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An official attached to the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), Joshua Ekule, has been remanded to prison after being accused of extorting money from residents seeking national identity cards.Ekule was arrested during an operation by Soroti Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Imran Muluya in collaboration with the District Internal Security Officer (DISO) and the police, following numerous complaints from residents …

The government has withdrawn at least seven official vehicles from former speaker of parliament Anita Among. The vehicles, which had been stationed at Among’s residence in Nakasero, were returned to parliament’s parking yard in line with standard procedures governing the handover of government property by outgoing officials. The returned fleet included police patrol vehicles, lead escort cars, and high-end utility …

A National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) registration assistant has been remanded to prison over allegations of illegally disclosing citizens’ personal data to facilitate a suspected human trafficking network targeting young Ugandan women for exploitation in Dubai. Douglas Kaaya, also known as Kasozi, 40, a resident of Buziga in Makindye Division, appeared before grade one magistrate Asuman Muhumuza at the …

But Malaysia human rights agency opposes effort to reduce LGBT presence online. Marhamah Rosli (Bernama photo courtesy of Qnews / Malaysian National News Agency)   Malaysia’s minister of religious affairs  has declared that the term “LGBT” promotes illegal same-sex sexual relations and asks people to use the term “deviant culture” instead. The Malayian human rights commission denounced the suggestion. Attitude magazine …

At the gracious invitation of his Turkish counterpart, H.E Hakan Fidan, the Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda, Hon. Odongo Jeje Abubaker, has embarked on an official visit to Antalya, Türkiye, to participate in the 5th edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF2026), due to take place on 17 – 19 April 2026 at the NEST …

A storm is brewing in Uganda’s diplomatic circles after a senior official deployed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to an Africa nation allegedly ran off with another man’s wife. RedPepper has learnt that the diplomat (names withheld for now) is accused by sources of volatile behaviour and a dark violence past, claims that have circulated for years in Kampala …

Hon. Wandwasi Robert ,aspiring  MP for Bungokho South, started his campaigns in Bukiende sub county today. He went to Burukuru parish, where he was welcomed by  the community.  As he walked through the parish, people cheered and clapped for him. He shook hands, took pictures, and talked to his people. Everyone was happy to see him, and the atmosphere was …

A newly transferred Electoral Commission (EC) Returning Officer, Gaston Muhangi, is in hot soup after ploughing into four buffaloes inside Queen Elizabeth National Park on Friday night, killing them instantly in a wild drunken crash! The bizarre scene unfolded near Kikorongo, along the Kasese–Mbarara highway, when Muhangi — said to have been on a booze binge in Kasese Town — …

A newly transferred Electoral Commission (EC) Returning Officer, Gaston Muhangi, is in hot soup after ploughing into four wild animals inside Queen Elizabeth National Park on Friday night, killing them instantly in a wild drunken crash! The bizarre scene unfolded near Kikorongo, along the Kasese–Mbarara highway, when Muhangi — said to have been on a booze binge in Kasese Town …

A group of 30 graduate trainees who previously worked under the Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) say they have gone over a year without pay following the merger of the authority into the Ministry of Water and Environment. The trainees, who were first recruited in November 2018, claim they have continued performing official duties — including collecting and transmitting weather …