Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1259 EAT on Tuesday 14th June 2022. There was panic at Workers House on Monday evening after a fire alarm went off shortly after the signing of an MOU between the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the United Kingdom High Commissioner to Uganda Kate Airey…
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Congolese soldiers flee to Uganda as M23 rebels capture Bunagana boarder.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1134 EAT on Tuesday 14th June 2022. M23 rebels have captured Bunagana border on the side of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), forcing over 150 government soldiers to flee into Uganda. The Congolese soldiers surrendered to Ugandan authorities at Bunagana border. This follows renewed fighting near Bunagana border…
Former Makerere University lecturer accused of killing his daughter and maid arrested
Updated at 1346 EAT on Monday 13th June 2022. Emmanuel Sabiiti, the former Makerere University lecturer who is accused of hacking his daughter and maid to death, and injuring another child has finally been arrested. He was picked up from his hideout in Rujenje village in Buhweju district. Sabiiti, who is a resident of Kabutsye…
RDC tells Muslims to obey NRM so as to get ‘juicy’ jobs.
Updated at 1321 EAT on Monday 13th June 2022. Muslims in Uganda must obey the NRM government if they want to access top positions in the public service sector according to Kayunga resident district commissioner (RDC) Al-Hajji Nsereko Mutumba. Speaking at the congratulatory party of Hajjat Ahmed Saba, who has been appointed director for human…
Gunfire, tear gas in Luwero as youths block Gulu highway ahead of Kabaka’s visit.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1513 EAT on Saturday 11th June 2022. Anti-riot police fired teargas to disperse youths in Luwero town who had blocked Kampala Gulu highway ahead of the Kabaka’s visit today. The youth did not want anybody to pass through the arch that they constructed over the road to welcome the…
Pinetti coffee deal: Lawyers file additional evidence
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1305 EAT on Friday 10th June 2022. Henry Byansi together with Michael Aboneka Two lawyers who petitioned the High court seeking to quash an agreement between the government and Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited have filed additional evidence to support their case.In April this year, Henry Byansi and Michael…
Entebbe court fines man Shs. 2.2m for attempting to traffic 11 girls to Saudi Arabia.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1252 EAT on Friday 10th June 2022 Entebbe Chief Magistrate’s court has been fined a 24-year-old man Shs 2.2 million for promoting trafficking in persons and attempting to traffic 11 migrant workers to Saudi Arabia. Sharif Mbabali, a resident of Kanawa, Wakiso district, was arrested last month after 11…
Man 80, decries use of ‘court machinations’ to steal house he’s lived in for 50 years.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1239 EAT on Friday 10th June 2022. Samuel Muleme On May 21, court bailiffs with protection from the Uganda Police Force surrounded the home of Samuel Muleme, 80, at Old Kampala near the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council headquarters and threw him out of a house that he and his…
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