Police have arrested Hyderi Aber, a Pakistan national, for allegedly trafficking over 15 Pakistan nationals and robbing them of $ 10, 000. The Police told journalists that Hyderi has been masquerading as Shabir Hussein within the Pakistan community in Uganda. Derrick Kigenyi, the spokesperson in the coordination office of Trafficking in person said Hyderi was…
Miriam Wangadya, the chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), has said Uganda has been physically blocked from attending human rights meetings in Geneva following closure of the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights in Uganda. The office was closed in August 2023 after Uganda indicated it would not renew its…
A close relative to fallen political activist, Sarah Eperu has told Bbeg Media that senior officials from Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) abandoned her during her last moments. Eperu died at Lifelink hospital in Kyaliwajjala on Sunday evening where she had been rushed when her condition worsened. Now a close relative, who requested anonymity, has…
Elders from Bugweri chiefdom have apologised to Speaker Anita Among over comments that were made by Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro, the deputy spokesperson of the National Unity Platform at the burial of Waiswa Ramathan. Ramathan Waiswa a younger brother to Bugweri MP, Abdu Katuntu perished in an accident last week and was buried in Butende, Bugweri….
The Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Trade, Geraldine Ssali, has suspended the ministry’s legal officer, Sandra Karyn Aneno, for insubordination. Sources have told Bbeg Media that the conflict escalated last week over office space for the newly appointed minister of state for Trade Gen Wilson Mbadi at Farmer’s House. We have been told that…
Traders in downtown Kampala today closed their shops protesting what they call unfair taxes charged on their businesses. By 10.00 am today, many shops were closed, leaving other business people who had come to buy goods stranded. Some of the closed shops are on Naiga Chambers along Ben Kiwanuka Street and the usually busy roads…
Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame said the international community “failed all of us”, as the country marked 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed around 800,000 people. Kagame was addressing dignitaries and world leaders who had gathered in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, to commemorate the bloodshed. “Rwanda was completely humbled by the magnitude of our loss,”…
President Museveni has met officials from Nile Breweries Limited at his Kisozi Farm led by the company board Chairman, Onapito Ekomoloit. During the meeting, the president and the officials discussed issues ranging from alcohol health precautions to taxation and the expansion of locally based raw materials in the production of alcohol. Museveni underscored the importance…
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has unveiled facilities that were constructed using funds saved from wasteful expenditures at the office of the prime minister (OPM). According to Nabbanja the facilities were constructed using Shs 5 billion that was meant to purchase household utensils such as plastic cups, plates, turplines among other items. The facilities constructed by…
Mwanga II Magistrates Court in Mengo has banned journalists from using video and audio equipment in the case pitting Pastor Robert Kayanja against Pastor Jackson Ssenyonga. The ban by magistrate Adams Byarugaba follows an application by the state Antony Jonathan Muwaganya that some individuals and groups of people are filming video clips which they share…
