Court of Appeal judges led by the Deputy Chief Justice Aliphonse Owiny Dollo has dismissed the appeal filed by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) challenging the acquittal of Sheikh Yunus Kamoga on charges of murdering fellow Muslim clerics. In August 2017, three justices of the International Crimes Division of High Court in Kampala delivered…
The Venerable Julius Ceaser Nina has been elected the 2nd Bishop of West Lango Diocese. He will be consecrated and enthroned as Bishop on 15th December 2019 at St. Peter’s Cathedral, Aduku. He will succeed the Rt. Rev. Alfred Acur, the 1st Bishop of West Lango Diocese. Venerable Nina was born on 29th November 1968…
Parliament has granted Igara County East MP, Hon Micheal Mawanda, leave to introduce a private member’s bill that seeks to amend Article 161 of the Constitution to remove the Governor and Deputy Governor Bank of Uganda from serving as chairperson and deputy chairperson of the board of directors respectively. “We have had problems of accountability…
The State Minister for Finance, Hon. David Bahati, has accused corrupt government officials of interfering in the procurement of bicycles that were meant for Local Council (LC) chairpersons. “Government committed to buy bicycles for LC1s and we all know what happened to the first consignment where money was misappropriated and the procurement was stopped. This…
The Provincial Secretariat, Namirembe, the Rt. Rev. Edison Irigei, Dean of the Church of Uganda, announced that the Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba was elected the 9th Archbishop of the Church of Uganda. The election was held during a meeting of the House of Bishops at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Namirembe. The election was by…
