September 24, 2023
Uganda: 13 Ugandans Allegedly Abducted By South Sudanese Authorities Released
Police in Uganda revealed that the 13 Ugandans who were allegedly abducted by the South Sudanese authorities in Koch sub-county Yumbe district, in retaliation, towards the arrest… Read more »
Uganda: Police Officers Urged to Embrace Cybersecurity for Enhanced Safety
Police officers received a resounding call to embrace cybersecurity, safeguarding both personal and institutional data. Read more »
Uganda: DPP Withdraws Charges Against First Son General Muhoozi
In a shocking turn of events, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) withdrew charges of disobedience and common nuisance against First Son also Senior Presidential Advisor for… Read more »
September 19, 2023
Uganda: New Twist as Court Throws Lukwago Out of FDC Case
The High Court has excluded Erias Lukwago, the Vice President of the Buganda Region for the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), from the proceedings involving three members of the… Read more »
September 17, 2023
Uganda: Uganda Muslim Supreme Council Appoints Kivumbi Muzamiru
Kivumbi Muzamiru has been named the new executive officer at Uganda Muslim Medical Bureau (UMMB) Old Kampala. The appointment represents a continuation of the bureau's goal to… Read more »
September 13, 2023
Uganda: Breaking - Police Halts National Unity Platform Nationwide Mobilisation
Uganda Police has suspended NUP countrywide mobilisation activities until further notice. Read more »
Uganda: When Hospitals Become Prisons
A case of a health facility detaining a patient for failure to pay a medical bill is once again in the news and the courts. This time, it is a couple suing a high end facility,… Read more »
September 07, 2023
Gabon: Gabon's Ousted President Ali Bongo Cleared to Go Abroad for Medical Checks
Ousted Gabonese President Ali Bongo can go abroad for medical checkups, according to the country's transitional government. Read more »
August 23, 2023
Uganda: House Passes New Strict Narcotics Law After Court Setback
Parliament has passed the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Bill, 2023 which now allows the licenced farming and use of marijuana strictly for medical use, and sets… Read more »
August 13, 2023
Uganda: Medics Ask Government to Criminalize the Use of Marijuana
The Director of Butabika National Referral Hospital, Dr Juliet Nakku implored Members of Parliament to ignore the economic pressures and ban the production and sale of cannabis and… Read more »
August 10, 2023
Uganda: Criminalise Use of Marijuana - Medics
The Director of Butabika National Referral Referral Hospital, Dr. Juliet Nakku has implored Members of Parliament to ignore the economic pressures, and ban the production and sale… Read more »
August 09, 2023
Uganda: World Bank to Stop Funding Uganda Over Anti-Gay Law
The World Bank has suspended all future funding for projects in Uganda, citing human rights violations after the enactment of an anti-homosexuality law. Read more »
August 06, 2023
Uganda: Government Extends Commitment to Curb Trafficking
The Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Internal Affairs vowed to double its efforts in ensuring that it eliminates the vice of human trafficking which is one of the big… Read more »
July 25, 2023
Uganda: Less Than 50% of Ugandan Entities Have Data Protection Policies - Ernst & Young
Less than half of local entities have data protection policies, strategies, and frameworks, a new report shows, signaling possible chances of data privacy breaches. Read more »
July 09, 2023
Uganda: Parliament Approves Increase of High Court Judges to 151
Parliament upped the number of High Court judges from the current 83 to 151, after agreeing with Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Hon. Norbert Mao on the need for… Read more »
July 02, 2023
Uganda: MPs Frustrated Over Delayed Security Deployment in Kasese
Following the suspected rebel attack on a school in Kasese that left 43 people dead, legislators from the district have poked holes into the government's response to beef up… Read more »
June 24, 2023
Uganda: Uganda's Politics of Frustration
The government of President Yoweri Museveni is old and exhausted. It has no zest for anything new or imaginative. Lacking its own project of national transformation, it now only… Read more »
June 26, 2023
Uganda: Kasese School Massacre Worries Educators
The recent attack on a secondary school in the western Uganda border district of Kasese that left at least 41 people dead; including 37 students, has left educators worried about… Read more »
June 25, 2023
Uganda: MP Kamukama Jailed for Six Months Over Shs69.1 Million Debt
The Chief Magistrates court at Mengo remanded to Luzira for six months, Bunyangabu Member of Parliament, Davis Kamukama to prison over a shs69.1 million debt. Read more »
Uganda: Mukono - 35 Suspected Criminals Arrested
35 people have been arrested in Kyetume parish, Mukono District following a wave of crime in the area. The suspects whose names have not been disclosed are accused of waylaying… Read more »
Uganda: DPP Closes 17 Files On Iron Sheets Scandal
The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has closed 17 files on the theft and diversion of Iron Sheets meant for the Karamoja Region. Read more »
Uganda: Police, Judiciary Ranked As the Least Trusted Institutions in Uganda
The Uganda Police Force and Judiciary have been ranked the least trusted institutions in Uganda. Read more »
Uganda: MP Davis Kamukama Jailed for Six Months Over Sh69.1m Debt
The Chief Magistrates court at Mengo has remanded to Luzira Prison for six months, Bunyangabu Member of Parliament, Davis Kamukama over a shs69.1 million debt. Read more »
June 10, 2023
Uganda: Shooting Oneself in the Foot
Last month, Uganda passed the most draconian and barbaric anti-homosexual law in the world. The law has a death sentence for some acts of homosexuality but does not do the same… Read more »
June 08, 2023
Uganda: Get-Rich-Quick Schemes, Pyramids and Ponzis - Five Signs You're Being Scammed
Consumers are under a lot of financial strain. The World Economic Forum reports that the cost-of-living crisis is affecting people across the globe. With food and fuel prices… Read more »