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Court Awards UGX50M To Mother Whose Son Was Killed In 2020 Riots
The High Court has awarded Hajara Nakitto sh50 million for the loss of her 15-year-old son during the November 2020 city riots. In a ruling delivered on Friday, Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana declared the death as unlawful and an arbitrary deprivation of the right to life, holding the government accountable for its actions. The…
Exposed: How Police Driver Abdallah Sowedi Shockingly Masterminded &Betrayed Gen.Kayihura
March 4, 2023 marked 5 years since Retired General Kale Kayihura, a once powerful Police chief was removed from office he had carried for 13 years. The high-ranking UPDF officer was sacked by his Commander-in-Chief on social media platform Twitter, marking his downfall from the echelons of power. A man who formerly sneezed and the…
State Department Officials Astounded By Bobiwine’s Failure To Elaborate, Articulate Issues Of National Importance
The National Unity Platform (NUP) party President Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobiwine, while discussing matters of national importance at the US State Department in Washington, DC, showed a lack of grasp on the issues he presented, leaving his hosts in shock. In a statement released by Dr. Daniel Kawuma on September 21, 2023, the US…
M7 Offers To Mediate In Somalia & Somaliland Unification Agreement
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday received a Special Envoy from the Republic of Somaliland, Dr. Jama Musse Jama at State House-Entebbe. During the engagement, President Museveni agreed to be the unification facilitator between Somaliland and Somalia. Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as…
URA,France To Sign Bilateral Taxation Agreement
The Head of the Economic Department at the Embassy of France in Uganda, Gregory Sidrac and the Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), John Musinguzi, have initiated talks to sign a bilateral taxation agreement that will improve trade between the two countries. During the meeting held at URA offices in Kampala on September 22,…
FDC’s Choice Of Eng.Amuriat To Stand For President Was Desperate, Last Minute Ugly Decision-Dr Besigye
Four-time presidential candidate, Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye, has said Patrick Oboi Amuriat was a last option to run as the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) flag bearer, calling him a last-five-minute decision conceived in his sitting room at Kasangati by some party members, a choice he did not support. According to Besigye, FDC leadership…
Opposition MPs Slam Wasteful Ugandan Delegation To UN Assembly
The members of opposition in Parliament led by the Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs, Muwada Nkunyingi, have protested against the 71 member Delegation of Uganda sent to the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) taking place in New York, calling it is a wastage of tax payers money. Nkunyingi, on Friday, September 22, 2023, while…
Military Police Boss Brig.Bainomugisha Cautions Soldiers Against Prostitutes,Alcohol Addiction
Brig. Gen. William Bainomugisha, the commandant of the Military Police Brigade, has urged soldiers to be agents of change in their respective units. He made this call on September 19, 2023, while addressing the pass-out ceremony of soldiers from various Military Police units who were undergoing a three-week ideological orientation course at the Military Police…
In Trouble: Former ICC Staff Accused Of Funding Kony’s LRA Rebel Activities
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been asked to investigate one of its former employees over allegations of facilitating and funding Joseph Kony, the fugitive leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group. Brigid Inder, who was a Special Gender Advisor to former ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bansouda (2012-2016) is accused of personally and through…
Two Notorious Land Grabbers In Luwero District Remanded
Two people in the Luwero District have been remanded to prison after being accused of taking land by force. The accused, Baguma Obed and Kakuru James appeared before the Luwero Chief Magistrates Court, on charges of assault, which included causing actual bodily harm to people of Manyama Village, Zirobwe Sub County in Luwero District. The…