Will Gen. Kayihura show up in court?
Kayihura, who is accused, along with three other police officers, of torture is still tight lipped over whether he will be in court tomorrow morning.An anticipated showdown looms at Makindye...
View Article3 witnesses withdraw from police brutality case
Kaddu Kiberu, Andrew Ssebitosi and Rogers Ddiba also claim that their inclusion in the case was a result of coercion from some people labeled as anti-Kayihura. Three of the witnesses lined up to...
View ArticleMinister reveals there is no money for disaster interventions
The revelation from the minister comes on the heels of a recent severe drought that hit Teso and Karamoja sub-regions. The department of relief and disaster preparedness in the Office of the Prime...
View ArticleNakaseke officials fight to end child marriages
Poverty, cultural and religious beliefs among others are blamed for fuelling child marriages in the districtA survey conducted by Nakaseke district probation office that 8 children were married off by...
View ArticleGen. Kayihura fails to appear in court as his supporters demonstrate
There were dramatic scenes outside the court premises as several people protested against Kayihura’s chargesThe Inspector General of Police and seven senior police officers did not honor summons and...
View ArticleLands minister intervenes in Nwoya land wrangle
Betty Amongi has intervened in a land wrangle in which residents of Anaka, in Nwoya district, accuse Harriet Aber of using UPDF soldiers to evict them from their land.Minister of Lands, Housing and...
View ArticleHundreds of farmers in Budaka lose crops after heavy rainstorm
The farmers, mostly from Kamonkoli sub-county, had been preparing for a second planting season after a long dry spell. Over 500 farmers in Budaka district are now counting losses after more than 300...
View ArticleParliament puts Uganda Railways Corporation on the spot over illegal sale of...
Officials from the URC informed the committee that KCCA and Uganda Land Commission gave out part of the railway reserve land in Nalukolongo to a private developer. The parliamentary committee on...
View ArticleParliament asks Rugunda to explain police failure to contain protesting...
Rugunda responded to the demands of the MPs by saying that government does not condone anybody or group of people acting outside the law.Members of Parliament have asked for an explanation on the...
View ArticleCourt asks DPP to formally apply to take over Kayihura case
Court was subsequently adjourned to 29th August to allow for the DPP to file a formal request to take over the case.Makindye Magistrates Court has ordered the Director of Public Prosecution, Mike...
View ArticleDrama ensues at Makindye court as Kayihura supporters protest case against him
There was tension at Makindye Chief Magistrates Court when a group with placards in praise of police chief Gen. Kale Kayihura stormed the premises There was tension at Makindye Chief Magistrates Court...
View ArticleChief Justice condemns Kayihura supporters' siege of Makindye court
The siege has attracted public criticism from legal scholars and now from the highest judicial officer in the land.The Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has described as ‘disturbing' the scenes that played...
View ArticleGovernment to increase surveillance and deportation of illegal immigrants
400 illegal immigrants have been deported in 2016 most of whom have been from the districts Kampala, Mbale and Jinja districts.Government says it will increase surveillance and deportation of illegal...
View ArticleProsecution lawyers in Kayihura case withdraw citing intimidation
The president of the Uganda Law Society, Francis Gimara, wants a probe established to hold the culprits of the siege on the Makindye court accountable.Some Lawyers prosecuting the IGP, kale Kayihura,...
View ArticlePolice to probe Makindye court siege
The director of legal services for the Uganda Police Force, Erasmus Twaruhukwa, scoffed at suggestions that the mob which besieged court was organised by police.Police says it will sanction a probe...
View ArticleParliament summons former UBC board on sale of corporation land
The UBC team was tasked to explain how gender minister, Mary Karoro Okurut and Burahya county MP, Margaret Muhanga, acquired a lease on 23 acres of UBC’s land located in Bugolobi in 2009.The...
View ArticleGen. Wamala: UPDF to probe cases of soldiers' involvement in beating...
Gen. Wamala also revealed that the UPDF is taking steps towards ending incidents of mass shootings perpetrated by soldiers, which have become common.The Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Edward Katumba has...
View ArticleMuseveni calls on Luweero leaders to support new meat processing plant
The President was presiding at the official opening of a halal meat processing abattoir in Bombo town, Luweero district.President Yoweri Museveni has called on Luweero district officials to give...
View ArticleLawyers petition Uganda Human Rights Commission over Makindye court siege
The lawyers who were besieged at the Makindye Magistrates Court have petitioned the Uganda Human Rights Commission seeking damages and compensationA group of lawyers who were besieged at the Makindye...
View ArticleMakerere University postpones opening for new semester due to workers' strike
Non-teaching staff at the 6 public universities are demanding a salary increment promised to them by the president.The management of Makerere university has postponed the opening for the first semester...
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