Author: Onion
Lucy Kalanzi, a young Kampala businesswoman, died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday. Her family confirmed the death, calling it sudden and deeply painful. Kalanzi had gone to bed in an upstairs room at her Kampala home on Saturday night with no signs of illness. Her children found her unresponsive the following morning. She was buried Wednesday at her ancestral home in Gomba, Sembabule district. Mourners at her funeral remembered a bold and quietly influential woman whose business reach extended far beyond what most people around her knew. Former Electoral Commission Secretary Sam Rwakojo said Kalanzi once travelled alone to…
The Uganda Revenue Authority has seized USD 10.2 million hidden inside a shipping container. Officials call it a clear win for Commissioner General John Musinguzi Rujoki’s push to physically check every cargo load. For years URA trusted paperwork such as invoices to clear goods. Importers quickly learned to game the system, under-declaring items to dodge taxes. They might list 100 pieces when the container actually held 1,000. Musinguzi kept insisting on real inspections to stop the tricks. That approach is finally delivering results. A 30-year-old customs officer spotted the cash during an ordinary verification. The container had been declared as…
Kampala police have arrested a private security guard in connection with the theft of cash and gold valued at hundreds of millions of shillings. The suspect, Akena Justine, was apprehended on April 15, 2026, after several days of investigation into the incident that took place earlier this month. Akena worked for Magnum Security Company and had been assigned to guard the premises of Goldex Uganda Limited along Mawanda Road in Kampala. He is accused of stealing a bag that contained 29 million shillings in cash and 900 grams of gold worth approximately 500 million shillings. The bag was taken from…
A young man living in Kenya has set fire to the house he built for his girlfriend’s family after she rejected his marriage proposal, telling him she could not marry a “2-minutes man.” The remark, a common slang term implying poor sexual performance, cut deep. Instead of walking away from the heartbreak, the man chose revenge. He poured fuel on the property and watched it burn, an act of frustration that has now exploded into one of the most talked-about stories on Kenyan social media this week. Details of the incident remain limited, but the core facts have spread rapidly…
A Burundian minister died in a car accident early Thursday, the government announced, though sources say the cause of death remains unclear and is now under investigation. Gabby Bugaga, the minister of communication and media, was found dead inside his damaged four-by-four. Farmers discovered the vehicle about 10 meters off a rarely used and notoriously dangerous road that snakes through oil palm plantations in Kivoga, roughly 10 kilometers north of Bujumbura, the country’s economic capital. Local farmers who came across the scene shared photos on social media. Two sources who knew Bugaga confirmed the images showed his body slumped sideways…
Kampala police are searching for a private security guard accused of stealing Shs290 million in cash and Shs500 million in gold from a company vehicle he was paid to protect. The suspect is Justine Akena, who works for Magnum Security Group and lives in Naguru Go Down. He was on duty guarding the offices of Goldex Uganda Limited along Mawanda Road when the theft took place. According to Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, Akena struck on the evening of April 10, 2026, at about 8pm. He opened a pearl-white Toyota Noah with registration number UA 264AN and took…
Outgoing Rukiga District Woman MP Caroline Kamusime Muhwezi and her businessman husband Andrew Muhwezi have been named as the ghost buyers behind the fraudulent acquisition of public land hosting Rushebeya market, with Andrew spending the Easter weekend warning traders to vacate the premises. Residents and civil society groups in Rukiga District are now calling on President Yoweri Museveni, the Minister of Local Government, the Inspector General of Police, and the Inspector General of Government to intervene immediately, halt the evictions, and prosecute all officials found to have participated in the scheme. The couple allegedly executed the acquisition in collusion with…
A young man identified simply as Abbas is facing criminal charges in Yobe State after he was apprehended while allegedly dressed in women’s attire in what authorities say was a deliberate attempt to gain unsupervised access to his girlfriend at her father’s residence in the state. According to sources familiar with the incident, Abbas reportedly donned a hijab and female clothing to blend in with female members of the household, hoping to visit his girlfriend without the knowledge or consent of her father. The ruse was uncovered when a member of the family became suspicious and alerted the household, leading…
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has directed the dismantling of roadside sugarcane weighbridges and their relocation to licensed sugar factories, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from farmer groups who say it hands millers back the power to underpay outgrowers. In a letter dated March 17, 2026, to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Nabbanja ordered the immediate removal of all roadside weighbridges, citing theft and the role of middlemen as justification. “I have received various complaints and concerns from stakeholders in the sugarcane industry concerning the way roadside weighbridges… are being used to steal sugarcane,” she wrote, adding…
The Victoria Group of Companies handed over food relief to more than 1,000 Muslims in Naminya and Bujowali villages, Jinja, on Friday, marking the end of Ramadan with a donation that included rice, beans, and sugar. The sugar was supplied by Victoria Sugar, one of the Group’s subsidiaries based in Luwero. Simon Mukose, Operations Manager at Victoria Nile Plastics Ltd, represented the company during the handover. He congratulated the Muslim community on completing the fasting period and urged them to carry forward the values of generosity and patience that Ramadan encourages. “This gesture reflects our belief in growing together with…