Authorities in Luuka district have raised concern over the growing trend of students carrying machetes to classes for use in sugarcane cutting during lunch breaks. The Luuka District Education Officer, Francis Kamyuka, says this was discovered during a routine inspection of schools, and expresses fear over the risks involved with […]
A Police inquest is underway in Mayuge District after a 32-year-old woman was allegedly hacked to death by her husband in Buwanda village, Malongo sub-county. The deceased, who has been identified as Fatuma Nabirye, is alleged to have been locked in the bedroom by her husband, before being hacked multiple […]
A receptionist of a guest house in Katwe zone, Bugembe town, Jinja north city division, has been taken into police custody for allegedly allocating a room to a 35-year-old man to defile his 14-year-old daughter. Receptions among other roles; greet guests as they come in, manage the check-in and check-out […]
Police in Mayuge District have rescued 83 children from suspected traffickers who reportedly picked them from different parts of Busoga sub-region. Police say the children, aged between five and 16 years, were found confined in a house in Wabulungu village, Magamaga town council, Mayuge District, after reportedly being picked from Bugiri, […]
Thirty-eight senior lecturers from Makerere University have undergone a five-day training in Jinja City to fight moral decadence, including sexual immorality, drug abuse, corruption and HIV/Aids, which is on rise. The lecturers, mainly PhD holders, have been equipped with skills to fight the aforementioned vices courtesy of the Office of the […]
