Author: Our Reporter
The Secretary General of United Nations (UN) António Guterres is expected to arrive today in the country for the Refugee Solidarity Summit that starts tomorrow. The summit will also be attended by a number of dignitaries, including five heads of state. Mr Guterres, upon arrival, accompanied by Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda are expected to visit the Imvempi Settlement Camp in Arua District. The camp has a refugee population of about 110,000 spread out in 20 villages but can still accommodate another 50,000 refugees. UN seeks to raise at least $2b (Shs7 trillion) to fund relief operations for the more 1.2…
The State Minister of Finance for Investment and Privatization Hon Minister Evelyn Anite has proposed that every Ugandan should have a Uganda Telecom (UTL) simcard. Speaking during the launch of the Uganda Telecom annual Blood Donation drive, Anite adds that that having the line should be as mandatory as having the National ID. She also noted that soon, every Ugandan shall be required to own a Uganda Telecom simcard as a must in order to re-awaken the “fallen giant telecommunication” “On top of every Ugandan owning a national ID, every Ugandan should own a Uganda Telecom simcard as a mandate…
The Directorate of Public Prosecution is blaming the Constitutional Court for the delayed prosecution of Kale Kayihura, the Inspector General Police and seven senior commanders for the alleged torture of the supporters of Dr. Kizza Besigye. Last year, a group of 20 lawyers led by Abdullah Kiwanuka from Lukwago & Co Advocates under the Network for Public Interest Lawyers (NETPIL) decided to prosecute Kayihura and his Commanders by way of private prosecution before Makindye chief Magistrate’s court. The officers are Andrew Kaggwa, the former Kampala South Regional commander, Samuel Bamuziibire, the suspended Kampala Metropolitan Field Force Unit commander, Patrick Muhumuza,…
The Hon. Principal Judge on June 19, 2017 officiated at a Court Users Committee dialogue organized by the High Court Land Division. Speaking at the engagement, the Hon. PJ noted that there are numerous complaints about the courts. “Several reports indicate that court officers solicit bribes from litigants in order to have their cases cause-listed and to influence the outcome of court judgments.” He added that corruption, whenever it occurs and whatever form it manifests itself in affects access to justice. The head of the Land Division, Hon. Justice Andrew Bashaija described the dialogue as a timely interaction and pledged…
Buganda Road Court has halted government’s move to ascertain the mental status of Makerere University Research Fellow Dr. Stellah Nyanzi until the Constitutional Court disposes off a petition she filed challenging the Mental Treatment Act of 1938. Chief Magistrate James Ereemye Mawanda has ruled that Dr.Nyanzi has a strong case before the Constitutional Court in which she seeks to determine whether the compulsory subjecting of suspects to the Mental Treatment Act enacted during the colonial era is still relevant in the present day. He has therefore temporarily suspended the prosecution’s prayer to examine Nyanzi’s mental status to allow the Constitutional…
A Minister in the ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) is reported to have turned his office into a shrine, our Insider can exclusively reveal. Our highly placed insider sources at the Ministry of Finance who divulged to us this appalling information at a point of anonymity revealed that the humble looking Minister who hails from the Bantu speaking ethnicity has been entertaining Witches and wizards in middle of the night into his office seeking among others; power and spiritual favors from the high gods! It is said that this Minister has been hosting witches on a weekly…
Kyadondo East by-election MP aspirant Muwada Nkunyingi has said that the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) General Secretary Hon. Nandala Mafabi is a traitor, thief and indisciplined leader. Speaking during the NBS TV weekly programme the podium, the controversal Muwada added that Hon. Mafabi deserved to be thumped glowingly but he is lucky police saved him. According Muwada says that Hon. Mafabi has used decrees in the party leadership and it’s because of such biased characters’ that the party is now divided a head of the hotly contested race. Muwada adds that the all party officials in the constituency had…
Uganda and China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 3 proposed investment projects namely the construction of the East African-China Manufacturing, Trade and Exhibition Centre in Kampala, an abattoir in South Western Uganda and Kampala Metropolitan Rapid Bus Transport. The proposed US$200 million East African – China Manufacturing, Trade and Exhibition Centre, is to be established on a 355,000 Square Metre piece of land in Bugolobi while the US$25 abattoir project in the South Western part of the country, is expected to slaughter 200 cows per day for beef production. Under the proposed Kampala Metropolitan Rapid Bus Transport,…
The President of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca has said that the most necessary investment is in the dignity of the African people. Preca said that there is need to create meaningful improvement for the communities and societies in Africa by facing the challenges that are blocking their capacity to gain full prosperity. “There are alarming reports that more wealth is pouring out of the 48 countries which the World Bank classifies as sub-Saharan annually; than is actually being channeled in for development purposes,” she said. President Preca made these remarks while opening the 33rd Session the African Caribbean Pacific and…
There is something more intricate about the Apaa land clashes, says Hon. Yona adding that the Right Hon. Prime Minister did not visit the affected area, he instead conducted a PR stunt. While appearing on NBS morning breeze talk show the, Mr. Kanyomozi said the land question has many things to look at, a lot of history is involved Some people have too much land yet many do not have, the land commission cannot give a solution without resolving how much land one can own. The problem regarding land is not the law but the will of the people, people…