Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) has issued a statement following a tragic train-vehicle collision at the Wankoko level crossing in Bugolobi, Kampala, on the evening of Friday, December 19, 2025. According to URC, the accident occurred at approximately 5:37 PM when a passenger train travelling from Kampala to Namanve/Mukono struck a private Mitsubishi Pajero (registration UBF…
A woman was injured on Tuesday after she fell while fleeing military officers deployed to disperse supporters of National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, in Entebbe Municipality. The incident occurred as Kyagulanyi headed to Tanda Grounds, where he later addressed a campaign rally. Witnesses said security personnel moved…
The Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) has reiterated strict guidelines on the use of social media by its officers, warning against defamation, subversion and partisan political activity, even as a recently dismissed prisons warder has joined the National Unity Platform (NUP) campaign trail. Commissioner of Prisons in charge of Political Commissariat and Chief Intelligence Officer, Moses…
A serious road traffic accident involving a passenger train and a motor vehicle left one person dead and three others injured on Friday, 19th December 2025, the Jinja Road Police have confirmed. The collision occurred at Wankoko Railway Crossing along Spring Road in Bugolobi, under the jurisdiction of Jinja Road Police. According to ASP Luke…
Mbarara City authorities have charged Barekye Lyton Agaba, a 29-year-old mechanical engineer, alongside more than 40 other individuals with obstruction of a police officer, following an incident that occurred on November 7, 2025, along the Mbarara–Bwizibwera–Ibanda main road. According to the Statement of Offence, Agaba is accused of willfully obstructing the District Police Commander (DPC)…