Kenyan Police have arrested two suspects in the murder of Kenyan-born Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat. The lifeless body of the 3000m Steeplechase record holder was discovered inside his brother’s car in Texas near Kimumu Secondary School along Eldoret-Iten Road, Eldoret, western Kenya this past Saturday night. Police said Kiplagat’s “body had a deep knife cut wound on the neck.” CCTV footage obtained by Citizen Digital shows the two suspects tracking Kiplagat’s car before leaving the estate on December 31, 2023 at around 1:10 am. The camera captured a motorbike rider speeding off from the estate; a minute later at 1:11am,…
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President Museveni has blocked the resignation of Uganda Supreme Court Judge, Esta Kitimbo Kisaakye. Kisaakye, who had served on the Supreme Court bench for 13 years and 10 months wrote to President Museveni on July 19, 2023, informing him of her decision to take early retirement. “Article 144 (1) of the Constitution of Uganda permits a judicial officer to retire at any time after attaining the age of 60 years. I am now aged 63 years,” Kisakye, who was appointed Supreme Court judge on October 12, 2009, wrote to Museveni. Kisaakye’s resignation came five months after the Judicial Service Commission…
Jovia Mutesi (born June 15, 1992, Age: 31 years old) is the newly crowned Inhebantu (Queen) of the Busoga Kingdom, one of the four constitutional monarchies in Uganda. She is married to Kyabazinga William Wilberforce Gabula IV, the King of Busoga, and has two children with him. Marriage Details & Spouse On November 18, 2023, Jovia Mutesi and William Gabula IV had their official wedding ceremony at Christ Cathedral Bugembe in Jinja City, after a traditional ceremony at her ancestral home in Mayuge Town Council in Mayuge district. The wedding was attended by thousands of guests, including President Yoweri Museveni, Prime…
Uganda’s renown and first female lecturer, Joyce Mpanga, has passed on at the age of 89. News of her death was communicated on Twitter (X). Her family is yet to formally communicate Mpanga’s death. In a post on X, Makerere University described the deceased as a politician, women-rights-crusader and educationist in the past six decades. “Joyce Mpanga was one of Makerere’s illustrious female alumni. She was a woman of many firsts, including being the first female lecturer in the faculty of education at Makerere University and Gayaza High School’s first African deputy headmistress. May the joy and grace of the…
Travellers have called out Uganda Airlines in a bit to get it to address the growing pattern of flight delays. Uganda Airlines’ flight delays have been so rampant that some travellers have started gradually losing trust in the national carrier. “I am all for patriotism but I have had enough of the Uganda Airlines delays,” said Ian Ortega, a regular Ugandan traveller. “Enough is enough. Last time the flight was delayed from 10am to 3pm. This time round, delayed from 8pm to 6am. Issue always: ‘Technical Issue.’” Media Reports recall that on Thursday night, passengers were left stranded in Kenya…
Police have arrested two suspects on grounds of getting involved in acts of sodomy. The suspects are, Huzaifa Mugeni, a 23-year-old barber, and Kabale Richard Imran, a 23-year-old self-employed resident of Namasuba. According to Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, “The suspects were caught red-handed sodomizing each other in Mulongo’s saloon in Kisingiri cell, Namirembe Bakuli Parish, Lubaga division on the 20th of October at around 3:00pm.“ Police say a student from one of the schools decided to take shelter on the veranda of the salon during a heavy rain. Enanga added that, “He then heard people inside the salon making funny…
Peace Barigye dragged the family of former Uganda Airline Capt Darlington Omamteker to court over trespassing on her land located along the Uringi Crescent road in Entebbe, Wakiso District. Rose Kiiza Omamteker also director of Entebbe Junior School plus others are accused of trespassing into land located along the Uringi Crescent road in Entebbe. Capt Omamteker’s wife plus others including the daughter carried timber logs and building stones in the neighbor’s land. The dramatic incident happened after several other incidences including removing the main entrance gate to Peace Barigye’s residence. Police arrested one Yunus Magomu while others including Rosemary Kiiza…
A businessman in Mbarara has been arrested police for allegedly trafficking a 22-year-old man and sodomizing him with the promise of getting him a job. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Regional Police spokesman, has confirmed the incident and identified the suspects as Nelson Tumushabe, a businessman in Mbarara Central Market, accused of sodomizing and trafficking a 22-year-old male resident of Kisenyi cell, Kakoba ward, Mbarara City. Kasasira says that the incident allegedly occurred on the night of October 10, 2023, at 1 a.m. when the suspect, under the pretext of offering a job, took advantage of the victim, who was actively…
Jinja Road Police have arrested a police officer on allegations of murder by shooting that happened today at the barracks. It’s alleged that today, September 5, 2023, at around 1715 hours, AIP Ogwang, a police officer attached to Counter Terrorism Police, shot his wife dead with a pistol (number not yet identified) while at the Jinja Road police barracks where they have been staying. The deceased, who is his wife, has been identified as Cpl. Atino Jennifer, attached to the Very Important Person Protection Unit of Police (VIPPU). The cause of the shooting is not yet established. Kampala Metropolitan Police…
The family of former Uganda Airlines flying Captain Darlington Omamteker is on bended knees after losing round two of the land squabble against their neighbor in Entebbe. This follows after the family of Capt Darlington Omamteker dragging one Peace Barigye and her agents to courts of law over trespassing on their land along the Uringi Crescent in Entebbe, Busiro County in Wakiso district The two neighbors have been fighting like lions for a small piece of land along the Uringi crescent road between plot 31A & plot 31B for the last couple of years. Mrs Omamteker is pinning her neighbor…