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Kalangala RDC Blocks Eviction Of Over 100 Residents
Juliet Najjuma Senkoole, the Resident District Commissioner of Kalangala has blocked the eviction of over 100 residents on a contested piece of land in Bujumba County. Senkoole made the directive on Saturday during a meeting between the affected residents and Nsamba Lubega, who claims ownership of the land. The disputed land covers 61.256 hectares in…
IGP Ochola Condemns Killing Of Policeman At Roadblock In Luwero
The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has condemned the brutal killing of a policeman and injury of another in an attack at a roadblock in Luwero district along the Kampala-Gulu highway. On Monday at around 12.30pm, assailants armed with machetes emerged from both sides of the checkpoint and attacked the two field force…
41 Arrested For Protesting High Commodity Prices
Police in Kiira region on Monday evening confirmed the arrest of 41 youths who are accused of being involved in the protests within Jinja city and Jinja district at large. The suspects are currently detained at different gazetted police stations within the Kiira policing area. 34 suspects were arrested from different highway points in Jinja…
Hunted: Top LGBT Activist Kirwana Flees Uganda To Exile, Govt Wants Him Deported To Face Charges Of Promoting Homosexuality
Up to now, nothing has been heard or seen on this chief lesbianism and gays city activist Mr Moses Kirwana. Most of his former cronies in favor of these resistable same sex practices have since disappeared. Uganda being a religious and culturally conservative country, LGBT practices are abominable and punishable by society that tends to…
Judiciary Unveils New Bail Guidelines
The Judiciary has unveiled new bail guidelines aimed at promoting uniformity and consistency by courts while considering bail applications. Launched by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo at the Judiciary headquarters on Wednesday, the new guidelines require courts to consider and dispose of bail applications expeditiously within 30 days from receipt of the application with the intention…
NEMA, Speke Hotel Ltd Finally Agree On Measures For Sustainable Implementation Of Kitubulu Resort Project
The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has finally agreed with Speke Hotel (1996) Limited on measures for safeguarding the ecological integrity of Lake Victoria while implementing the Speke Resort project at Kitubulu, Katabi sub-county, Wakiso District. The approval followed the conclusion to NEMA’s satisfaction of the project design review and adjustments by the developer under…
19 Terror Suspects Finally Committed To High Court For Trial
The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has committed 19 people to the High Court to face trial for terrorism. They were committed on Wednesday by Grade One Magistrate Asuman Muhumuza after the prosecution led by Patricia Cingtho informed the court that the investigations into six charges against them are complete. The suspects are mobile money operators…
Foreign, Local Fish Dealers Clash Over Quality Concerns
There is a dispute between foreign and local silver fish dealers at Kiyindi landing site in Buikwe district over quality concerns. The dispute stems from a decision by the foreign traders mainly from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC to buy silver fish directly from fishermen citing the poor post-harvest handling methods employed by…
Gen. Museveni Orders Allocation Of 15 Acres To Investor For Hospital Construction
President Yoweri Museveni has directed Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture to allocate Turkish firm Beyler Group, 15 acres of land in Entebbe for the construction of a hospital. In his June 20th letter to Tumwebaze, Museveni says the Turkish Investment Group has committed to building a modern private hospital in Uganda. “They intended to…
Public Service To Streamline Salaries Of Art Teachers By 2027
Teachers of arts subjects in secondary schools will earn the same salary as science teachers by 2027, the Ministry of Public service has said. Recently, Government announced that science teachers with degrees will start earning Shs4 million and diploma holders Shs3 million starting in July 2023 while their counterparts, the art teachers remained at shs900,000.…