The High Court in Kampala has sentenced Brian Bagyenda the son to the director, Internal Security Organisation (ISO) Col Kaka Bagyenda to 32 years in jail after being convicted for murdering his former girl friend, Enid Twijukye. Bagyenda is said to have committee the offense on January 4th, 2017, at his home along Njobe road in Luzira, Brian, before dumping…
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Preparations are underway for the meeting between President Yoweri Museveni and Rwanda President Paul Kagame. The meeting that will be held on Friday is part of the resolutions of the quadripartite summit held in Luanda, Angola. The summit was mediated by João Lourenço, the President of Angola and Felix Tshisekedi, the President of Democratic Republic of Congo. During the summit,…
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The move to censure Security Minister, Gen. Elly Tumwine over contempt of parliament lays in the balance as Members of Parliament shy away from pending their signatures to the censure. Last week, Parliament passed a motion to censure Tumwine accusing him of holding Parliament in contempt as well as failing Parliament work. With a few days left, the exercise is…
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A team of African American Businessmen and women have joined the campaign to fight the increasing school dropout in Uganda. The team from Capital Brand Biz led by Michael Broughton, Mark A. Hernandez Sr and Damiano as well as Veronica Gold Smith from Impact Brands Inc have partnered with Girl Child Initiative Uganda (GCIU) a registered Community Based Organisation (CBO)…
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The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng has advised that Ugandans students trapped in Wuhan City in China over the Corona Virus outbreak remain in the country since Uganda has got no capacity to deal with the virus. Aceng told legislators at Parliament on Thursday that the demand to have the students repatriated would be a blind move at…
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The Minister of State for Defense, Sam Engola has denied holding Parliament in contempt when he failed to offer relevant response on the Parliament resolution to suspend the operations on UPDF Fisheries Protection Unit on water bodies in the country. The Minister was committed to the Parliamentary Committee on Rules and Privileges over contempt on January 23, 2020 to be…
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Canon Goddy Muhanguzi Muhumuza, the Principal Legal Officer at Makerere University has excused himself from an appeal, in which an academic staff is challenging his dismissal. Muhumuza asked to step down from the case filed by Dr. Denis Asiimwe Katebire, formerly an assistant lecturer at Makerere Law School’s Public Interest Law Clinic-PILAC while appearing before the Justice Patrick Tabaro-led Staff…
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Yesterday, we talked about how you may “diagnose” a land issue is a criminal case and should be reported to the police. Today, we want to look at what you can do to protect your land when the case isn’t criminal in nature. 1. PRESERVE THE STATE OF THE LAND If someone is trying to put or remove something from…
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Taata Bula has been convinced by some of his people to contest for LC5 post. Since 2021 is not far, he has come up with campaign schedule and wants to start “consulting” his potential voters. However, because of what has been happening with many political leaders who have gone for ‘consultations’, he fears that he may also be stopped or…
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Elders in Karamoja are worried about the safety of their livestock following plans by government to spray desert locusts. On Monday, government delivered Cyper Lacer Cypermethrine 5% EC insecticides to Moroto for spraying desert locusts in Karamoja and other neighboring communities. But the chemical is not only dangerous to the locusts, it also affects other insects like bees among others.…
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