KAMPALA — Uganda has hosted its first-ever women-focused film festival, the Leesu Film Festival 2026, bringing together filmmakers, creatives and youth advocates to celebrate female storytelling in the country’s growing creative industry. Organised by youth-led nonprofit Reach A Hand Uganda, the festival took place on March 7 at the organisation’s headquarters in Lungujja, Kampala, under…
Kampala – Torrential rains hammered Uganda’s capital on Friday afternoon, leaving major streets and shopping arcades submerged under floodwater and disrupting business and traffic in the city centre. Shops and roads in the downtown business district — including areas around Imperial Royale Hotel and Centenary Park — turned into waterways as brown floodwater flowed through…
Police in the Kampala Metropolitan area have carried out a series of operations targeting criminal elements involved in phone snatching, drug abuse, robberies, and other related crimes across several divisions. The operations were conducted in Wandegeya, Kira Road, Nansana, Kirinya, and Jinja Road policing areas following intelligence reports and public concerns over rising criminal activity…
Joint security operations conducted across the Greater Kampala Metropolitan area have resulted in the arrest of 90 suspects linked to a range of criminal activities including robbery, narcotics trafficking and theft. According to the Uganda Police Force, the coordinated night operations targeted several crime hotspots in Mukono, Kira, Katwe, Kampala Central and Entebbe. Motorcycles Recovered…
Police in the Greater Kampala area have arrested 39 suspects during coordinated anti-crime operations conducted across several divisions on March 4, 2026. The operations were carried out by the Uganda Police Force under the Kampala Metropolitan Police and targeted areas identified as crime hotspots. According to police, the crackdown focused on Kevina Road in Kabalagala…