Women Killings - Ugandan Parliament Suspended
The mysterious killings of women and girls in Katabi, Entebbe and Nansana have set parliament and Cabinet on a collision course. The House, in its first sitting after a one-month recess, resolved to stay its plenary sittings until three government ministers turn up to explain the murders of at least 20 women.
Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah
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Uganda:
Parliament Suspends Business Over Women Murders
Independent (Kampala), 5 September 2017
Uganda's Parliament has suspended business to force government to present a statement on the ongoing gruesome murders of women in Entebbe, Katabi and Nansana. Up to 20 women have… Read more »
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Uganda:
Parliament Suspended Over Mysterious Women Killings
Monitor, 5 September 2017
Parliament was on Tuesday forced to indefinitely adjourn after the government failed to present a statement clearing the air over the mysterious brutal killings of women around in… Read more »
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Uganda:
Ex-Husband of Murdered Nyanama Woman Arrested
Observer, 6 September 2017
Police in Nakaseke district have arrested Charles Kato who they say is the prime suspect in the murder of Maria Nabirawa whose body was recovered in Nyanama, along Entebbe road, on… Read more »
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Uganda:
Another Woman Murdered - Reports of 20 Killed
Monitor, 4 September 2017
Another woman has been found killed and abandoned in a shrub at Nyanama, off Entebbe Road, in Rubaga Division, Kampala City. Read more »
InFocus
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As 12 people appeared in court in connection with a wave of killings of women, Security Minister Henry Tumukunde spent a second day in Entebbe trying to get to the bottom of the ... Read more »
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A spate of killings which has left 19 women dead in the Entebbe, Katabi and Nansana municipalities over the last three months has prompted parliamentary speaker Rebecca Kadaga to ... Read more »