Current Affairs

President Yoweri Museveni has promoted Senior Commissioner of Police (SCP) Joseph Obwana to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP), the highest rank in the Uganda Police Force.

The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has ruled that the State Minister for Economic Planning Amos Lugoloobi has a case to answer about the charges levied against him arising from the mismanagement of iron sheets meant for the vulnerable people of Karamoja.

The ministry of justice says it has so far compensated over 24,000 war debt claimants with a total of 121.3 bn shillings in the greater north.

Science secondary school headteachers have become one of the highest-paid groups of public officers at the local government level, with their monthly salary now increased to UGX 6.5 million.

The 26th Kinyara Golf Open is back, attracting over 150 golfers from the region to the Kinyara Golf Club in Masindi and Hoima.

The police are hunting for local musician Patrick Mulwana, also known as Alien Skin, and his group, who are accused of assaulting a doctor at Nsambya Hospital.

The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has criticized Minister of Presidency Milly Babalanda for claiming that the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government has achieved 84% of its manifesto goals.

Police and Uganda Peoples' Defense Force in Nakasongola district have deployed heavily to block the mobilisation tour of Robert Kyagulanyi the President of National Unity Platform.

The State Minister for Lands, Sam Mayanja has reinstated 4,000 people to their land in five zones of Nakawa and Kira Municipality.

The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has addressed concerns over reports that some individuals are being denied the right to register for National IDs.