Rwanda said on Monday it had detained Paul Rusesabagina - the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country’s 1994 genocide - on terrorism charges and paraded him in front of media in handcuffs. Rusesabagina was played by Don Cheadle in the Oscar-nominated film ‘Hotel
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Kenyan investigative reporter and TV anchor Victoria Rubadiri has won the 2020 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Rubadiri is a presenter with Citizen TV in Kenya, where she hosts the channel's prime-time shows. She's a multifaceted journalist in East Africa and has interviewed some of the leading names in
Read MoreKabugho Mary Marylin Kasese district will be keenly watched in next year's general elections following the departure of Winnie Kiiza as woman Member of Parliament. The opposition stalwart who announced that she wont be seeking reelection next year, had dominated Kasese politics, representing the district for three terms, a period
Read MoreThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has backed calls for nations to put an end to lockdown that were put in place to control the spread of the deadly Coronovirus. Leading this call was Tedros Adhanom (pictured), Director General-WHO during a global media briefing yesterday, where he recognised that after eight
Read MoreHamis Kiggundu (in white) interacting with his lawyers Kampala businessman, Hamis Kiggundu aka Ham has asked the Commercial Division of the High Court to throw out the defence evidence presented by Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) in a row involving the two parties. Kiggundu, the proprietor of Ham Enterprises Limited and
Read MorePolice has started naming and shaming places and buildings in Kampala that are violating the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, thus putting the lives of Ugandans in danger. Addressing the press at Uganda Media Crentre today, Police spokesperson Fred Enanga (pictured) read out a
Read MoreThe Coca-Cola Team led by Newton Lee Ogong, Events and Promotion Manager during the handover to the Mukono Red Cross Society branch Manager, Sam Mugisha. The Mukono Principal Medical Officer has strongly urged all members of the Community to intensify hand washing efforts at a personal and household level, in
Read MoreRobert Kyagulanyi Ssemtamu aka Bobi Wine (pictured), the National Unity Platform President has challenged the Electoral Commission (EC), Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) and other state institutions to release President Yoweri Museveni’s academic papers with the same urgency they released his. The Kyadondo East MP made the remarks in titled
Read More2021 Elections: Court Orders Gov’t To File Defense On 1m Youth Who Have Turned 18 Since Dec 2019
The High Court Civil Division has given Government two weeks to defend itself on over one million Ugandans who have just turned 18 years ever since closure of the National Voters Register in December 2019 and are going to be disenfranchised in the forthcoming elections by not exercising their right
Read More2021 Elections: EC Starts Demarcating New Parliamentary Constituencies & Local Gov’t Electoral Areas
Justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon, the Chairperson, Electoral Commission In accordance with Article 63 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, Parliament of Uganda did, on 30th July 2020, prescribe that the number of Directly-elected Members of the 11th Parliament shall be three hundred and fifty-three (353), hence Constituencies
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