Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General, Jackson Kafuuzi, has been directed to prepare a statutory instrument intended extend the time of office of the Women Councils. “There is a political vacuum and we need this to be resolved. Can we have that document by next Tuesday?” Speaker …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government requires Shs2 trillion to compensate victims of wars and insurgencies in Northern and Eastern Uganda, West Nile and the Elgon sub region, the Deputy Attorney General, Jackson Kafuuzi has said. Kafuuzi told the Committee on Government Assurance and Implementation presided over by the vice-chairperson, Joseph …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has recommended for termination of the joint venture agreement between a consortium of three companies and the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC). This follows adoption of the report of the Committee on Trade, Tourism and Industry during plenary of Thursday, 03 February 2022, which recommended …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of legislators have called on government to grant a speedy trial to the royal guards of the Rwenzururu Kingdom who were arrested and detained in 2016 for abetting an insurgency. The MPs expressed their displeasure with the delay in resolving the matter stating …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday disagreed with Members of Parliament sitting on the legal committee after they turned away the deputy Attorney General, Jackson Kafuuzi. Kafuuzi had appeared before the committee to answer questions regarding the Law Revision Fines Instrument of 2021. The chairperson …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is proposing a jail term of seven years for anyone found guilty of evicting a widow, widower, orphans and other lineal descendants from a home, in case of the death of a spouse. The jail term is suggested in the new Succession Amendment Bill …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Acholi war debt claimants will be compensated one million up from 600,000 Shillings for each head of cattle lost in a revised rate pronounced by the Deputy Attorney General Jackson Kafuuzi on Wednesday. Government has so far verified a total of 16,946 claimants in Acholi. …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 4,000 people in Lira district will be compensated for lost cattle during the conflict in the Lango region. The beneficiaries are drawn from all sub-counties in Lira district and the two divisions of Lira city. According to a list released by the Attorney General, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President is yet to consider names for the appointment of the Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) and two Commission members. The Deputy Attorney General, Jackson Kafuuzi, told a Parliament sitting on Monday, 10 May 2021, that the Minister for Justice and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General Jackson Kafuuzi has halted the eviction of over 1,500 people from nine villages in Kibalinga sub county in Mubende district believed to be sitting on a forest reserve. In June last year, Robert Mubokhisa, the National Forestry Authority officer in charge …
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