Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0923 EAT on Thursday 16th March 2023. South Sudan People’s Liberations Army (SPLA) Lieutenant General William Mark Orobi has been freed by the Uganda Army court and charges of unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition dropped. Orobi first appeared before former Army court chairperson Lt Gen Andrew Gutti on August…
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India: government opposes legalising same-sex marriage.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1037 EAT on Wednesday 15th March 2023. The Indian government has opposed the recognition of same sex marriage in response to petitions filed in the Supreme court seeking their legalization, but petitioners and gay rights activists remain hopeful of eventually securing the milestone right for the gay community. Calling…
Annihilate the enemy’: North Korea confirms two missile launches.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1027 EAT on Wednesday 15th March 2023. North korea has confirmed it launched two missiles that it said were part of a drill designed to train military units to carry out missions at any time and “annihilate the enemy” if necessary. State news agency KCNA on Wednesday described the…
Nigerian national, Entebbe immigration officers arrested over cocaine worth Shs 4.5bn.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1124 EAT on Tuesday 14th March 2023. Entebbe airport police have burst a drug trafficking racket involving one of their own, security and immigration officials. The police seized a consignment of 9.8 kilograms of cocaine on March 1 whose destination is yet to be established. The consignment had been cleared by security and…
State, defense complete submissions in Afande Kirumira murder case.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1117 EAT on Tuesday 14th March 2023. The prosecution and defense in the Muhammad Kirumira trial have concluded their submissions and prayers before the court. Kirumira, the former Buyende district police commander (DPC) was gunned down together with his female friend Resty Nalinya Mbabazi by unknown people on September…
NSSF management trashes MPs’ report, decline to resign.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1122 EAT on Tuesday 14th March 2023. The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) board of directors and the top management have trashed the parliamentary probe report that asked them to resign with immediate effect, calling it a mere advisory document. NSSF board chairperson, Peter Kimbowa says that until the…
Lightning kills 3 family members in Rubanda.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1106 EAT on Tuesday 14th March 2023. Three family members were on Sunday struck dead by a thunderbolt in Rubanda district. Ambrose Kanunu, 35, a resident of Rwamuyora village, Nyarurambu parish, Muko sub-county was killed alongside his two sons; Justus Asiimwe aged 7 and Arnold Habomugisha aged 5 – both former pupils…
Kenya moves to ban Ugandan milk.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2301 EAT on Friday 10th March. Uganda’s rising trend in milk exports is likely to suffer a new dent after Kenya suspended imports of powdered milk, in what some think is a spillover of Kenya’s internal politics. In a notice dated March 6, 2023, to all milk importers in…
Justice Kakuru dies in Nairobi after losing battle to cancer.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1842 EAT on Tuesday 7th March 2023. Constitutional court justice Kenneth Kakuru is dead. Kakuru breathed his last at Aga Khan hospital in Nairobi, Kenya fter losing the battle to cancer. “He has just passed away in Nairobi. He’s been too unwell,” said the source. Another source in the judiciary…
Ssewanyana, Ssegirinya terrorism trial adjourned due to ill health.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1826 EAT on Tuesday 7th March 2023. The pre-trial of MPs Allan Ssewanyana (Makindye West) and Muhammad Ssegirinya (Kawempe North) on terrorism charges has been adjourned to March 27 due to the ill health of the two legislators. Last month on February 13, Masaka High court resident judge, Lawrence…
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