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VIDEO: President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the Police chief General Kale Kayihura to clean up the force, which he says is infiltrated by criminals. The President pointed at the Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Directorate, describing it as an incompetent unit that is helping people abet crime. The president has issued a …

VIDEO: President Yoweri Museveni has asked IGP Kale Kayihura to clean up the police as they have been infiltrated by criminals. He was speaking at the home of fallen AIGP Felix Kaweesi, killed in a hail of bullets on Friday.   Share on: WhatsApp

A Kenyan or Ethiopian has won the top IAAF World Cross Country Championships men’s individual title in 24 of the last 30 years. The two nations’ record in the team event is even more intimidating – won all from 1986 to 2015. The story is increasingly similar in the women and junior events, …

On April 4, the International Crimes Division of the High Court will deliver a ruling on the Muslims clerics’ case where 14 men are accused of murder. The case is about the murders of Mustafa Bahiga and Ibrahim Kirya and the 14 accused will know whether they have a case …

Former rally driver Ponsiano Lwakataka is involved in a dispute with the UPDF over a consignment of immature fish impounded by the UPDF marine unit from the DRC border. The consignment allegedly belongs to Lwakataka but the UPDF says he fled during the operation. The fish estimated to be worth …

Former Old Kampala Police Division Commander Joram Mugume has been ordered to pay a fine of Shs1m or face a one year jail sentence for assaulting WBS journalist Andrew Lwanga. Buganda Road Court Grade One magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu said court took into consideration the hospital bills worth Shs11m footed by …

The Directorate of Public Prosecutions has moved to the executive division of the High court in Kampala to have the properties of former permanent secretary Jimmy Lwamafa, former principle accountant Christopher Obey and former director for research and development Stephen Kunsa Kiwanuka confiscated. The trio was found guilty of embezzling …

While opening a Shs3bn fruit factory in Isingiro district that aims to produce 31500 litres packaged in 350 milliliter bottles, President Museveni encouraged Ugandans to engage in modern profit oriented agriculture to improve family incomes. While addressing hundreds of people at Citizens High School grounds in Kabarebere, Museveni said it …

Baden-Baden, Germany | AFP | Ministers from the world’s top economies heralded plans to boost development in Africa on Saturday, at an otherwise fractious G20 gathering in Germany. Berlin, which holds the presidency of the powerful nations’ club this year, has made a hoped-for “Compact with Africa” a top priority for …

2017 Total CAF Champions League KCCA FC 1 (2) Mamelodi Sundowns 1 (3) March 18th 2017: Platinum Stars 3 Vipers 1 (Platinum advance 3-2) Kampala Capital City Authority Football Club (KCCA FC) were held 1-1 by Mamelodi Sundowns and knocked out of the Total CAF Champions League 3-2 on aggregate. match at Phillip Omondi …