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…
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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…
State House clears Mubende hospital of kidney harvesting allegations.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1211 EAT on Thursday 9th June 2022. The State House Health Monitoring Unit (SHMU) has cleared Mubende Regional Referral hospital of allegations of kidney harvesting. This follows investigations into allegations that the hospital had illegally removed a kidney from Peragiya Mulajijimaana , 20, a resident of Lwemiggo village in…
Untold story of high Commodity.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1049 EAT on Wednesday 8th June 2022. Let me take the opportunity of Prof Samwiri Lwanga-Lunyiigo’s new book Uganda: An Indian Colony (1897-1972) to initiate a discussion on the current economic crisis, which on the face of it looks like the fuel and commodities problem. In fact, it is deeper. I was…
Report reveals shocking poverty.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1029 EAT on Wednesday 8th June 2022. One in five people in Uganda is too poor to have Shs 6,000 per day, the new 2019/2020 Uganda National Household Survey found, casting a harsh spotlight on the poverty levels in Uganda. In absolute numbers, people living below the poverty line…
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