Category People

Police in Mubende recovered the body of four-year-old Kazungu Daniel from a pit latrine after his family paid part of a ransom only for the kidnapper to murder him anyway. The tragedy unfolded on March 9 when the boy vanished…

Man hacks mother to death and buries her inside the house over family land row A truly heartbreaking story is coming out of Bulamagi Sub-county in Iganga District. Police are hunting for Anthony Kalulu after he allegedly killed his own…

The world’s richest man, sitting on $839 billion according to the latest Forbes list, continues to surprise everyone with his choice of home. While most billionaires build palaces, Elon Musk rents a simple one-storey, three-bedroom place near his SpaceX facility…

A sad and messy story out of Wakaliga Zone in Rubaga Division. Forty-three-year-old mechanic Ssebugwawo Mike died early on March 12 after being stabbed in the chest during a fight inside his former girlfriend’s rented room. Police have arrested 32-year-old…

Government cracks down on risky timber-steel building method across Kampala The National Building Review Board is not playing around anymore. They have launched a fresh sweep in Kira Municipality and other parts of Greater Kampala, targeting anyone still using the…

This one reads like a thriller that somehow found its way into real life. A 67-year-old Belgian named Schelf Hout Joris, who had been working as an oil and gas consultant in Muyenga, got caught in an alleged web cooked…

You know how these post-election stories love to twist themselves into knots? Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, is once again pointing fingers at the system after nine officers assigned to protect him during the campaigns got dismissed from…

Surprise, surprise Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, slipped out of Uganda not long after the January 15 election and is apparently kicking back in the United States. Sources say he crossed a land border in late January, nice…

Grab some popcorn Engineer Stephen Kaweesa, who calls himself NUP Commander 001, went on Sanyuka TV and cried while accusing Bobi Wine of pocketing Shs600 million for the Nansana Municipality parliamentary nomination. He says he borrowed heavily, poured in extra…

When the 25th East African Community Summit opened in Arusha, Tanzania on Friday, two chairs that were supposed to be occupied were conspicuously empty. Rwanda’s Paul Kagame and the DRC’s Félix Tshisekedi both skipped the meeting, and while the official…