The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Ms Rachael Kawala, has confirmed that joint security agencies have successfully recovered six-year-old Mpirwe Tumwesigye, who was allegedly kidnapped on December 12, 2025, by a shamba boy. According to Kawala, the child was abducted from Kawempe Division in Kampala and later recovered from Busukuma, Nansana Municipality in Wakiso District on…
The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Lady Justice Naluzze Aisha Batala, has ordered the interdiction of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Kalungu District Local Government, Ms Rose Nalumansi, and three other senior district officials over alleged gross mismanagement of public funds. In a directive dated December 19, addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of…
The Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) has dismissed Lawrence Ampe, a warder formerly attached to Ngora Prisons, over allegations of engaging in partisan politics and publicly criticising the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) on social media. In a letter dated December 17, 2025, addressed to the Officer in Charge of Ngora Prisons, the Prisons Council resolved…
At least 41 suspects have been arrested in connection with the brutal attack on National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters during Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine)’s campaign in Gulu City earlier this month. The Regional Police Spokesperson for Aswa–Gulu, David Ongom Mudong, said the suspects, accused of assaulting NUP supporters and looting property on December 6, were…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Uganda has welcomed a generous contribution of 1,159 metric tons of rice, valued at USD 2.2 million, from the Government of Japan. The donation will support WFP’s efforts to provide hot, nutritious meals to newly arriving refugees at reception and transit centres across Uganda in 2026. “Japan…