Sarah Kagingo at the Centre of Media Excellency

By E K Benj @Kivumbi Until her relieve of duties in 2015, Sarah Kagingo a renown media personality and founder of Soft Power News was working for Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as State House Assistant for Communication. Sources to HICGI News Agency indicate that the soft spoken Kagingo was a key player in running…

An interview with ICAO Bureau Director Michael Gill

By William Railliant-Clark  Montreal, Canada The ICAO Secretariat consists of five bureaus:  the Air Navigation Bureau, the Air Transport Bureau, the Technical Co-operation Bureau, the Legal Affairs and External Relations Bureau, and the Bureau of Administration and Services. The Legal Affairs and External Relations Bureau provides advice and assistance to the ICAO Secretary General and through him to the ICAO…

Opposition ahead in polls as Australian election campaign kicks off

By Renju Jose Updated at 1717 EAT on Monday 11 April 2022 SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government could lose the federal election to be held on May 21, according to polls on Monday, even as they showed him consolidating his position as the country’s preferred leader on the first day of campaigning….

Protests in Pakistan over Khan’s removal, Sharif set to be new PM.

Tens of thousands march in several cities in support of the cricket icon-turned-politician as opposition prepares replacement. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0829 EAT on Monday 11 April 2022. The removal of Imran Khan as prime minister has set Pakistan on an uncertain political path, with his supporters taking to the streets in protest as the…

Court erroneously summons lawyer Galisonga in Kakwenza case.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0753 EAT on Monday 11 April 2022. Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s court has clarified that city lawyer Julius Galisonga was erroneously summoned to take plea in an offensive communication case against exiled satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija.   According to the correspondences seen by URN, court erroneously summoned Galisonga to…

Army kills 11 in Karamoja as Museveni vows to end insecurity.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0741 EAT on Monday 11 April 2022.  At least 11 suspected Karimojong cattle rustlers were last week shot dead by the joint security force of the army and police during disarmament operations in Karamoja sub-region according to Micheal Longole, the Karamoja regional police spokesperson. Longole noted that security also recovered 9…

Pakistani Court Jails Islamist Hafiz Saeed For An Extra 31 Years

Published at 0028 EAT on 10th April 2022. Founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed by US and India for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, sentenced in two cases of terror financing. LAHORE, A Pakistani court has jailed Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, founder of the militant group blamed by the United States and India for a deadly…