The National Unity Platform (NUP) members who have opted to contest as independents in the 2021 general elections are giving the party flag bearers stress The rift between NUP flag-bearers and the party members who were not selected during the vetting process has deepened and there are fears that this could affect the party’s fortunes in the 2021 elections. Some of the flag bearers told Nile Post that one of the biggest challenges they are more likely to face is the fact that some of the NUP members who are coming as independents have strong support base. They expressed fear…
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Uganda Police has kicked off investigations into circumstances under which a man tried to cut off his son’s head before he was shot dead. According to the Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, incident happened on Saturday morning when Police officers from Kira road police station rescued a five -year old child whose head was about to be cut off by the father using a machete over unknown reasons. Kira Road Police Station has rescued a five-year-old child, who was about to be cut by the father using a machete over unknown reasons. “The incident happened on 17/10/2020 at…
Centenary Bank has admitted its customer lost millions of shillings in ATM fraud, a revelation that sheds light on the growing cases of financial fraud hitting Uganda’s commercial banks. It all started on January 16 with a customer identified as Angella Caroline Idoot threatening to sue Centenary Bank for illegally deducting money from her account number 2120044*. Idoot had earlier on October 17, 2019, received a call from a one Mackline, a staff of Centenary Bank, informing the custom of suspicious online transfers being made on her account. Idoot extracted a bank statement which showed “various illegal transactions” amounting to…
Uganda Police have arrested 21 suspects who were reportedly engaged in a sex party. The party was taking place at a private house in Kireka, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District. “Intelligence got information about the party and planted informants to monitor and inform the police when the party started,” said Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango. “Towards midnight, the police was notified that the sex games had started and we swung into action,” said Onyango. President Museveni in March suspended social activities to prevent the spread of Coronavirus which has so far killed 89 people. Police recently raided an apartment in…
The former Makindye East Member of Parliament, Hussein Kyanjo has thanked the medics and management of Entebbe Referral Hospital for handling his case when he was admitted at the facility’s COVID-19 section. Hon. Kyanjo in a brief text said he spent ten days at the hospital and experienced highly professional medical care from the nurses, doctors and support staff who attended to him. “This is to express my gratitude to the highly professional handling and care that I was given by the doctors, nurses and other support staff of Entebbe Referral Hospital Covid section for the whole 10 days I…
Described as one of the ‘heartbeat’ and a very vital asset to Uganda’s economy, Entebbe International Airport has today Thursday, October 1, 2020, opened its runways to commercial passenger flights that had to be suspended on March 22, 2020, to control the spread of the pandemic that has shaken the global world, the aviation industry inclusive and as a result, the impact has been felt financially. While addressing the media on Tuesday ahead of the resumption of commercial passenger flights on Thursday, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) Acting Director-General Fred Bamwesigye, reiterated that the aviation industry is slowly getting…
The National Unity Platform Party (NUP) has finally opened up on the decision by Kawempe North MP Hajji Latif Ssebagala to pull out of the 2021 Kampala Lord Mayor race. Ssebagala who had won the National Unity Platform party (NUP) ticket after defeating by Joseph Mayanja alias Dr.Jose Chameleon during the vetting process, announced that he will not stand on this position. “I have done this in good faith, without being forced and I have done it for the good of our struggle and unity among the opposition,” Ssebagala noted Appearing at BBS Tv’s Maaso Ku Gwanga political talkshow…
All is getting fired up at The Black Wall Street (BWS) house as Africa’s first economic war rages on. The brain behind the war, Africa’s first economic, ‘Field Marshall’ Charles N. Lambert has awarded some of the faithful Ugandans with cars as a thank you for their efforts in fighting for Africa’s economic independence. Charles gave out three Toyota salon cars to three lucky executors of the war at Black Wall Street house in Kampala. “Yesterday I shared the Word behind the War and Gave away three Toyota Salon cars to faithful executors of the Economic War. Africa…
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces has confirmed it is holding Moses Nkonge Kibalama, the former head of the National Unity Platform. The army says Mr Kibalama is being detained at an undisclosed location for his own safety and also that they are trying to guard his house which is located in Buwambo in Wakiso District. Kibalama has reportedly been missing since the start this week. His house has also been taken over by UPDF soldiers who curtailed all access to it. Daily Monitor on Friday quoted some of Kibalama’s family members saying he had last been seen on Monday this…
State Minister for Labour, Hon Mwesigwa Rukutana has been realeased on bail. The Minister has been on remand at Kitalya Prison since September 7th on charges of attempted murder, threatening violence, assault causing bodily harm and malicious damage. The charges stem from the violence that erupted in the wake of the NRM primary elections in Rushenyi in, Ntungamo district. The minister was granted bail this morning by Ntungamo Magistrate’s Court where his lawyers led by Owen Murangira applied for his bail. Mr Mulangira told out reporter that the Minister was released on a Shs 4Million cash bail. “He was…