Police in Entebbe is investigating former Uganda Airlines’ Capt Darlington Omamteker’s family including the wife and daughter over trespassing into the neighbor’s compound and dumping garbage. The trio including Rosemary Omamteker also Entebbe junior school director are facing arrest after trespassing on the land belonging to Peace Barigye along the Uringi crescent road in Entebbe municipality. It’s alleged that on the 7th/Sept/2022, Rosemary Omamteker and others including three hired men carried hard stones and tree chopped logs the neighbor’s compound and vanished into thin air. “Peace Barigye found them at around 6:30pm carrying trash including tree logs plus hard stones…
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Brig Gen David Mugisha has commenced work as the leader of Uganda’s most elite force – the Special Forces Command. Mugisha, who called for “teamwork to accomplish all demanding tasks of SFC,” took over from Brig Gen Felix Busizoori on Tuesday during a ceremony presided over by the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen. Wilson Mbadi at the SFC headquarters in Entebbe. Mbadi called on the officers and men of the Special Forces Command (SFC) to contribute towards the good of Uganda and “always be very serious whenever we are given assignments.” He added: “This will enable the President to…
President Museveni has promoted Lt Col Allan Matsiko to the rank of Colonel and appointed him Director of Intelligence, Special Forces Command (SFC). Col Matsiko now takes over from Col Herbert Nabimanya who has been transferred to the Land Forces. The presidential appointment will see Matsiko run a very sensitive docket tasked with compiling and analyzing classified intelligence from the operations of Uganda’s most elite military force. The SFC protects the president and his immediate family. The SFC while conducting its operations coordinates closely with the two main arms or services of the UPDF, that is, the Land Forces and…
When one meets senior counsel Dr. Alan Christopher Senkatuka Shonubi, a renowned Budonian one can’t imagine or believe that he had a humble beginning in his life time career as he started as a turn-man on a fuso truck and he has never wished to work for government but prefers self employment in rendering his legal services to various agencies nationally and internationally. Dr. Allan Shonubi believes that being hopeful in life can enable one achieve his dream and urges people out there to be optimistic and hardworking to able to achieve their dreams. The Gateway news team had an…
Two local leaders including a village chairman and female councilor are battling in courts of law after conniving in a fake land deal in Entebbe municipality. The duo including Councilor Margaret Namakula and Lugonjo LC 1 village chairman Paul Zikuliza are cursing why they was born to suffer after spending cold nights at the Kigo government prisons over the fraudulent sale of the orphan’s land along the Kiwafu road in the division “B” sub ward. The crafty leaders were dragged to court and put behind bars after cracking a secret deal over the land along the Lugonjo Nakiwogo road belonging…
Police have arrested NUPs Kassanda County South MP Hon Frank Kabuye following the murder of a student at Makerere University during a students’ guild rally. Hon Kabuye was arrested along with one Allan Ssekidde and Kabuurwa Muzafaru The MP, who is also the Shadow Minister for Youth and Children Affairs was arrested last evening and is detained at CPS Kampala while the other two are held at Wandegeya and Old Kampala Police Stations respectively. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman Luke Owoyesigire says Hon Kabuye was arrested because he was leading the NUP team which attacked and murdered the student. The deceased…
By Sadique Bamwita The Principal of Makerere Business School,Prof. Waswa Balunywa,has urged the Entebbe business community to focus on the quality of their products and also to employ trustworthy persons in their businesses to enable smooth growth of their respective businesses. He reasons that once business proprietors work on the quality of their products and also build trust among their employees, the future of business growth would consequently be bright. Addressing the media at the 4th Entebbe Business summit held in Entebbe, Prof. Waswa Balunywa, the principal of Makerere Business School, noted that most businesses in Uganda fail because they produce…
Uganda Police at Katwe have arrested two people in connection to the brutal murder of a local resident. Noah Mathew Kinono, 27, a resident of Kigaga zone Salama Makindye division in Kampala was stabbed to death over the weekend by unknown people. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire says the deceased was stabbed with a sharp knife around the neck. “His body was found lying in a pool of blood in his rented apartment in Salama on Monday 11. 07.2022.” he said. “Two suspects have so far been arrested by Police to aid in the investigation. They are currently detained…
Wilson Habiyakale, the head teacher of Chuho Primary School in Kisoro district has earned himself 17 years and nine months in jail after pleading guilty to aggravated defilement. He appeared before Justice Moses Kawumi Kazibwe in Kabale High Court Monday, who had handed him the sentence on his own plea of guilt. Justice Kazibwe noted that at his age and the fact that he was a head teacher, the convict should have protected the minor placed under his care. According to Kawumi, Habiyakare deserved an 18-year jail sentence, but he reduced the three months he spent on remand. Trouble for…
President Yoweri Museveni is on Monday, July 4, 2022, expected to meet the leaders of the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) in a bid to resolve the current stalemate over the teachers’ strike. UNATU General Secretary Filbert Baguma on Sunday said the meeting is expected to take place in the morning hours at State House Entebbe. “All we expect is feedback on our issue of salary enhancement in the 2022/2023 financial year,” Mr Baguma said, adding: “The venue is not yet confirmed but we are meeting him at 11am.” This came after 250 UNATU executive council members and regional leaders…