In 2021, Uganda Traffic Police communicated that any person seen riding without helmet, side mirrors and recklessly will be liable to an express penalty of forty thousand (40,000) shillings only.
Month: May 2023
Posted inEducation / Partner News
Lira: UCI opens admissions for July and August
UCI is Lango’s premium academic institution based in Lira City on Lira-Soroti road.
Posted inCrime / Karamoja
Joint security team recover 503 live rounds of ammunition at Uganda-Kenya border
The suspects rode a numberless motorcycle through a small path (panya route) from the Riwo-Girik side in Amudat district, said a security officer.
Posted inNews / Regional
Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur lauds Museveni, UPDF for helping to fight terrorism in Somalia
The Somali Defence Minister has commended UPDF for enhancing the capacity of SNA, saying “SNA will write UPDF history and spirits in Somalia.”
Posted inBusiness / Kampala News
Kyebando: Nsooba market’s temporary structures are on the verge of falling as downpours drench it
Joyce, a tailor at Nsooba market says that the vendors on the streets are problems to them, adding that the items sold on the streets are the same as the ones they sell in the market.
Posted inInterview / Politics
NUP’s tactics in Lango: Adonyo on 400k members, Muhoozi wave and NRM’s attempts to buy him
Micheal Adonyo, the coordinator of NUP in Lango said in an interview Monday ‘we don’t feel threatened by the Muhoozi wave in Lango.’
Posted inOpinion
On the visit of President Museveni in Lango and the demise of our leaders
The people of northern Uganda, notably Lango, Acholi and West Nile now demand answers and accountability not the usual lip service from the NRM government.
Posted inHealth / West Nile News
MP Mamawi donates ambulance to Adjumani district
Maureen Komaa, a resident of Pakele town council in Adjumani said she is excited with the ambulance as it will help in the referral of pregnant mothers to the hospital and referrals to other health facilities outside the district.
Posted inInterview / Life Style
Tamali Auma talks inspirations, men and resilience as she celebrates 9 years of single motherhood with her son
“The background that I come from, being a child from a religious family, I was not expected to do that before marriage but it happened and then they (my parents) had to put up with whatever I had done and three weeks later after giving birth, the man abandons me,” says Tamali Auma
Posted inDRC News
UPDF: Congolese refugees return home from exile
Quoting the UPDF, some refugees said that Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Contingent operating under the EACRF has given them the confidence to return home as calmness and relative peace has been registered with no fighting, insecurity or any violations of the peace agreement in areas under their responsibility.
Posted inBusiness
Amid controversy, Madhvani to upgrade former Queen’s Hotel to an international 5-star hotel
The Madhavani Group of Companies bought the hitherto dilapidated hotel that was built by the colonial government to host Queen Elizabeth II for the grand opening of the Owen Falls Dam in 1954.
Posted inPolitics
Oyam North MP by-election: Top diplomat Julius Moto expresses interest, wants NRM flag
Oyam North MP seat is vacant after the sudden death of its representative, Col. Rtd. Okello Engola Macodwogo on May 2, 2023.