A tribunal in Mbarara just dropped compensation rulings for two families whose relatives got killed by cops over a decade ago, and the government's on the hook for 160 million shillings total.
The first family scored 80 million after their son, a motorcycle taxi driver, caught three bullets from a sergeant who was spraying shots at a busy boda boda stand back in 2015. Chairperson Mariam Wangadya said the officer clearly knew someone would get hit, and he bounced right after. Most of that cash goes to the victim's two kids, with smaller chunks for his mom and widow.
Another 80 million went to a woman whose husband died in a police cell in Sheema District after getting locked up over some dispute with a local chairman. Cops dropped his...
UPPC Entebbe and Kitara both grabbed wins on the road, and they're sitting on 13 points each, trailing SC Villa by just a couple. UPPC went to BUL's spot and put up a 2-0 result after Ambrose Kigozi bagged two goals in the second half. That loss made things worse for BUL, which just had its 25-game unbeaten streak snapped recently.
Police blew their chance to jump to the top when Kitara beat them 2-1 at Kira Road. Patrick Kaddu scored early for the visitors, and Police tied it up through Lawrence Tezikya later on, but Isaac Amutuhaire nailed the winner in stoppage time. Police dropped to third with 14 points after picking up four yellow cards, while Kitara moved up to fourth.
Mbarara City faces KCCA next, and then Vipers will take on...
Uganda kept rolling at the Celtic Cup with another big win over Northern Ireland at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. The She Cranes put up 72 points against their opponents' 46, and captain Mary Nuba said the team wanted to come out hot from the jump and basically did exactly that. They grabbed a solid lead early, then just kept piling it on through halftime and into the third quarter before coasting through the finish.
The squad is sitting pretty with two straight victories, but Nuba mentioned they still need to clean up some stuff if they want to level up across the board. Their next match is against Scotland, which everyone expects to be the toughest test yet for keeping that undefeated streak alive.
South Sudan is hemorrhaging around 5 tons of gold every year through smuggling routes that run into Uganda and Kenya before the metal ends up in Dubai refineries, and a SWISSAID report says the entire operation bypasses any official oversight or tax collection. Tens of thousands of miners are digging up the gold using basic hand tools in remote parts of Central and Eastern Equatoria, but armed groups and corrupt officials are running the show while foreign traders lowball the workers with garbage rates paid in worthless local currency or straight-up barter deals.
The street value of this shadow economy hit $270 million back in 2022, which could have actually helped stabilize the country's budget instead of funding militias and...
Kagame went off about how Rwanda isn't going to grovel to anyone for security after years of back-and-forth with the DRC over rebel groups causing chaos near the border. The president said Kigali has tried being diplomatic and even humble in the past, but he made it clear that nobody gets to control Rwanda's right to defend itself against militias tied to the 1994 genocide.
Rwanda keeps pointing fingers at Congo for letting FDLR fighters stick around, while Kinshasa fires back, claiming Kigali is propping up the M23 rebellion that grabbed territory in North Kivu. Kagame basically said his country will throw down if its security concerns get ignored or treated like some favor that needs begging, and he questioned why anyone thinks they...
Museveni kicked off his Ankole campaign swing by promising more roads and farm support while flexing about how he used to roll through the area strapped but showed up this time in party colors without any weapons. The president name-dropped infrastructure wins like the finished Mbarara-Kikagate-Isingiro route and said connecting rural zones will help banana growers move product more easily once irrigation gets sorted.
He pushed back on the idea that government gigs are the answer for employment when there are only 480,000 public jobs for 50 million people, and he pointed at the Mbale Industrial Park, cranking out way more positions through private sector manufacturing. Museveni doubled down on the Four-Acre Model and announced fresh...
The Urban and Rural Development Ministry yanked the swearing-in ceremony for regional council and local authority winners that was supposed to happen next week, and executive director Wilhelmine Shivute sent out a memo saying they'll announce the makeup date later. The ministry didn't explain why they pulled the plug, but the announcement comes while magistrates are on strike and vote tallies are still being released for dozens of constituencies and local authorities.
Minister James Sankwasa might have to appoint temporary administrators across the country if the new councillors don't get sworn in soon, since election results are still trickling out with only 81 regional constituencies and 45 local authorities tallied.
Germany dropped over N$4 million to fix up the Alte Feste building in Windhoek, and the cash is going toward turning the decrepit colonial-era structure into something people can actually use. The German embassy's deputy head said they wanted to fund repairs that let future generations hash out what Germany's colonial past means for the country. The spot was built back in 1890 when Germany ran the show, and it bounced around as a troop headquarters and a high school hostel before ending up as a museum that had to close because it was falling apart.
The Namibia Art, Craft and Design Centre is getting the money through Germany's Cultural Preservation Programme, and they're working with the education ministry to make it happen. When...
Roger Nautoro from the PDM in Erongo is calling out opposition parties for basically shooting themselves in the foot after Swapo steamrolled the elections. The regional coordinator said rival groups tanked because they couldn't stop fighting each other instead of working together, and he's blaming their terrible showing on fragmentation and ego trips rather than Swapo actually being strong.
PDM apparently tried pitching a unity plan where each constituency would only field one opposition candidate through some give-and-take deal, but other parties ignored it and ran their own people anyway. Nautoro thinks opposition leaders need to quit being selfish and start coordinating if they want any shot at performing better when the next...
