NBS: The Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura and seven of his officers have been summoned by the Makindye Magistrates’ court over torture charges relating to police brutality against Dr. Kizza Besigye’s supporters. This follows an application before Grade one magistrate, Julliet Nakitende, by a group of concerned citizens …
Read More »VIDEO: Besigye cleared and arrested again
NBS: Former Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate, Rtd Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye was re-arrested Monday morning and detained at Jinja road police station. Besigye was arrested while on his way from Makindye Magistrate’s court, where a case of disobeying lawful orders against him and Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago …
Read More »VIDEO: Kyankwanzi cabinet retreat starts
NBS: Cabinet ministers and Permanent Secretaries left for a one week retreat at the National Leadership Institute Kyankwanzi that will address issues of service delivery in the country. Others called to attend the retreat are members of the ruling NRM’s Central Executive Committee who will orient the new Cabinet in …
Read More »VIDEO: Regional authority chiefs address road carnage
NBS: With poor infrastructure identified one of the major bottlenecks thwarting economic developments, the regional Roads Authority chief executives are moving to establish East African Regional Authorities Forum in order to share experiences. The executives are meeting to draw means of addressing the challenges they face as they respond to …
Read More »VIDEO: UPC attacks FDC over IPOD withdrawal
NBS: The Uganda Peoples’ Congress has hit out at the Forum for Democratic Change Party(FDC) leadership’s decision to opt out of the interparty Organizationfor Dialogue (IPOD); an organization that brings together Ugandan political parties with Parliamentary representation. UPC says FDC’s position is disappointing, especially coming a few months after general …
Read More »Trial starts for Senior “Kiboko” Officers who caned Besigye supporters
NBS: Police has turned its guns on the senior officers who commanded the Kiboko squad that saw supporters of Dr. Kizza Besigye beaten for two days in a row last week. The DPC for Wandegeya Nonoka Moses and the Regional Police commander for Kampala south have been charged before the …
Read More »VIDEO: South Sudan-Uganda business community counting loses
NBS: The internal conflict in south Sudan is beginning to take its toll on Ugandan business community who were doing business in south Sudan. As Ugandans return home, they are worried about their businesses, which were thriving before violence broke out recently. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »VIDEO: Police put up trial of their own over Besigye supporters beating
NBS TV: Following the orders by the police chief Gen Kale Kayihura to investigate the police officers that beat up Besigye supporters last week, a disciplinary court was set up and started hearing the case that saw 6 of its officers appear before it. However, many questions have been raised …
Read More »VIDEO: Ugandans return from South Sudan
NBS: The first group of about 5,000 Ugandans who were living in South Sudan arrived in the country at the weekend. This comes after President Yoweri Museveni ordered for the immediate evacuation of Ugandan citizens in South Sudan in the face of recent unrest. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »VIDEO: Kazibwe hosts foreign affairs ministers in Kigali
NBS: As the 27th African union summit gathers momentum the agenda for the summit is set to focus on the new chair of the Union’s commission. East Africa’s candidate Uganda’s Specioza Wandira Kazibwe organized a breakfast meeting with foreign affairs ministers of the member states at the Kigali Convention Centre …
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