The 317 age limit law amendment heroes' (Members of Parliament) over the weekend hlda thanksgiving bash in Kiboga District were the ruling National Resistance Movement party also launched a campaign to extend the presidential term...
The President of the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association Isaac Imaka notes that the state will become increasingly hostile towards journalists as it seeks to quash dissent. He observes that state actors and law enforcement agencies...
Hearing of an appeal filed by the former Mukono District Police Commander James Peter Aurien in the Supreme Court challenging his 40 year jail sentence for murder has flopped, and has now been pushed to...
The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises has noted glaring irregularities in the delivery of agro inputs by NAADS to the communities. The committee was meeting the companies contracted by NAADS to...
The Minister without portfolio Abdul Nadduli says there is need for a total overhaul of police to make it more accountable to the public. Speaking to journalists at his office today, Nadduli said there is...
Embattled former Buyende DPC Muhammad Kirumira’s incarceration is temporarily over. Kirumira has been released by a Police court in Naguru, Kampala on bail over charges of extortion, unlawful exercise of authority and corruption after after he presented...
The Justice Minister Kahinda Otafire has vowed to address reported cases of torture in detention facilities. Otafire was responding to pressing concerns by MPs on human rights committee regarding various reports of citizens tortured and...
A second delegation of 10 religious and cultural leaders from Acholi sub region will once again visit the seat of the International Criminal Court in the Hague this year. They are also expected to interact...
Female candidates who sat for the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Examinations in 2017 performed better than their male counterparts, despite being fewer in number. Out of the 101,269 candidates who sat for the exams,...
Top leaders in Bugisu sub region have revived calls for the elevation of Mbale municipality to a city status, saying it is high time the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party government fulfills their long term...
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