LifeStyle
Ray G concert packs Kololo airstrip
Thousands of music fans thronged Kololo Airstrip in Kampala on Friday for…
Sanyuka TV producer Badru dies in road crash
Uganda’s media fraternity is mourning the death of Sanyuka TV producer Badru…
Next Media staff perish in Namulanda crash
By Our Reporter Two employees of Next Media have died in a…
“Why sell your children?” Museveni slams high bride price
KAMPALA — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged the Banyankole community to…
Security
Police probe $450,000 gold scam involving foreign investor
Police have launched investigations into an alleged US$450,000 (about Shs1.6 billion) gold fraud in which an Indian-British investor claims he was duped in a purported 20-kilogram gold deal. The probe is being conducted by the Police Mineral Protection Unit in collaboration with the State House Investors Protection Unit (SHIPU) and other security agencies. According to SHIPU Senior Information Technology and Public Relations Officer Bryan Henry Vubya, preliminary investigations indicate that the investor was allegedly persuaded to enter the gold export business after being promised delivery of 20 kilograms of gold. The complainant is said to have paid a total of…
Regional News
UPDF troops to deploy to Gaza
KAMPALA — Parliament has approved a government motion authorising the deployment of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) to the Gaza Strip as part of an international stabilisation force, paving the way for Ugandan troops to join a multinational peace mission aimed at restoring stability and supporting humanitarian efforts in the war-torn territory. The motion, tabled by the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Jacob Oboth-Oboth Kiryowa Kiwanuka, was passed during Thursday's plenary sitting chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa. Presenting the motion, Kiryowa said Uganda had received an invitation from the United States to contribute troops to the international…
