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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1823 EAT on Tuesday 7th March 2023. The director of studies (DoS) of Malera-Kabarwa seed secondary school in Bukedea district Gerald Ampulire has been arrested over the disappearance of 14 computers from the school laboratory on Sunday night.  Ampulire, who also teaches Christian Religious Education (CRE) was arrested after a police dog led…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1816 EAT on Tuesday 7th March 2023. The High court in Kampala has dismissed claims of coercion and torture raised by the key murder suspect, Comporiyamu Kasolo. Kasolo was earlier convicted on his own plea of guilt in the murder of social worker and businesswoman Maria Nagirinya and Ronald…

Tunisia’s president denounced racism on Sunday and pointed to possible legal consequences for perpetrators 10 days after announcing a crackdown on illegal migration using language the African Union condemned as “racialized hate speech.” During a statement on February 21 telling security forces to expel all illegal immigrants, President Kais Saied called migration a conspiracy to…