Tag: Uganda

Police shoots two by mistake in Abim

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1559 EAT on Monday 25 April 2022. Police in Abim district shot and injured two people in a case of mistaken identity. Digo Ogola and Ocima Odongo were shot at Oyaro ward on Saturday. Karamoja regional police spokesperson Michael Longole says that the police suspected duo to be cattle rustlers…

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Secondary school science teachers to strike.

Published at 1318 EAT on Monday 25 April 2022. Secondary science teachers under their umbrella Uganda Professional Science Teachers’ Union have threatened to lay down their tools at the beginning of the next school term. In a letter addressed to the ministry of Education and Sports and Public Service, the teachers accused the government of…

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Property tax: KCCA approves Valuation court.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 13:00 EAT on Saturday 23 April 2022 Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) council has approved the city’s new Valuation court.  The City Valuation court has powers similar to those of a Magistrate’s court. It is responsible for receiving complaints from those aggrieved by the property tax valuations from the…

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Helpless’ DPP regrets failure to find Joan Kagezi after 7 years.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1246 EAT on Saturday 24 April 2022. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo has expressed regret over the unsolved murder of former principal state attorney Joan Kagezi. Kagezi, the lead prosecutor in the trial of 15 men accused of a deadly twin bomb attack by the…

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ERA targets 50,000 homes to shift from charcoal to power.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1611 EAT on Friday 22 April 2022. The Electricity Regulatory Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding with Uganda Prisons Service to kickstart a pilot project that intends to convert the cooking services in prisons from the use of charcoal to electricity. The pilot study is expected to kick…

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Uganda Virus Research Institute investigates low Covid-19 cases

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1203 EAT on Friday 22 April 2022. The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has started a study to investigate why the country and some of its neighbours are reporting low COVID-19 cases. The study is expected to last four years and will look at what contribution the different COVID-19…

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Museveni picks Oulanyah’s son to complete father’s term in Omoro.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1443 EAT on Thursday 21 April 2022. President Museveni has handpicked former speaker of parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah’s son, Andrew Ojok as the flag bearer for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in the Omoro County by-election. This followed a meeting the president held with NRM aspirants on Tuesday…

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