Month: June 2022

Teams from Uganda and Nigeria emerged winners of the recently concluded Huawei Global ICT Competition. The 2021-2022 ICT Competition Awards and closing ceremonies were held in Shenzhen, China on June 25th, 2022 with 130 teams from 43 countries competing fiercely. The Southern Africa Region represented a great success in the competition, which lasted for one year and attracted 150,000 students from 85 countries all over the world. The Southern Africa team won two grand prizes, four first prizes and three second prizes. Uganda was represented by nine students; six from network track (Makerere University), and three from cloud track (Muni University). The grand prize was pocketed by Nigeria ABU and Nigeria University of Port Harcourt WHEREAS Nigeria ABU, Uganda's Makerere University (team 1&a...

Diana Mutasingwa, the state Minister in the office of the vice president, has ordered the arrest of Kiyindi police station officer John Bosco Andrama. John Bosco Andrama is being sought in connection with the torture of a suspected motorcycle thief Deo Waswa on 15/June/2022 at Buzaama Village in Kiyindi town council Buikwe district. Andrama and two others went on the operation to arrest suspected bad elements at Buzaama Village in Kiyindi town council they raided Waswa's home and he was ordered to enter the house and they started beating him while asking him to show them the stolen motorcycle. Waswa said that the police officer tortured him by beating and pressing his private parts to the extent of rupturing one his testacles. According to eyewitnesses, Waswa was beaten by the office...

At least 44 motorcycle riders were arrested on Tuesday in Kira Municipality, following an operation by police to clampdown on traffic violators. Traffic Police PRO Faridah Nampiima said that the operation was conducted by the officer in charge of traffic on Kira road to clamp down motorists who ride without any respect to traffic rules. “The OC traffic Kira Road conducted a boda boda operation today morning targeting pillion riding and riding without wearing crash helmets,” Nampiima said. According to the traffic police PRO, 44 riders were arrested. “Out of these, 38 were issued with (Express Penalty Ticket) EPS tickets, three were warned and three are pending at the station,” Nampiima added. Some of the riders that spoke to Nile Post complained that they were arrested for other reasons an...

Police has revealed that they have arrested two suspects who attacked and robbed Spice supermarket in Mukono town over the past weekend. “We so far have two suspects behind the aggravated robbery which took place at Spice supermarket in Mukono. Our flying squad unit and Mukono police have the two suspects who include William Mugalu aged 24 years and resident of Nasuti, Ntaawo cell and Sam Mbogo, 23 also resident of the same cell,” said Fred Enanga in a security briefing at Naguru Enanga said that the duo was clearly identified by witnesses who managed to see what took place during the attack at the supermarket. He said that although the suspects have been arrested, police have not yet recovered the gun used in the robbery but efforts are underway to recover it as well as identify other ...