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A 37-year old firsherman, Mr Christopher Salongo, who is HIV positive, has been arrested on Tuesday for defiling his 11 year old daughter in Uganda His arrest came after his daughter recounted her ordeal in the hands of her father, to her mother Namiiro who immediately informed one of the...

A man in Uganda has told a television station why he watched a woman drown and couldn't save her - He had his phones in his pockets and there was no one to hold them for him. A Twitter user shared the photo of the man's interview on the social media platform

Mr Martin Shaka, the LCIII chairperson for Busoba Sub County in Mbale District of Uganda has pledged to reward virgin girls between the ages of 15-18. “It’s rare today to find a virgin girl, so those who have remained virgin must be appreciated,” Mr Shaka said. DAILY MONITOR reports that...

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda shocked residents of Kyeirumba village in Isingiro district after he did the unexpected by sitting relaxed on an expressway and making a phone call while people passed by. The president made the surprise stop in order to make a roadside phone call shortly...

In what could be described as an horrible act, an angry middle-aged man was filmed viciously beating his wife and daughter with a cutlass in a village in Uganda. He started with terrible lashes on his wife, but turned to his daughter when she used a stone to hit him to to stop beating her...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has given his wife the coveted education and sports ministry in surprise cabinet appointments announced Monday. Janet Museveni will now be in charge of one of the ministries that reportedly gobble the largest chunks of Uganda's annual budget. The other...

According to a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Uganda has been praised to be the best country for those seeking asylum because of its welcoming policies. In a recent report by BBC, there are over half a million refugees in Uganda. Many of them are settled in...

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda embarked on a fourth decade in power on Thursday when he was sworn into office for a fifth consecutive term. Museveni won February’s election but the result was challenged by opposition leaders, one of whom has been held under house arrest for most of the...

A controversial Ugandan professor Dr. Stella Nyanzi of University of Makerere who is famous for her threats and antics during Uganda's general election, stripped naked to protest the decision by Makerere Institute of Social Research to vacate her from the office to make space for a new program...

See photos of how a man was arrested for overtaking the convoy of Edward Ssekandi-Uganda’s Vice President. Uganda is practising democratic presidential republic, in which the President of Uganda is both head of state and head of government. There is a multi-party system. Executive power is...

25-year-old Didas Byaruhanga from Kasese district, Uganda has no arms and uses his foot to write. On January 27, 2016, Didas was one of 6559 students who graduated from Kyambogo University, Kampala. He graduated with a certificate in Adult and Community Education. What an inspiration to...

US Presidential candidate and business mogul, Donald Trump has vowed to deal with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Ugandan President on notice, when he ascends to Presidency. Speaking while addressing war veterans in Washington, Trump warned other like minded dictators who want to die in...

Pope Francis will make his first entry into the Africa soil on November 25 to 30, visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic since he became Pope. The Vatican said the Pope had been invited by the heads of state and local bishops to visit each of those countries. Pope Paul VI...

The Commercial court in Uganda has ordered telecom giant, MTN Uganda to pay a sum of Shs 2.3bn (about $662,000) in damages to EzeeMoney Limited for sabotaging its business, while MTN Nigeria is still struggling to pay the N1.04trillion fine imposed by the NCC. Justice Henry Peter Adonyo on...