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Musician Fik Gaza Rearrested Over Wakiso Robbery Case

Popular Ugandan singer Shafiq Jjingo commonly known as Fik Gaza was re-arrested on Tuesday shortly after being granted bail by the Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court, where he had been facing robbery charges. The court had earlier released the artist on a cash
April 9, 2025

Ignorant Ugandan Women MPs To Go For Mentoring Courses

Political Parties and governments should provide mentoring programmes to encourage women and girls to stand for elective positions. This was one of the four recommendations endorsed by the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians at the ongoing week-long 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) at the
September 26, 2019

French Army To Train UPDF On Mountains Fighting

The Ambassador of France to Uganda H.E Jules Armand Aniambossou has met with Uganda’s Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) Hon Adolf Mwesige. The meeting, held at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs in Kampala, focused on how to strengthen
September 26, 2019

Uganda ,Russia sign Nuclear Energy Deal

September 17, 2019, on the side-lines of the 63rd IAEA General conference in Vienna the Governments of the Russian Federation and of the Republic of Uganda signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. On behalf of
September 19, 2019

UPDF To Head UN Military teams To Patrol DRC Over new Rebel Groups

The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon Adolf Mwesige has met Mr Youssef Mahmoud and his team from the High Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations for the United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo(MONUSCO),at the headquarters
September 17, 2019

Common Wealth Delegates Tour Source of the Nile, Equator

Visiting delegates will tour the Source of the Nile, the Equator and Namugongo Martyrs Shrine as part of the excursion during the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. The sites together with Kagulu Hills in Buyende district have been selected as they provide unique tourist
September 17, 2019

UPDF Soldiers Foil MPs’ Bid To Inspect Safe Houses’

Military personnel guarding various security installations have blocked legislators from accessing and inspecting ‘safe houses’, a generic term for alleged torture chambers run by the Internal Security Organisation (ISO). The MPs on the Committee on Human Rights were denied access to safe
September 11, 2019

Court Of Appeal Quashes DPP’s Charges Against Muslim Clerics

Court of Appeal judges led by the Deputy Chief Justice Aliphonse Owiny Dollo has dismissed the appeal filed by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) challenging the acquittal of Sheikh Yunus Kamoga on charges of murdering fellow Muslim clerics. In August 2017,
August 28, 2019
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