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REPORT: Police Top Human Rights Violation Complaints in 2025 

The Uganda Police Force has once again emerged as the leading institution in human rights violation complaints, according to the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Annual Report 2025 released...

American doctor tests positive for Ebola in DR Congo outbreak

An American doctor working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for Ebola amid the...

PLATINUM CREDIT EXPOSED! Court Fines It Sh11.6M,Bosses Face 10-Year Jail Term as Borrowers Decry Its ‘Dirty Deals’

Shockwaves are tearing through East Africa’s money lending industry after microfinance giant Platinum Credit was ordered to pay a Kenyan...

Hon Crispin Kaheru: Expectations in this kisanja “no more sleep for all Ugandans”

By Hon Crispin Kaheru - Member, Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC). What awaits H.E. President Yoweri Museveni in...

UGANDA: Dog Shelters Being Used To Scam Donors

ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS: How dog shelter content creators in Uganda are tricking people online. Many donors being scammed. 🎥...

HOW LYAKARIMIRA TOWN CLERK SWINDLED OVER UGX100 MILLION 

The Lyakarimira town clerk in Kabale district, Alex Ampaire is on the run for swindling Ugx 105 million meant for the construction of a multipurpose...

MBARARA CITY: SHODDY WORK DETECTED IN UGX 97 MILLION SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT  

The Mbarara City South Deputy Resident City Commissioner, Moses Aruho has ordered the arrest of City Engineer Melina Kekijusyo who failed to monitor the construction of three classroom block at...

MUBS & UMI AMONG THE TENANTS OWING MBARARA DLG OVER UGX100 MILLION RENT ARREAS

Mbarara district local government-DLG authorities have been tasked to apply all approaches and recover rent arrears of over Ugx100 million currently defaulted by different...

ARRESTED: HOW RWAMPARA CAO & STAFF SWINDLED PDM FUNDS!

Tension and panic continue to engulf different District Local Governments across Uganda as Anti-corruption bodies continue with operations against corrupt officials, with many already...

Rwampara CDO arrested over corruption 

Police in Rwampara district are holding Baguma  Didas,the Community Development Officer-CDO Rweibogo town council Bugamba sub-county who has been extorting money from Parish Development...

Ugx350 million: Government land being grabbed in Mbarara City!

Tension and outcry have escalated in Mbarara City North Division Mbarara City as the division  council and other authorities get divided over the allegations...