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…
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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…
Protests: Besigye wows to start from where he stopped.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1637 EAT on Tuesday 7th June 2022. Former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has vowed to start from where he stopped with his protests against high commodity prices. Besigye made the statement shortly after being released from Luzira prison by Buganda Road Magistrate’s court. He has been in prison since…
Encroachers take over koboko airfield after years of neglect.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1243 EAT on Tuesday 7th 29 2022. Close to 500 people have encroached on the land of the defunct Koboko airfield. Found in Arumaji village, South Division in Koboko municipality, the facility which was established during the regime of President Idi Amin has been in a state of disrepair…
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