NEWS

THIS WEEK: Uganda declared bird flu free Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | Following a January outbreak of bird flu in parts of Wakiso and Masaka districts, neighboring countries including Kenya and Tanzania issued a trade ban on poultry products from the country until they are declared disease free. On …

THIS WEEK: Kayihura speaks out on women murders Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura on Aug.21 addressed the public about recent murders in Entebbe and Nansana. At a community policing meeting in Nansana, he said their investigations reveal that the murdered women had problems …

  THIS WEEK: When Mushega asked Museveni to retire  Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | On Aug.19, President Museveni attended a wedding reception of Maj. John Kazoora’s son and Amanya Mushega’s daughter in Kirekka,a Kampala Suburb. While there, Mushega who brought it in a rather jovial way asked the president to …

THIS WEEK: 800 pass LDC Pre-entry Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | An improvement in performance has been recorded after the Law Development Centre (LDC) released results of the 2017/2018 pre-entry examinations indicating 814 of the 1797 candidates who sat for the exam to have passed. This represented a pass rate …

THIS WEEK: Internal Affairs resumes issuing passports Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | Normal Operations in issuance of passports resumed at the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Aug.21 following months of book shortages. A Notice from the ministry indicated that they resumed by clearing backlog caused by low stock a process …

THIS WEEK: ULS boss advises government to drop amendments in land Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | Lawyers under their umbrella association Uganda Law Society (ULS) appeared before the lady justice Catherine Bamugemereire led land commission of inquiry on Aug.18. While there, the President Francis Gimara expressed reservations over the move …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The on-going judges’ and magistrate’s strike has already started affecting litigants as one of the bride to be will miss her wedding tomorrow because the presiding magistrate Peter Fred Lochomin has not convened court today to deliver her bail application ruling. The unidentified female suspect …

THIS WEEK: Judges to be given a target of cases to handle a year Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | During the Court Open Day held in Fort Portal on Aug.21, Chief Justice Bart Katureebe said judges are to be given a target of cases to handle in a specified …

Lusaka, Zambia | AFP |  The Zambian presidency on Saturday condemned as “regrettable” a police decision to halt a prayer meeting this week at which the main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was due to appear. On Thursday heavily armed police blocked entry to the capital’s Anglican cathedral where the United …

Luanda, Angola | AFP |  One of Angola’s main opposition parties plans to contest the results of last week’s general election, alleging unfair conduct during the vote that kept the ruling party of former president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos in power. The ruling MPLA party won just over 61 percent …