Bishop Mwesigwa to parents: Let holidays be time for house helps to rest

Teachers say they are being let down by parents. Instead of taking their children through life...

Kenya flood death toll rises as more torrential rain forecast

Total deaths reach 76 and more than 130,000 displaced as weeks of flooding also affects east African neighbours

Seventy-six people in Kenya have died because of flooding triggered by torrential downpours since March, the government has said, warning residents “to brace for even heavier rainfall”.

Kenya and its east African neighbours have been battered by stronger than usual rain in recent weeks, compounded by the El Niño weather system.

Makerere to reduce funding research and innovations

The University shall have to cut the research and innovation funds to meet the operational costs.

ICT Minister to busy youths : Take your elderly parents to nursing homes

It is based on a true story played through drama

Joe Walker walks out of NMG

“It’s been 23 years and 4 months of fun, thrilling challenges and I enjoyed them all. I walk on with a full heart and shall always, always, be grateful,” these were the words of Joseph Beyanga the Head of Radio at Nation Media Group as he announced his retirement. In an appreciation message to his employers via a post on X (formerly Twitter), Beyanga wrote: “Thank you NMG; […]

Table tennis: Madagascar dominate singles at East Africa Regional Championships

Interestingly, in the quarterfinals, Ankunda and Senyonga had defeated Madagascar players but...

*Uganda loses voting rights in international organizations over unpaid subscriptions*

A report by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs noted that the Finance ministry had only...

Letter to Kizza Besigye at 68

I hope that you will reflect deeply on the enormous challenge at hand, which at any rate you...

Over 122,000 people enter Ethiopia from conflict-hit Sudan

Noting that April marks the one-year anniversary since the conflict started in Sudan, the...

Absence of taxation framework stirring non-compliance – report

Makerere University researchers have revealed that the absence of a taxation framework for...

Student shot dead by robbers in Soroti

The acting East Kyoga regional Police spokesperson, ASP Edison Obukulem, said Patrick Olinga...

Serena63 Series spices up Golden Jubilee celebrations

The Serena63 Series first leg is set for May 25.

Slow motion replays in Uganda’s soccer league tell their own story

Uganda is, educated guesses will tell you, still light years away from tailoring packages via...

Uganda Considers Bailout for Struggling Vaccine Factory

[Nile Post] Nearly half the requested funds (578 billion shillings) for the supplementary budget are earmarked for Dei Bio Pharma, a Ugandan pharmaceutical company struggling to keep its vaccine factory afloat.

I am not intimidated by the media – Bruno K

Artiste Bruno K has been in the media mainly because of his relationships and he blames the women, especially those he has children with for always running to expose him in the media. The Omuwala artiste said he has been manipulated but cannot be intimidated by the media. “People manipulate us artistes because they know […]

Arua police arrest man captured on video flogging elderly woman

Police in Arua city have arrested a 51-year-old man who was captured on video flogging an elderly woman at Manibe Trading Center along Arua-Koboko road.

Twalibu Avutia, a resident of Baruku cell, Baza ward, Arua Central Division was on Wednesday captured on a phone camera whipping Teresa Angucia, 65, a resident of Olivu A cell, Oreku ward, Ayivu Division Arua city whom she accused of stealing his property that he left by the roadside.

In the video recording that has since gone viral and attracted public condemnation from several social media users, Avutia is seen ruthlessly flogging the elderly woman endlessly as a group of youths kept on cheering him. 

In the 1.24-minute video footage, the suspect is also seen stepping on the head of the victim who was heard crying and pleading her innocence and asking Avutia to stop assaulting her.

Josephine Angucia, police spokesperson for West Nile region explains that the incident happened at about 1:40 pm at a bus stop stage. According to Angucia, the matter was reported to police by the victim which compelled police to open a case of assault. She further notes that the suspect is currently detained at Manibe police station.

Preliminary police investigations indicate that the suspect who was waiting to travel to Maracha district left his luggage containing foodstuff and other items at the bus stage under the watch of boda boda riders at the stage as rushed back home to fetch his colleagues with whom they were planning to travel with to Maracha.

However, the victim who was expecting some foodstuff from Nebbi district rushed to the same bus stop to pick the same package after she got information from one of her neighbours that the foodstuff had already been offloaded. 

Coincidentally, the elderly woman rushed to the same bus stage and found an unattended package that she checked and found containing almost the same food items that she was expecting. She thereafter took the bag home wrongly thinking it was hers.

Upon returning to pick up the remaining items from the bus stage, the elderly woman was grabbed by the suspect after boda boda riders identified her as the woman who took the first items prompting Avutia to start whipping the woman.

The latest incident comes in the wake of widespread lawlessness in Arua city in which over 10 suspected criminals have been lynched by mob in different parts of the city over the past two weeks.

Sex for grades: How lecturers across Africa prey on female students

Book exposes the normalisation of sexual coercion in African universities with lecturers...

How to grow cocoyams

Most cocoyam varieties mature in about eight months from planting

Ykee Benda starts Saudi Arabia boycott

Mpaka Records boss Ykee Benda has come out and advised all Ugandan artistes who have been booked and hoping to be booked for performances in Saudi Arabia to cancel those shows. According to Ykee Benda, the Ugandan promoters in Saudi Arabia are heartless and selfish. “The Ugandan promoters in Saudi Arabia are so heartless. They […]

Uganda loses voting rights over unpaid subscriptions

A report by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs noted that the Finance ministry had only...