“Expedite trials, sentencing of prisoners” – President Museveni President Yoweri Museveni has called upon the judiciary to expedite trials and sentencing of prisoners. Speaking Friday at the pass-out ceremony of Uganda Prisons Services (UPS) Officers at the Prisons Academy and Training School Grounds in Luzira, the President said expediting trials …
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Uganda Government has come out to refute reports that there is a planned political dialogue with four-time presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). Ofwono Opondo, the head of the government’s media centre, said in a statement on Wednesday that “Government would like to state categorically …
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President Museveni condoles and assures the family of Kenneth Akena of justice in the Lugogo shooting case President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday visited the family of the late Kenneth Watmon Akena and expressed his condolences over the passing on of their son, who was shot in November last year. Museveni …
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Muntu group wants Besigye to show results of 2016 elections It is just a few months to elections for party president and the war between supporters of different rivals for leadership in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has intensified. “I feel horrible about the goings on in my party …
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Police officers suspects, main investigator was sidelined by Kayihura Grace Akullo, the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) faces the toughest assignment of her career; finding the masterminds of the worst murder to rock Uganda Police. As head of the Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Directorate (CIID), Akullo has been charged …
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Mityana district was the latest stop in a campaign aimed at land rights awareness rights started by opposition leader Kizza Besigye. Dubbed ‘My Land, My Life’ campaign, Besigye says the move is meant to mobilise Ugandans to resist all forms of land grabbing by the Museveni regime and its agents. …
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The ever ongoing succession debate inside NRM and the country is fast gaining momentum with more regime insiders pronouncing themselves on the issue. President Museveni’s son in law Odrek Rwabwogo has called for dialogue on the issue that is rarely discussed formally in internal party structures. Although some low ranking …
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In The Independent this week: COVER STORY Kaweesi case divides police, CIID, CMI, ISO: Main investigator was sidelined by Kayihura NEWS ANALYSIS Motor vehicle inspection deal: Is the mandatory vehicle inspection exercise manned by multinational company, SGS worth it for Uganda? THE LAST WORD Africa through North Korean eyes: Why …
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The extraordinary Nile Council of Ministers (Nile-COM) meeting in Entebbe has rejected demands by Egypt for greater control of activities related to the flow of the river Nile. Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and Sudan were unanimous on Monday in seeking a revision of proposals that Egypt, led by …
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Human Rights activists, diplomats call for probe in the wake of new HRW report. Pressure from human rights activists, critics and the diplomatic community is mounting on government to act on the disturbing revelations about last year’s Kasese killings detailed in a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). This …
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