Author: Katama Coprian
Police in Kitgum District have arrested a man who allegedly beat his friend to death after accusing him of eating his roasted rat meat without asking. The two men are said to have fallen out after the suspect noticed that one of his roasted rats had gone missing. What started as a verbal argument quickly turned physical, and the victim, identified as Omony, took the worse end of the beating. Omony was rushed to Orom Health Centre for treatment but was pronounced dead on arrival. His body was later taken to Namukora Health Centre IV for a postmortem examination, while…
Police in the North Kyoga region have arrested a senior investigations officer from Kole District following accusations that he tried to sexually assault a 19-year-old student. The accused, Dickens Louis Ebong, works as the Officer in Charge of CID in Kole. Authorities say he tricked the student, who attends Akalo Comprehensive Secondary School, into coming to his home at the police barracks by promising to give her a book. Once she arrived, Ebong allegedly locked the young woman inside the house and tried to assault her. He is also accused of hiding her under a bed before she was eventually…
More than 80 vehicles traveled through the streets of Kampala on Sunday during a memorial procession to mark one year since the death of businessman and rally driver Rajiv Ruparelia. The event combined remembrance, charity, and motorsport in honor of his legacy. The tribute, organized under the theme “Remembering RR,” drew family members, rally drivers, business associates, and supporters. They participated in two major activities: a prosthetic limb outreach at Mulago National Referral Hospital and a memorial convoy that ended with a candlelight vigil at Speke Resort Munyonyo. Rajiv Ruparelia, Managing Director of the Ruparelia Group and the only son…
The Ruparelia Foundation on Sunday provided prosthetic legs to 40 Ugandans living with limb loss during an outreach held at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, as part of activities commemorating one year since the passing of businessman Rajiv Ruparelia. During the exercise, 20 beneficiaries were successfully fitted with prosthetic lower limbs, while another 20 people, among them four children, underwent measurements and assessments. Their prosthetic devices are expected to be ready within the next two weeks. Speaking at the event, Jyotsna Ruparelia, mother of the late Rajiv, said the initiative was intended to celebrate his life by helping others…
Businessman Sudhir Ruparelia and his wife Jyotsna Ruparelia shared an emotional tribute marking one year since their son, Rajiv Ruparelia, passed away. They described a sorrow that remains very real but has slowly become a part of their daily lives. In their message, titled “A Year in the Light of Rajiv’s Memory,” the couple reflected on the pain of losing a child while expressing gratitude to the many Ugandans who supported them during this tough year. “To lose a son is to live with a silence the world cannot fully understand, a quiet pain that time does not remove, but…
The Anti-Corruption court in Kampala has remanded Nwoya district Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Jenaphar Nantume Egunyu to Luzira Maximum Security Prison over alleged abuse of office. Nantume was arrested on Monday by police officers in Nwoya district following an ongoing investigation by the Inspectorate of Government (IG). She appeared chief magistrate Peter Fred Lochomin on Tuesday. Farouk Kayondo, deputy spokesperson of the Inspectorate of Government, said that Nantume was remanded until May 4, 2026. She was remanded along with Fred Kalisa, a farmer from Got Okwara village in Lungulu sub-county. According to the charges levelled by the IG, Nantume is…
A Ugandan man has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of murdering four toddlers at a daycare centre in what the presiding judge described as an unprecedented crime in the country.Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha handed down the sentence against 38-year-old Christopher Okello Onyum on Thursday, telling him directly: “I hereby sentence you to suffer death for the murder of Gideon Eteku, Keisha Agenorwoth Otim, Ignatius Sseruyange and Ryan Odeke,” referring to the four counts against him. The judge said the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that Okello carried out the killings. Okello has 14 days to appeal…
A small passenger plane has crashed in South Sudan killing all 14 people on board, the country’s civil aviation authority (SSCAA) has said. Officials have sent a team to the crash site for investigations but initial reports have suggested the aircraft may have come down “due to adverse weather conditions, particularly low visibility”, the SSCAA added in a statement. The plane crashed about 20km (12 miles) south-west of the capital, Juba, on Monday morning. It had taken off from Yei at 09:15 local time ( 07:15 GMT) and the authorities lost contact about 30 minutes into the journey to the…
CCTV footage has revealed the final moments of 22-year-old Consolata Githinji, who died after falling from the sixth floor of an apartment In the footage, the victim is seen in the company of a 33-year-old man identified as Tonny Odhiambo. According to the footage, Consolata and Odhiambo arrived at the apartment on Sunday, April 26, at 4:17 AM.Consolata then tries to reach out to a guard who was near the lift lobby, but he slips away. At 4:18 AM, another guard at the apartment helped them to unlock a key box before they entered apartment C601. At 4:32 Am CCTV…
A Kenyan Catholic congregation has reportedly dismissed its member weeks after she made a controversial post on Facebook.Reverend Sister Shako Annastasia previously called out priests against preying on reverend sisters or using them as their wives. In the long post, which went viral, Annastacia narrated the struggles and mistreatment of religious sisters in the Church. She confronted the harmful assumptions that they are subservient to priests or serve as their companions in ways that compromise their dignity. “Religious sisters are not priests’ wives or bedmates. Religious sisters are not ornaments in habits. We are not commodities for priests to use…
