Month: December 2024

Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera has called for the maintenance of the status quo on the discretion of granting bail to suspects in capital offences. Justice Buteera who was on an inspection tour in the Masaka High Court circuit indicated that that the Courts of law and judicial officers are

Police officers enforce curfew guidelines Fourteen local council-LCI Chairpersons in Ddungi parish in Ngogwe Sub County Buikwe district have resigned citing increased police brutality against community members. The affected chairpersons are from Lukonda, Natyole, Kituntu, Namukono, Kawuna, Lugasa, Ddungi, Wabusole, Bunyinya, Bugwisa, Kitala, Buwooya, Bulutwe A and B villages. The

A joint operation conducted by the National Drug Authority (NDA) and Uganda Police Force in Bushenyi district has led to the arrest of six suspects accused of selling fake acaricides. They are Deo Marks Mubangizi, Cleophus Kyobutungi, Steven Bamwine, Jude Agaaba, and Asiimwe Mwesigye and Urban Agaba. Abias Rwamwiri, the

Joel Ssematimba, AirQo’s Embedded Systems Engineer installing an Air Quality Monitor at Jinja City Hall The AirQo Project of Makerere University is expected to receive a $3 million grant from Google.org as part of Google’s philanthropic commitment to renew its support for Africa innovations.The funding will enable the AirQo project

Prime Minister Robina Nabbanja has promised to order a forensic audit to establish why Nabuyonga Rise and Mugisu Hill roads in Mbale City, built under the Uganda Support to Municipality Infrastructure Development (USMID) programme have developed defects only three years after being were commissioned. She was meeting officials drawn from

The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to decline globally, with  3.1 million new cases and just over 54,000 new deaths, reported over the last week, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Compared to the previous week, this represents a nine per cent decrease in cases, while deaths remained similar, the WHO said

Boda- boda riders who paid money to Savannah Motors surround the houses where the company rented office space in Pamba. Over 200 people in Soroti has lost millions of Shillings in a fraudulent motorcycle deal.  The victims were conned by Savannah Motors, which has been operating along Old- Mbale Road

War claimants recently meeting officials from the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs at Bomah Hotel in Gulu City - Photo by Dominic Ochola Leaders in Acholi sub-region are puzzled by hundreds of ghost names that have infiltrated the Attorney General’s registers for war claimants.  The ghost claimants are part