ENTEBBE: Grief engulfed the cargo area of Entebbe International Airport as Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and family members received the body of fallen Dokolo Woman MP Hon Cecilia Ogwal. Hon Ogwal, 77, died at a hospital in India on Wednesday, following a short hospitalisation. President Yoweri Museveni has since accorded the late Hon Ogwal an official burial, with a special Parliament sitting in her honour slated for Monday 22 January 2024. Speaker Among received the body in the company of Government Chief Whip Hon Hamson Obua, Health Minister Hon Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, Sports Minister Hon Peter Ogwang. Others…
Author: Umoja Editor
A 26 byear old volunteer Health worker met an incident that ended his life after his motorcycle hit a pothole in Rukungiri district, Uganda. Identified as Austin Abaho weorked as a volunteer at famous Nyakibale Hospital and resided in Kebisoni village. Authorities say, Abaho left his work place at around 1:25am, riding his motorcycle back home. The accident that claimed his life happened at a place called Katogo where he reportedly hit a pothole and lost control of his motorcycle, collided with a metalic side road guard hence losing his life. It is said, Abaho was alone on the motorcycle.…
Putin takes dip in icy waters: Epiphany is celebrated on January 19 and it marks the Baptism of the Lord. It is Christian holiday that is observed by Orthodox believers across the world. Russian President Vladimir Putin observed the Orthodox feast of Epiphany by immersing himself in frigid waters, a ritual performed in the early hours of January 19, media reports said citing Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Throughout Russia, authorities have established designated bathing sites for believers, even in Siberian regions where temperatures plummeted to below -22°F. However, it is not clear where Putin took the dip on Friday (Jan…
https://news.phxfeeds.com/shareMiniVideo?docId=9182087841906157087&source=phx
On Saturday evening, residents around Kings Park Rugby Club, Kakajjo Zone in Bweyogerere, Wakiso District awent into a shock of murder of a watchman after being shot by a city lawyer. The Police at Kira Division in Kampala Metropolitan East is on ground investigating the incident. Police in a brief statement released on Sunday morning identified the deceased as Buruga Nekeon, 37, a Lugbara by Tribe, and watchman at the rugby club, while the suspect is one Ahamya Sam, 47, a Munyankole by tribe, lawyer and resident of Buziga – Makindye Division in Kampala District According to preliminary findings by…
The FDC President, Patrick Amuriat on Saturday made two demands stating that the body of the departed Dokolo Woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal be wrapped in the FDC party colors and also be taken to their headquarters in Najjanakumbi. The Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua, who was the most senior official at the residence of the deceased in Bugolobi, Kampala, appealed to the FDC to borrow a wisdom from the Bible in which Jesus once asked a lawyer to refer to the law. “Having died as a serving MP, Hon. Cecilia is entitled to an official burial. Additionally, H.E. Museveni…
The tragic incident occurred after Nsanja was arrested during a police crackdown on illegal migrants on December 27, 2024. According to information received from Uganda’s embassy in Cairo, the deceased had been legally staying in Egypt but lacked proper documentation, leading to his detention. Sheikh Ramathan Mulindwa, Luweero District Kadhi and a member of the bereaved family, revealed that Nsanja had gone to Egypt in 2019 after being awarded a scholarship by the Egyptian government to study at Al Azhar University. The prestigious Cairo-based university is renowned for its Islamic teachings and offers programs in various disciplines, including medicine and…
KAMPALA , UGANDA: The Inspectorate of Government (IG) has raided Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) offices, taking several documents, and computers among other items. Several double cabins full of policemen and government vehicles arrived at the premises of UIA at 16:20 on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, before sealing off the entrance in Kololo, where they interrogated officials about different office management issues including accountability, corruption, and extortion of money from investors among other illegal under dealings. This is after several investors petitioned President Museveni and the IG to institute an independent investigation and punish UIA Director General Robert Mukiza, and other…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Kampala, Uganda: Bruce Tushabe Nzabanita, the President of Volunteer Uganda Extra Limited (VUEL) has finally walked free from forgery allegations crafted unto him by one Namere Justine far back in 2022. One Namere in those days, filed a case of forgery against Bruce at Masaka. However, Bruce through his Lawyers of Sebanja & Co. Advocates appealed to the DPP to withdraw the case because it was just manufactured.Mr. Bruce Tushabe Nzabanita, President Volunteer Uganda Extra Limited shakes with Brigadier General Henry Isoke, the head of State House Anti-Corruption Unit after mediatiom meeting. In response, the DPP in…
By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Makerere University: Alinaitwe Vivian, who is a Biomedical Engineering student in her Fourth year at Makerere University and a student trainee at the Design Cube of Makarere Biomedical Engineering Unit invented a project called the NeoNest. ‘The Neo Nest is a low cost solution for preterm transportation in regards to preventing hypothermia in premature babies’. She says, the reason for this project is that currently in Uganda, babies suffer from hypothermia and the main reason is that when they have to be referred from their health facilities where they are born in case they have…