Kampala news
At least 261 police officers attached to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) have been withdrawn on orders of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Martin Okoth-Ochola. Police Spokesman, Mr Fred Enanga confirmed the development on Monday. He told journalists that the IGP wrote to the acting KCCA Executive Director, Mr Andrew Kitaka, a month…
Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe, says that he not ready to relent on his mission to restore discipline at the country’s prime university. He said on Friday that a section of staff and students have been underestimating his administration but vowed to punish university staff who engage in activities that are likely to…
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has directed the Minister for Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni to address Parliament on the implementation of the new education curriculum. Oulanyah said it was very important so that all schools, public and private, are aware of the new programme as they begin the term on…
Bufumbira South MP Sam Bitangaro has Monday been released on bail after spending days in Luzira prison obtaining money by false pretence and conspiracy to defraud government Shs3bn. Bitangaro and his co-accused William Tumwine, a director in the ministry of gender and his wife Stella Kakuba as well as lawyer Francis Owor Onyango returned to…
Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] Party President, Patrick Oboi Amuriat, has cited an uphill task for the party as it heads into 2021 general elections. In a message to party members and supporters on Sunday, Amuriat said it is just over two years now since he was elected to provide leadership at the helm of…
The Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake, has defended himself against allegations of threatening Makerere University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, arguing that the ongoing investigations are aimed at diverting the public’s attention from what happened during the strike at the university. Zaake, who appeared before Parliament’s Committee on Rules, Privileges, and Discipline, said that the recent…
Former Makerere researcher Dr Stella Nyanzi will spend her second Christmas behind bars at Luzira Upper Women Prison. On Thursday, Nyanzi returned to High Court for her appeal against the conviction and sentence to 18 months for cyber harassment of President Museveni. Nyanzi is challenging her sentence and conviction based on her poem posted on…
Buganda Road court has today adjourned re-trial of the matter in which Brian Isiko, a student of Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), is charged with allegedly sending obscene text messages to Kabarole Member of Parliament Sylvia Rwabwogo, after the MP missed appearing in court. Brian Isiko in court during the last hearing of the case(File)…
Justice Dr Henry Peter Adonyo has ordered that the arrest warrant against Omar al-Bashir must be implemented, and that Uganda is under obligation to arrest him. Court ruled that Uganda’s failure to arrest Bashir when he last visited in 2017 was in violation of its national and international obligations. The judge also ruled that Uganda…
President Museveni has Wednesday received HE Yang Jiechi, Special Representative of HE Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China at State House Entebbe. Museveni said they had a fructuous meeting with HE Yang Jiechi. “When I was in China recently, I signed an MoU with the Chinese president to intensify the relationship between…
