of […]
The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has directed police to arrest unruly motorists who force their way through the section under UNRA works along Nansana –Busunju road. This follows the residents and users of this road cursing the ongoing road works due to heavy traffic and dust inconveniencing them. Eng. Sam Muhoozi has also requested road […]
The member of parliament for Dokolo county Felix Okot Ogong says that the arrest of the Former chief spy General David Sejusa should not scare Ugandans that there could be chaos politically. Okot says that it was a right decision to arrest Sejusa by the Army saying despite his arrest the country will remain safe. He says […]
As the UPDF prepares to mark its birth come 6th February, the force is set to stage a number of activities that are to give the communities a new face value and a better living. Speaking at the launch of the Tarehe Sita week at KCCA Gardens, the CDF Gen. Katumba Wamala assured the public that they […]
Police has transferred to the Director of public prosecutions six case files of suspects alleged to be trafficking Ugandan girls to Saudi Arabia. Currently police is holding Halima Abdullah who is said to be running supreme security agency, one of the companies that export labor. The police spokesperson Fred Enanga said that this group has been […]