The management of Centenary bank Uganda has acknowledged that their staff connived with a fraudster and withdrew a client’s savings worth over Shs100m. According to the October 18 Centenary bank statement, the bank discovered that their staff and alleged fraudster initiated a PIN reset on one other client’s account which enabled transactions at the [bank] […]
Read MorePresident Museveni has described the Tuesday evening murder of two foreign tourists and their Ugandan guide at Queen Elizabeth National Park by suspected ADF rebels as a cowardly act, vowing that the assailants “will pay with their own wretched lives.” Two tourists, including a Briton, and their local guide were killed in an attack blamed […]
Read MorePolice said yesterday that security forces were in pursuit of suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels after they shot and killed two foreign tourists and a Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese District, western Uganda. “We have registered a cowardly terrorist attack on two foreign tourists and a Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth National Park,” police […]
Read MoreChinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed his “dear friend” Russian President Vladimir Putin to Beijing on Tuesday, kicking off a multilateral summit overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war. Beijing this week hosts representatives of 130 countries for a forum on Xi’s vast trade and infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). At the top of the […]
Read MoreA man accused of practising law without qualifications has said he is innocent – and thanked people who have come out in support of him. On Thursday, legal officials in Kenya urged police to arrest a man practicing under the name “Brian Mwenda”. They said the man was a “masquerader” who had stolen the identity […]
Read MoreUgandan police have foiled a plot by Islamic State-linked militants to bomb churches in central Butambala district, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Two bombs were linked to public address systems and sent to pastors, disguised as gifts, Mr Museveni said. Members of the public became suspicious of the devices and told the police, he added […]
Read MoreFor most people, working overnight would be upsetting. Not Pherrie Kimbugwe, the now deceased former Club Guvnor manager and publicist. She eagerly anticipated every weekend during her nearly decade-long tenure at Kampala’s top night spot. Among her responsibilities were taking reservations and ensuring clients had the best experience at the club. This role provided her […]
Read MoreBY BBC Warning: This article contains details that some readers may find disturbing Kibbutz Kfar Aza is a microcosm of the first few days of this war, and also a glimpse of what might come next. Until Tuesday morning, fighting was still going on in the kibbutz, which is one of the Israeli communities along […]
Read MoreJada Pinkett Smith has revealed that she and husband Will Smith have been living “completely separate lives” since 2016. In a clip from her forthcoming NBC News primetime special with Hoda Kotb, Pinkett Smith said the couple had not previously gone public with their separation because they were not “ready yet.” They were “still trying to figure […]
Read MoreSuspected militiamen from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group have attacked a trailer transporting onions from Kisoro District to the Mpondwe Lhubiriha Border in Kasese District killing one person and injuring another one. The incident happened on Friday at around 1.00am, when the rebels ambushed the trailer and set it on fire after shooting […]
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