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Constitution Court Quashes Bamugemereire Land Probe
The Constitutional Court has ruled that land probe that was headed by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire, was wrong to order for the arrest and detention of city businessman, Abid Alam when he had appeared before it to inquire about his over 10,000 acres of land in Mubende District. In a 4:1 majority decision of the Nakasero-based…
Court Of Appeal Quashes Sheikh Kamoga’s Life Imprisonment
The Court of Appeal has on Wednesday quashed and set free the Tabliq leader Sheikh Muhammad Yunus Kamoga, who was in 2017 sent sentenced to life imprisonment over terrorism. The other convicts set free are Sheikhs Siraje Kawooya, Murta Mudde Bukenya, Fahad Kalungi, Abdu Salaam Ssekayanja alias Kasim Mulumba and Yusuf Kakande. In 2017, the…
Education Institutes for Final Year Students in Health Related Courses to Reopen
President Museveni has allowed reopening of educational institutions for final year students in health related courses. The final year students at Bachelors level in Medicine, Bachelors of Surgery, nursing, midwifery, dental, surgery, pharmacy, allied medical professionals, finalist postgraduate students on health-related programs, postgraduate students who are qualified and are already health practitioners and finalists undertaking…
UPDF Threatens To Withdraw Military Escorts From NRM Politicians Over Misuse
The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) has released a stunning warning to politicians that they are soon losing their military guards in case they don’t refrain from using soldiers in their political activities. According to UPDF Spokesperson Brig.Gen Flavia Byekwaso, warned that members of parliament who use their escorts for political gains will no longer…
Health Ministry Starts Evacuating Covid-19 Patients To Namboole Stadium
The Ministry of Health today starts admitting positive COVID-19 patients at a new treatment facility at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole on the outskirts of the city. Col. Edith Nakalema, who heads the statehouse anti-corruption unit confirmed to journalists last evening that she had been asked by President Yoweri Museveni to coordinate the evacuation. She said…
Kadaga Vows To Work With Opposition Mps To Stabilize Parliament
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has said her job demands fairness and neutrality in dealing with leaders regardless of their political party inclinations. In a talk show on Busoga One FM in Jinja, Kadaga said since the advent of multiparty politics in 2005, working with leaders from all political formations is inevitable. “There are people who do…
NCHE Clears Victoria University To Start Online Teaching
The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has granted Victoria University a permission to commence online teaching and learning during the COVID 19 Pandemic. In a letter to the Vice Chancellor, NCHE says after consideration it granted Victoria University permission to roll out emergency ODel for programmes it had submitted. “I wish to remind you…
Staying Well Together: NCHE Issues Guidelines For Re-opening Of Institutions For Final Year Medics
The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has released guidelines for reopening of institutions for final year students undertaking health related institutions. In a statement which was on Tuesday September 1, 2020, addressed to all Vice Chancellors and Principals Institutions Offering health Related Training, Professor Mary. J.N Okwakol noted that finalist students undertaking training at…
IHK Nurse Killer Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison
The Nabweru Chief Magistrates court has sentenced to 17 years, the man who murdered a nurse at International Hospital in Kampala(IHK) Violet Kakai, 35, a nurse at IHK was hit several times with an axe by her husband, Simon Shimanya, a teacher by profession following a long standing domestic wrangle. On Tuesday, Patricia Amoko, the…