The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn charges of money laundering against human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo. Opiyo, the Executive Director of Chapter Four Uganda, was violently arrested on 22nd December 2020 by plain-clothed law enforcement officers. He was later charged under section 3 (c) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act on…
Scuffle ensued Moroto town as police tried to arrest Chief magistrate of Kapchorwa court, Godfrey Teko on the allegations that he pulled a firearm and threatened to shoot dead one Mathew Lorika on Sunday evening. Mr Teko,a son to State minister for energy Peter Lokeris allegedly got into a brawl at Mt. Moroto Hotel. According…
In the past weeks and even months, I have seen many of you, my friends and children, asking me why we don!t reopen schools. Therefore, today, I thought that perhaps it is time we discussed this subject instead of keeping silent about it. The first question I would like to ask you is: Why do…
Police has released a statement warning the public against a number of the widely spread threatening leaflets are alert and only intended to cause fear and panic. Following the murders in Masaka in which 26 people were killed in one month, cases of threatening leaflets being thrown have increased in various parts of the country. The…
The Ministry of Health has reacted to a vial/ bottle of the AstraZeneca Vaccine being circulated on WhatsApp to mislead the population about the the shelf life of the vaccines. The Ministry of Health would like to clarify as follows; The AstraZeneca vaccines being administered are valid and have a shelf life of up to…
Ex-combatants in Rwenzori region want the government to support them to enroll on adult learning programs. They say that most of them are illiterate, which has affected their day-to-day implementation of government-supported economical activities. The groups put out the call in their meeting with officials from the Amnesty Commission Uganda and the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC…
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has tasked a ten-member select committee comprising ten officials from the National Planning Authority-NPA, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA, security agencies and the ministries of health and tourism to address loopholes in the Covid-19 testing procedures at Entebbe International Airport. Nabbanja who heads the Inter-ministerial committee on Uganda’s Covid-19 response named the…
Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has assured students of a stable network throughout the online examination period via the eLearning platform MUELE-Makerere University eLearning Environment. Students will access their examinations and upload their work to the same platform upon completion. Ever since the University council approved the online assessment scheduled to start today…
City tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia has renamed Simbamanyo House—located at Plot 2 Lumumba Avenue—Gender & Labour House after the court confirmed him as the rightful owner. The building, now under the management of Meera Investments Ltd, a real estate arm of his Ruparelia Group houses the Ministry of Labor, Gender and Social Development among other tenants.…
