We have been told that the commandos leading military aggression against Al Shabaab rebels in Somalia have received modern fighting techniques from the European Union. A source in Somalia tells us that the Chief of Defence Forces of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, Commander Land forces of Uganda forces, Lt. Gen. Katumba Wamala, […]
Uganda is training 1,700 soldiers to be redeployed in Somalia on a peacekeeping mission. This follows a United Nations resolution last week allowing Uganda, Burundi and Djibouti to increase soldiers in Mogadishu. The UN in the same resolution allowed Burundi to send 1,000 soldiers to Somalia while Djibouti will take there 850. In total Uganda, […]
President Museveni might have used his powers to direct his minister for energy to sign an oil deal with Tullow Oil without the support of the people he rules, but the wrath of Ugandans keeps on growing every day. The members of the Democratic Party, the oldest opposition party in Uganda have vowed to petition […]
Family has been reportedly ambushing people, robs of their properties, kills them and then secretly buries them in banana plantations. The bodies have been exhumed by the Police today, walakira Nyanzi reports. The discovery of the bodies shocked people. The bodies were found in a banana plantation owned by a medical assistant, Wilson Karaira, a […]
The government of Uganda is in final stages of drafting a bill that will regulate the possession and use of guns in Uganda. The Firearms, Ammunition and Related Materials Bill is expected to harmonize and regulate use of guns in Uganda once passed into an act. In Uganda guns are accessed mostly by security organs. […]
Intelligence briefings from Somalia indicate that Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab fighters are planning to bomb East African countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and Kenya. Security sources in Uganda tell us that the Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab rebels plan to use East African countries through the links they have with East African rebel […]
A delegation of military men of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) is in Uganda. The Arab soldiers arrived in Uganda last week according to Uganda’s military intelligence sources. The Libyan soldiers have already met with Uganda’s ministry of foreign affairs officials and discussed mechanisms under which Libya and Uganda can work. The minister of Foreign […]
He was once a happy man and a diplomat. But all his happiness fell with the downfall of the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gadaffi. After Gadaffi, a man who loved all Africans, Arabs and Muslims with all his heart was killed near Tripoli, the problems of Libya’s ambassador to Uganda, Ambassador Abdullah Bujeldain ensued. The […]
Jinja East MP Paul Mwiru (FDC) and Luweero district woman MP, Brenda Nabukenya (DP) are among the list of MPs in the Uganda 9th parliament who have received government money to facilitate them acquire brand new vehicles. A source in the accounts section of parliament told our news desk that Brenda, Mwiru and many other […]
Uganda’s most feared army general; David Tinyefuza has denounced the name ‘Tinyefuza’ and adopted the name ‘Sejusa.’ So with effect from today Gen. David Tinyefunza will be called Gen. David Sejusa. Sejusa is a Luganda word that means ‘I don’t regret.’ Some sections of Ugandans allege that the general has adopted the name because of […]