Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1146 EAT on Saturday 25th June 2022. The Court of Appeal has ordered a fresh hearing of a petition in which Fred Nyanzi is contesting the election of Muhammad Nsereko as the MP for Kampala Central. The panel of three justices comprising; Geoffrey Kiryabwire, Stephen Musota, and Christopher Gashirabake…
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Uganda, Kenya sign framework to transit fish without interference.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2010 EAT on Friday 24th June 2022. The ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries together with its Kenyan counterpart have signed a framework for the smooth transit of fish from Lake Turkana in Kenya to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through Uganda without interference.This follows the fish…
Museveni lifts ban on Democratic Governance Facility.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1814 EAT on Thursday 23rd June 2022. President Yoweri Museveni has agreed to lift a ban he imposed on Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), a civil society funding body, whose activities were suspended last year. In a press statement issued by the Presidential Press Unit (PPU), Museveni lifted the ban…
Body organ testing: Labour exporters reject Sudhir’s hospital.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0100 EAT on Thursday 23rd June 2022. Labour export firms have rejected a directive by the ministry of Internal Affairs to conduct body organ examinations for all migrant workers at the Bukoto-based UMC Victoria hospital which belongs to businessman Sudhir Rupaleria. On May 27, 2022, Internal Affairs minister, Maj…
Kakwenza petitions Human Rights Commission over children’s passport.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0049 EAT on Thursday 23rd June 2022. Exiled novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has petitioned the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) accusing the passport office of violating the rights of his children to own a passport. In his June 20, 2022 petition filed by counsel Eron Kiiza, Kakwenza says that his…
Maracha district officials arrested over mismanaging Shs 1.9bn.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1052 EAT on Saturday 18th June 2022. Two more Maracha district officials have been arrested over alleged abuse of office and misappropriation of government funds. They are Stephen Candia, the chief finance officer, and William Oneti, the district site supervisor. They were arrested on Thursday afternoon from the district…
Muhoozi homecoming birthday organiser Bafaki killed in Kampala Northern bypass.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1559 EAT on Friday 17th June 2022. Gordon Bafaki, the former member of parliament for Kazo County is dead. Bafaki died in an accident that occurred in Kiwatule, along the Kampala Northern bypass, on Tuesday night. According to a traffic report by Kira road police, Bafaki was travelling in…
Malawins angered further by Chinses embassy reaction to racism videos.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1248 EAT on Friday 17th June 2022. Rights groups in Malawi have urged authorities to quickly find and deport a Chinese man who was found to be making and selling exploitative videos of children. A BBC investigation found the man, Lu Ke, paid children to sing and speak Mandarin…
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