Ugandan academic and activist Dr. Stella Nyanzi says she was stopped from flying back to Germany, where she lives as a refugee with her children. Dr. Nyanzi and her children moved to Germany to escape political persecution in Uganda under President Yoweri Museveni’s government. According to Nyanzi, a German migration officer named Constantine, based at…
On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, something unusual happened at Christ’s Cathedral Bugembe in Jinja. A 25-year-old man named Stuart Maganda shocked everyone when he climbed to the top of the cathedral roof. The situation quickly drew attention from church members, police, and the public. According to a statement from the Cathedral, efforts by the Uganda…
Entebbe International Airport successfully conducted a full-scale emergency exercise on Friday, May 23, 2025, aimed at testing the airport’s and stakeholders’ capacity to effectively respond to an aviation disaster. The simulation, activated at 13:09 hours, involved a presumed crash of an East Sky Airlines Embraer 190 aircraft near runway 12/30. The mock flight carried 95…
New information has been shared about how security officers arrested Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nickson Agasirwe Karuhanga. He used to be the head of the Police Special Operations Unit. Now, he is being investigated for the murder of top prosecutor Joan Kagezi in 2015. Joan Kagezi was a well-known Senior State Prosecutor. On March…
If you were near Entebbe International Airport this Friday afternoon and saw smoke, fire trucks, or heard sirens, don’t worry, it wasn’t a real emergency. The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) carried out a full-scale emergency simulation exercise to test how well the airport and its staff can respond to serious emergencies. The drill started…
There was surprise and confusion today when two well-known figures who had been missing for several days suddenly appeared at Buganda Road Court. Former Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) spokesperson Charles Twiine and Noah Mutwe, the bodyguard of National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi (also known as Bobi Wine), were both seen at the court….
The crackdown on land-related corruption has netted a high-profile figure, with Nicodemus Sitenda Mugalu, the Deputy Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Gomba District, formally charged and remanded to prison until June 5, 2025. He faces multiple charges, including abuse of office, forgery, and fraudulent land dealings. Mugalu appeared before the Anti-Corruption Court earlier today, following…
A shocking revelation was made in the International Crimes Division of Uganda’s High Court this week, as a man convicted of murder claimed that a government-linked individual ordered the assassination of top state prosecutor Joan Kagezi. Daniel Kisseka Kiwanuka, who recently pleaded guilty to his part in the 2015 murder, told the court that a…
Fresh and startling information has emerged surrounding the arrest of former CID spokesperson Charles Twiine, with security sources now directly linking him to exiled activist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija and outspoken government critic Fred Lumbuye. Twiine has reportedly been in security custody for several weeks, vanishing from public view after a closed-door meeting with Inspector General of…
Mukono District is mourning after a tragic road accident claimed three lives and left ten others injured on the night of May 20, 2025. The accident occurred around 9:00 PM at Wantoni Junction along the busy Jinja Highway. According to SP Kananura Michael, spokesperson for the Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety, the crash involved…
