Author: Esther Van Nassanga

Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Commander for Land Forces and First Son, Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has announced an end to “mercy” that has in the past been shown to armed cattle rustlers in the troubled Karamoja Sub-region.  “You have refused all our appeals! Well, now we are coming and hell is coming with us!” Kainerugaba tweeted. His outburst comes after security forces in a joint search operation, yesterday, recovered at least five bodies of three civilian-geologists and two soldiers ambushed and killed by suspected armed cattle rustlers in Moroto District. UPDF has long struggled to encourage armed cattle rustlers to abandon…

How is your day going? Would you like to look at some beauty? Socialite Sheila Gashumba alias Lil Stunner might be an answer to your desires. The NBS TV Presenter posted two stunning headshots on her social media pages that have had the internet turning heads since they were posted at 2pm yesterday. With majority, salivating and thirty men, embarrassing their lineages in the comments section. One social media user, Africel Selecta, even went as far as employing his amateur graphics designing skills to get the Lil Stunner’s attention but alas. “On Sunday, I got to see you very close…

Lawyer Male Mabirizi has been slapped with a Shs 300,000,000 fine for allegedly insulting a judge on social media, this website has learnt. Mabirizi, who recently threatened to drag President Museveni to court over a driving permit, has in the past been known for dragging high profile figures to court including the Kabaka and National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu. The matter states that Mabirizi, using his Facebook page Uganda People’s Interests and his personal Twitter handle @MaleMabiriziHKK made statements that were in contempt of court and for that the court has found him liable and slapped a…

Schools in Uganda have fully reopened this morning, almost two years after the coronavirus pandemic started. This has been one of the world’s longest closures since the virus forced governments to close learning institutions back in March 2020. Students will be promoted to the next class and there will be targeted work to give them a chance to catch up. Uganda’s National Planning Authority (NPA) projected that at least 30% of all students who were in school before the pandemic may never return. In light of the schools reopening, the Ministry of Education and Sports is set to distribute six…

The Democratic Party (DP), an opposition political party in Uganda, has vowed to sue the government over what they have termed as “discrimination” of boda boda riders, which they say is contrary to Article 21 of the constitution. DP Spokesperson Okoler Opio Lo Amanu said that President Museveni’s speech on re-opening is couched on isolation, targeting and persecuting those in the transport sector, and therefore there is need to challenge it. Okoler made these remarks while addressing journalists at City House on Tuesday. “It is absolute prejudice to deny boda boda riders an opportunity to work in the times when…

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who was picked up by security late last year, will finally be produced in court today, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has said. CID Spokesperson Charles Twiine says he will be arraigned in Court today on charges of offensive communication for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni and First son and Land Forces Commander Muhoozi Kainerugaba on Twitter. Yesterday, a search was done of his home in Iganga, according to his lawyer  Eron Kiiza. His said on twitter that his client had been “Clearly tortured. He needs urgent medication and counseling”. Earlier, lawyers representing the novelist petitioned the Makindye Magistrates…

Tusker Malt Conversessions has ushered in the New Year, 2022, with a brand-new Allan Toniks’ headlined episode. The crooner serenaded fans of the show with some of the finest tracks in his musical catalogue in an episode that went live on Tusker Malt Lager’s YouTube channel yesterday. Unlike his hip-hop inclined predecessor on the show, GNL Zamba, Toniks’ edition highlighted ballads, guitar strings, coziness and fine music. The show’s 2022 debut episode sought to revisit the core basics of Tusker Malt’s premium online experience – acoustics and vocal showcase. The production team at Swangz set Toniks up for a cozy,…

The Aviation Police at Entebbe International Airport have arrested two people for vending grasshoppers, commonly referred as Nsenene aboard a Uganda Airlines flight. In a video that went viral on social media, an man who has been identified as Paul Mubiru was seen vending grasshoppers that he had stuck in a polythene bag to passengers in the economy class of the Uganda Airlines fight UR 446 to Dubai on Friday. Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga has said that aviation security deemed it fit to have two people including Paul Mubiru and Habib Kiggundu who recorded the video arrested. “Whereas the grasshoppers…

South Africa’s last white president FW de Klerk, who died at the age of 85 last week, will be cremated in a private ceremony on Sunday. The development was announced by his Foundation in a statement released ahead of his burial. “The FW de Klerk Foundation wishes to announce that FW de Klerk’s cremation and funeral will take place on Sunday, 21 November,” a statement that The Ugandan Wire has seen, reads. “It will be a private ceremony for family members and will not be open to media,” the foundation added. No further details were given. De Klerk came to…

Uganda’s oldest political party, the Democratic Party (DP) has announced plans to rally Ugandans for a national referendum in a bid to “protect the constitution from being reformed.” These plans were revealed by the Party’s Deputy Legal Advisor, Richard Lumu, who said that this was resolved at their extraordinary meeting of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC), in order to protect article 23 (6)a, b, and c of the constitution. Lumu was addressing the DP weekly press conference at City House in Kampala, on Tuesday. “We have delivered a letter to the Electoral Commission (EC) seeking to move a motion…