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Just In: Court Dismisses NUP -Kibalama Case
Judge Musa Sekaana of High Court has dismissed the case against the new leadership of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party. The case was filed in August after Difasi Basile and Hassan Twala petitioned court, contending that the change of name from National Unity Reconciliation and Development Party (NURP) to NUP was illegal. The petitioners,…
MPs Demand Govt To Release Specific Dates For 2021 Elections
Following the conclusion of the nomination process for aspirants of parliamentary positions, Legislators backed by the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga have requested the government to communicate the dates for national elections slated for the beginning of 2021. In her communication from the chair at the start of plenary on Tuesday, 20 October 2020, Kadaga…
Police Apologizes For Teargassing Emiritus Bishop Baptist Kagwa,Mbogo Clan
Uganda police led by the chief political commissar, AIGP Asan Kasingye, Tuesday visited retired Masaka Diocesan Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa, to apologise over an incident in which officers fired teargas to disperse a Mbogo clan meeting he had been invited to officiate. “AIGP Asan Kasingye, today led a delegation of senior officers on behalf of…
Equal Opportunities Commission Boss Ntambi Faces Arrest As MP Petitions Col. Nakalema For Continued Contempt of Court
Sylvia Ntambi Muwebwa, the troubled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), faces arrest over allegations that she is intentionally hiding and has refused to appear before court to take plea for the charges lodged against her at the Ant-corruption court. Ntambi, who is charged together with several of her staff for…
Kanyamunyu Murder Trial Adjourned
The trial of a city business man Mathew Kanyamunyu which was slated for today at the High Court registry has been adjourned to October 27, 2020 . Mr Kanyamunyu is charged alongside his girlfriend Cynthia Munangwari and his brother Joseph Kanyamunyu for murdering a social worker Kenneth Akena on November 12, 2016 along Lugogo by…
Horrible: 7 Mubende Children Killed In Tent Fire
Police in Mubende have commenced the investigations into the death of seven children in Rwenkabi village Kitenga Sub county Mubende district. According to Wamala region police spokesperson Rachael Kawala revealed that unfortunate incident happened on Monday evening when the deceased children took shelter in a tent which had a burning charcoal stove. Later on,fire engulfed…
Museveni Donates Shs 100m To His Village Primary School
As schools financially struggle to reopen after seven months of lockdown, President Yoweri Museveni has donated 100 million Shillings to a primary school in his village of Rushere in Rwakirura district. In a press statement issued by the presidential press unit, Museveni on top of giving the money to Rushere Primary School also gave 50…
Police To Recruit 50,000 Special Police Constables Ahead Of 2021 Elections
With the 2021 general elections fast approaching, different security authorities are preparing themselves to make sure there is nothing like election violence like it was in the National Resistance Movement (NRM) primaries or if it is there, it is kept at the very minimum. One way of preparing for this is to recruit more law…
Kadaga Tasks ULS Leadership To Deliver Justice
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has congratulated the all new female leadership of the Uganda Law Society (ULS), a body uniting advocates in the country, upon being elected into office urging them to be impactful and deliver above their responsibilities. The Speaker said female lawyers have come a long way in as far…
M7 Speaks Out On Annoying Bribery,Violence In Recent NRM Primaries
The recent shameful conduct, in some cases, during the recent NRM primaries is most annoying to the patriots. However, it is, nevertheless, a great success, historically speaking. Why and how? It is because Africa has been misgoverned and misdirected for the last 500 years, to its peril and huge losses. Let me start with the…