Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1020 EAT on Wednesday 13 April 2022. A gust of wind scattered the tent and wreath that covered the casket When former Speaker of Parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah gave up the fight and succumbed to cancer as reported by the Health minister Jane Ruth Aceng, he did not foresee…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0950 EAT on Wednesday 13 April 2022. Govt wants to extend vaccination to learners In government’s bid to stem the spread of Covid-19 among young people, the ministries of Health and Education have resolved to vaccinate all learners aged between 12 and 17 years. The target is to vaccinate…

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…

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…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0916 EAT on Friday 8 April 2022. Male Mabirizi in court The criminal division High court judge, Isaac Muwata has ordered the officer in charge of Kitalya prisons, Hussein Aikomundu to return all documents that he confiscated from jailed city lawyer, Male Mabirizi.The documents relate to Mabirizi’s bigamy case against…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1009 EAT on Thursday 7 2022. Dickens Nuwamanya, a soldier from the elite Special Forces Command (SFC) allegedly took his own life after shooting dead his girlfriend Patience Kamarembo. Nuwamanya, 27, worked with the Special Forces Command 5th Brigade in Ruhegyere, Kiruhura district in western Uganda.The shooting took place…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0948 EAT on Thursday 7 2022. Umeme office in Sironko. File photo After losing a labour dispute before the Industrial court, former workers of Umeme now accuse their union bosses of conniving with their employer to deny them gratuity amounting to Shs 38bn. They, however, did not back up…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0955 EAT on Wednesday 6 2022. In 2021, Uganda launched the nation’s first local Covid-19 vaccine developing effort aimed largely at stepping-up the inoculation of as many Ugandans as possible. Covid-19 infections and deaths remain low in Uganda while vaccination efforts are moving slowly that widespread immunity is unlikely…