Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake is admitted at Naguru Hospital after blacking out while in detention at the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in Kireka. Zaake was arrested on Sunday evening in Mityana district for allegedly defying presidential directives on the distribution of food to …
Read More »MP Francis Zaake put in detention for defying orders on food distribution
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake has been arrested on allegations of defying a ban on distribution of relief food to individuals. President Yoweri Museveni had earlier on advised that all relief supplies should be channeled through the National COVID-19 taskforce, to avoid exposing people …
Read More »MP Zaake pre-planned attack against Makerere’s Barnabas Nawangwe
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake planned to harass Makerere University Vice-Chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe prior to his engagement with the Education Committee of parliament a few weeks ago. This is according to Jacob Opolot, the chairperson of the Education Committee who was appearing before the …
Read More »Rules Committee to summon Prof Nawangwe
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rules Committee of Parliament will invite the Makerere University Vice Chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe to testify against Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake. Zaake is accused of insulting Nawangwe when he appeared before the Committee on Education and Sports on Wednesday during the inquiry into the …
Read More »Gov’t struggling to implement President’s 12 security points
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies are still struggling to implement President Yoweri Museveni’s 12 security points, one year later. In his statement to Parliament on the new wave of kidnaps and murders in the country on Thursday, Internal Affairs Minister Gen. Jeje Odongo said that in order …
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