The East African Court of Justice sitting at Arusha in Tanzania has dismissed an application lodged by lawyer Male Mabirizi Hassan Kiwanuka seeking an interim order halting the 2021 elections. Mabirizi ran to the East African court challenging the 2018 Constitutional Amendment Act that scrapped the upper and lower cap on the presidential age, effectively…
Police in Kawempe on Sunday February 9, 2020 arrested and detained Lt. Col. Juma Seiko after shooting and injuring three people along Mambure road in Kampala. According to Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson, the incident happened at around 1:15 pm when Seiko caused an accident but shot at the two other vehicles…
A student at Law Development Centre (LDC) has run to court seeking Shs 215 million from the state minister for Housing Dr Chris Baryomunsi over alleged defamation. Godfrey Akampulira aka Akampa in his notice, claims that between August and November 2019, Baryomunsi and five others posted malicious statements on a WhatsApp group known as “Esau…
Ugandan Government, farmers and pastoralists are in panic mode after Swarms of deadly desert locusts Sunday entered the country through Amudat District, Karamoja region. According to reports, government officials are in a crisis meeting to prepare how to prevent the locusts that have ravaged several parts of Kenya, from spreading to other parts of Uganda.…
