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…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2142 EAT on Sunday 5th March 2023. Security and Mulago hospital City Mortuary have finally released to the family the body of former National Unity Platform (NUP) lead lawyer Anthony Wameli. Wameli passed away last month in the US where he had been hospitalised since September 2021 after being…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2138 EAT on Sunday 5th March 3023. Nigeria’s Supreme court has declared the government’s rollout of newly-designed currency to be unconstitutional and ordered that old notes remain in circulation until the end of the year. The Supreme court ruling on Friday followed a lawsuit filed in February by 16…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2134 EAT on Sunday 5th March 2023. The parliamentary commission has abandoned the radio and television project it was pursuing to enhance media coverage of business in parliament, and has now donated the equipment to the national broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC). Among the equipment donated to UBC are;…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2125 EAT on Sunday 5th March 2023. Tension is again growing in Lwengo district following the re-emergence of anonymous threatening leaflets that are being thrown in the area.  Aloysius Kibira, the LC III chairperson of Kkingo sub-county, says that fear has returned in their communities because unknown people have started…