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DPP Registers Milestone Convictions For Ugandan Traffickers

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), under the Trafficking in Persons Unit, has registered an increase in the number of convictions secured. Derrick Basalirwa Kigenyi, the Deputy National Coordinator for Prevention of Trafficking in Persons in Uganda, made the

February 6, 2024

Africa

Namibian President Hage Geingob Passes On Aged 82

Namibia’s third president Hage Geingob has died. Geingob died at a hospital in Windhoek at the age of 82. Vice president Nangolo Mbumba announced that Geingob died on Saturday. “By his side was his wife and his dear children,” said Mbumba said.

February 4, 2024

Op-ed

Nathan Kikku Mubiru: President Museveni Vs Dr Besigye Casts The Wrong Man As The Devil; The Best Could Actually Be The Worst

By Nathan Kikku Mubiru As if Kizza Besigye wasn’t feeling glum enough about his failed banana plants to pot hole demonstration, it can only have been compounded by his greatest career rival, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, scooping up the Non-Aligned Movement chair

February 4, 2024

World News

US Secretary Of State Antony Blinken To Visit The Middle East To Negotiate Release Of Hostages

A press statement on Friday, February 2, said that the Secretary will have a week’s travel to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Israel, and the West Bank. According to a statement released February 2 by the State Department, “U.S. Secretary of State Antony

February 4, 2024

News

Gen.Katumba Wamala Orders All Roadside Vendors To Vacate With Immediate Effect

In a decisive initiative to tackle urban congestion and prioritize public safety, the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, has issued a compelling directive, ordering the prompt evacuation of all roadside vendors. While issuing this stringent directive on Friday

February 4, 2024

National News

Great Achievement: President Museveni To Commission New Judiciary Twin Tower On 9th February

In a significant development, President Yoweri Museveni is set to inaugurate the long-awaited Judiciary Twin-Tower on 9th this month. The twin-tower project, a testament to architectural prowess and efficient management, has been overseen by Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirimana, who successfully led its

February 1, 2024

News

Ugandan MPs Demand Govt To Release Funds For Projects

Parliament has urged government to expeditiously release funds for donor-funded projects whose activities are ongoing. The directive follows the presentation of a report of the Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development on unspent balances and the position of the Consolidated Fund

February 1, 2024

Security

M7 Promotes Two ISO Bosses & More 394 UPDF Officers

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has promoted the Head of Internal Security Organisation (ISO) and his Deputy, along with 393 more UPDF officers. In a list released on January 31, 2024, President Museveni, also the Commander in Chief of all the armed forces

January 31, 2024

News

MPs Pressurize Min.Frank Tumwebaze To Table Fisheries Bill

Members of Parliament (MPs) have called on the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, to fast track implementation of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2022 as a way of curbing the use of substandard fishing gear. They said

January 31, 2024

News

Min.Mao Tasks Govt To Compensate Victims Of Brutality By Security Organs Guarding Lakes

The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Norbert Mao, has called for compensation of victims of brutality by security organs charged with policing the water bodies. Mao, who also chairs the Cabinet Standing Committee on Human Rights, said that reports of

January 31, 2024