675 motorcyclists have been arrested in less than two weeks for not wearing crash helmets. Police have said many motorcycle riders do not bother wearing crash helmets even when they have them. Micheal Kananura, the Traffic Police Spokesperson, explains that despite several warnings, many bodaboda riders have not bothered to own crash helmets and driving licenses. Kananura said police have intensified operations mostly at junctions to arrest motorcyclists who are not wearing crash helmets, or riding without valid licenses including those who have deliberately not acquired reflector jackets. Siraje Mutyaba, one of the boda-boda riders’ leaders in Kampala had earlier…
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Police of Luwero district are actively investigating a case of murder in which a woman killed her husband using a plate. The deceased was a UPDF soldier identified as Sgt Cosmas Oriema attached to Makenke barracks in Mbarara district. This incident occured on Friday at unknown time at Kiritimati zone, Luwero town council in Luwero district. According to preliminary investigations, the deceased bought a plot with a house in Kizito zone, Luwero town council to settle his family but it is alleged that he has been having a long term domestic misunderstanding with his wife one Catherine Asaba who is…
The Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua on Friday closed the 13th UK-Uganda Investment and Trade Summit in London with an emphatic enumeration of bankable benefits of investing in Uganda. Obua told the participants at the event that Uganda is open to trade and investments and the Government is executing deliberate plans to incentivize establishment and operation of large-scale, medium and small scale businesses in the country. (L-R), Ugandan Government Chief Whip, Hon. Hamson Obua, Uganda’s Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa on right pose with another participant at the Summit in London, UK/Courtesy Photo. “On behalf of Government of the Republic…
The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) party president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine has expressed concern about what he calls broken promises by President Yoweri Museveni to the people of Luweero. Ugandan opposition leader and musician Bobi Wine, also known as Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, brought the town of Luweero to a standstill during his #NupCountryWideTour. The tour, organized by his political party, the National Unity (NUP), aimed to rally support and connect with citizens across the country. Luweero, historically significant for its role in Uganda’s political history, witnessed a massive turnout of supporters and curious onlookers as Bobi Wine’s…
While addressing a gathering at the Kololo Independence grounds, President Museveni paid tribute to two pivotal events that have left an indelible mark on his journey. “There are two Septembers which are very important in our struggle,” President Museveni began, his voice laden with reminiscence. “One was on 17th, 1972 when I had turned 28 years of age and we attacked Mbarara from Tanzania. It was, however, a bad September because we planned the attack badly and we lost a lot of people.” The assembled crowd listened in rapt attention, mindful of the weight of history woven into the president’s…
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A senior Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) soldier has been charged and remanded at the General Court Martial in Makindye over forgery allegations. Major Moses Muganga Kahebwa, 53, who is residing at Bombo Barracks and attached to the Engineering Brigade, appeared before a seven-member court panel led by Brigadier General Freeman Robert Mugabe. He pled not guilty to two counts of forgery and uttering a false document to a fellow UPDF soldier. The prosecution informed the court that investigations into the matter were complete. Major Kahebwa was then remanded until October 17, 2023. It is alleged that on March 15,…
A bizarre quarrel between two lovers was witnessed at Ogalo Trading Centre in Matungu, Kakamega County after a Ugandan woman publicly poured boiling water on her Kenyan husband after he allegedly bought a television set for his first wife. The suspect is the victim’s second wife. Eyewitnesses told Citizen Digital that the suspect, a mother of five, has physically abused her husband on numerous occasions going as far as locking him inside their family home. “We have been working with the woman for years at this trading centre and we thought she was a genuinely good person but she has…
Security authorities in Kabale District recently arrested a Rwandan national, Jaan De Dieu Mbonimpa, for allegedly operating an illegal soft drink factory in Kyanamira parish, Kyanamira Sub County. Mbonimpa, a resident of Nyagatare district in Rwanda, was producing a soft drink called “Marishari” without proper permits and certifications. According to Godfrey Nyakahuma, the Kabale Resident District Commissioner, Mbonimpa was operating without a valid work permit, certificates from the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and the Public Health Department, and using a forged Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) stamp. This posed health risks to consumers, Nyakahuma said. Mbonimpa also falsely…
The pistol that was used to end the life of popular vlogger Ibrahim Tusuubira alias Isma Olaxess was not registered with any of the government and private security agencies according to police ballistic experts. Olaxess was shot six times on May 6, 2023, adjacent to his rented home at Kyanja Central Zone in Nakawa Division. But after four months of trying to connect the bullet casings collected from the murder scene, ballistic experts have concluded that the pistol is not connected to any of the previous prominent murders or fatal robberies. “Majority of the recent murders have been linked by…