Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1347 EAT on Tuesday 31st May 2022. Jailed city lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked the Constitutional court to order Uganda Prisons Services to produce Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West counterpart Allan Ssewanyana for the hearing of the case seeking to quash criminal charges instituted against…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1126 EAT on Monday 30th May 2022. The medical fraternity is mourning the death Dr Emmeline Bagonza, a specialist in primary care, preventive medicine, and community medicine. Bagonza died in a road crash on Friday evening. At the time of her death, the renowned physician was attached to International…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1029 EAT on Monday 30th May 2022. The Indian government is holding two female Ugandan nationals for alleged possession of 1.85 kilograms of cocaine. According to a tweet from the customs department in New Delhi, the suspects were picked up shortly after arrival on May 26, 2022, aboard Ethiopian…

Updated at 1428 EAT on Saturday 28th May 2022. Buganda Road Magistrate’s court has halted the proceedings in which city lawyer Male Mabirizi is accused of offensive communication until further notice.  Court presided over by grade one magistrate Sanula Nambozo today Friday halted the proceedings and forwarded the file to the Constitutional court as requested…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1634 EAT on Friday 27th May 2022. Former presidential Joseph Kabuleta has claimed there is a silent genocide being perpetrated by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) in Karamoja under the guise of fighting cattle rustlers. He said this on May 23 during a press conference organised by his…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1348 EAT on Friday 27th May 2022. Senegal’s President Macky Sall has said that 11 newborn babies died in a fire at the neonatal section of a regional hospital in the town of Tivaouane, around 120 kilometres (74.56 miles) east of the capital Dakar. “I have just learned with…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1334 EAT on Friday 27th May 2022. The ruling party, National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) Andrew Ojok Oulanyah has been declared the winner of the Omoro County MP by-election held on Thursday, May 26.  Ojok replaces his father, Jacob Oulanyah, the former speaker of parliament who passed away on March…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1325 EAT on Friday 27th May 2022. The trial of jailed Kawempe NorthMP Muhammad Ssegirinya who is facing charges of inciting violence has for the fourth time, failed to resume before the Buganda Road Magistrate’s court. Yesterday Thursday, court presided over by grade one magistrate Siena Owomugisha adjourned the…