Tooro veils Fort Portal lion statues for King Oyo’s final rites
FORT PORTAL, Uganda — The lions that have long stood watch over Fort Portal have been covered in bark cloth as Tooro Kingdom begins a nine-day traditional mourning period following…
Kenya unveils maternity outfit for pregnant officers
NAIROBI — Kenya has unveiled a redesigned police uniform that includes a dedicated maternity outfit for expectant female officers, in a move officials say is intended to make the service…
King Oyo left an heir – Museveni
KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed that the late King of Tooro, His Majesty Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, left behind a young son who is…
Bamutakudde residents turn national cleaning day into tree-planting drive
MUKONO — Residents of Bamutakudde Village in Kyampisi Sub-county, Mukono District, have turned the monthly National Cleaning Day into a wider community campaign to improve sanitation, increase tree cover and…
Boda rider shot dead on second national cleaning day
KAMPALA — Uganda’s second National Cleaning Day was marred by the fatal shooting of a 38-year-old boda boda rider in Ndejje Kanaaba, Kampala, after police deployed to enforce movement restrictions…
