Security guards attached to businessman Hamis Kiggundu yesterday roughed up journalists who had gone to report about a transformer that had caught fire at Ham Shopping Grounds in Nakivubo.  The journalists had been alerted by some of the tenants near the transformer. The tenants were forced to evacuate their stuff fearing that it would be…

Engineers and technologists without requisite qualifications or those who practice without a valid license risk a jail term of two years or being fined Shs 1 million according to the Engineering Professionals Bill, 2024 tabled today in Parliament. The minister of state for Works, Musa Ecweru defended the enactment of the law noting that The…

The Dr Kizza Besigye-led FDC faction has indicated to the Electoral Commission that it will be registering a political party called People’s Front for Freedom (PFF), insider sources have told Bbeg Media. Sources told us that they had reserved the name with the EC as the embark on the formal process to register a political…

Robert Nestrooy Kayongo has quit BBS TV after eight years due to a toxic work environment, sources at the Mengo based media organisation have told Bbeg Media. Kayongo was deputy news editor to Peter Muweesi. He quit today. Sources however told us that the two never hit it off and did not have a good…

At least Shs 13 bn was released to procure land for two bus terminals under the Kampala City Roads Rehabilitation Project (KCRRP) under suspicious circumstances, Bbeg Media has learned. The terminals were supposed to help decongest the city but sources say how the money was approved and later released leaves a lot to be desired….

President Museveni yesterday met the families of the late Col. (Rtd). Charles Okello Engola Macodwogo and the late Zebra Ssenyange who were, by error killed by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officers. Engola was the Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations whereas Mr. Ssenyange was a former professional boxer. Museveni, who…

Journalists have been told to stop stealing souvenirs from US President Joe Biden’s official aircraft. An inventory check on Air Force One after Mr Biden’s visit to the US west coast in February found several items were missing from its press section. Branded pillowcases, glasses and gold-rimmed plates are among the items that have allegedly…

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been involved in a car crash but was unhurt. A drunk driver collided with his “official armoured state vehicle” on Thursday evening, police have said. But a leading member of his uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party alleged that he had been targeted. He has been suspended by the…

On the eve of the official date of the 100th anniversary of TotalEnergies, around fifty activists from Alternatiba Paris, Friends of the Earth France and Greenpeace France came to disrupt the evening organised with great pomp at Chateau de Versailles. A host of celebrities were expected at this venue historically associated with the influence of…

Senegal’s President-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye has pledged to govern with humility and transparency, in his first speech after Sunday’s poll. Mr Faye’s main rival from the governing coalition, Amadou Ba, has already conceded defeat, setting the stage for the 44-year-old political newcomer to become the youngest president in the country’s history. ‘’By electing me, the…