Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Godfrey ‘Troy’ Wamala was Wednesday arraigned before Entebbe Magistrates Court and remanded to Kigo Prison on Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio murder charges. Troy is a businessman and a resident of Kyengera LC1, Nsangi Town council in Wakiso district, the same place where security operatives …
Read More »Kenya govt critic Miguna Miguna deported, on flight to Canada
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Reports from Nairobi indicate that Kenyan government critic Miguna Miguna was last night forced on a flight to Canada. Miguna Miguna’s lawyer John Khaminwa confirmed the development. Kenya’s official government newsroom tweeted soon after that ” Miguna is headed home. The court ordered he gets …
Read More »VIDEO: Meet Father Deogratius Kateregga
Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Fr. Deogratias Kiibi Kateregga the priest who preached at singer Mowzeys Radio’s requiem mass at Rubaga Cathedral has urged his fellow preachers to speak out on the evils that continue to afflict the Ugandan society. Speaking with brutal candour during the service, Father …
Read More »VIDEO: Fate of Bridge Schools uncertain as new term starts
VIDEO: Fate of Bridge Schools uncertain as new term starts Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The Operators of Bridge international Academies have promised to defy the directive by the education ministry to keep their schools closed. Speaking to NTV, the country Director Morrison Rwakakamba said all their schools …
Read More »UPDF ready for role in Standard Gauge Railway construction
Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has said it is ready to be part of the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). The army’s commitment to the Standard Gauge Railway was reiterated during a ceremony to unveil 10 UPDF engineers who had just …
Read More »LIVE: Burial of Ugandan musician Mowzey Radio
Nakawuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio of the Goodlyfe Crew was on Saturday laid to rest by thousands of fans at his ancestoral home in Nakawuku, on Kampala-Entebbe road. Africa’s top musicians earlier took to social media to hail Mowzey Radio as one of …
Read More »COMMENT: Is there anyone to blame in the Mowzey Radio case?
Kampala, Uganda | COMMENT | John Ssewava | Social media is awash with remarks of all kinds, the usual after the death of a Ugandan star at home or abroad. Many seem to be blaming alleged negligence at Case Hospital for the demise of Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio, …
Read More »LIVE: Requiem mass for Mowzey Radio
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The requiem mass for Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio was held Friday at the Rubaga Cathedral in Kampala. Leading politicians and musicians are attending the mass at which Rev Fr Deogratius Kateregga Kiibi told Ugandan artistes to learn how to handle fame. He …
Read More »VIDEO: Who was Mowzey Radio?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten days after being beaten into a coma, top Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio of the Goodlyfe Crew was pronounced dead on Thursday at the intensive care unit at Case Hospital in Kampala. In one of his last radio interviews, Mowzey 35, talked to …
Read More »Police warns defiant Buyende DPC Kirumira
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Controversial District Police Commander (DPC) Muhammad Kirumira has vowed to resign, claiming he is being mistreated by the police force. The Buyende DPC has been in the spotlight for the last five years over accusations of abuse of office. ASP Kirumira appeared at a police …
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