letter written by President Yoweri Museveni to the Attorney General, Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka, has caused serious public debate across Uganda. In the letter dated 3rd May 2024, the President raised strong concerns about the large “service awards” reportedly given to some Parliamentary Commission
KAMPALA, Uganda — Police in Kampala Metropolitan area have arrested five suspects after successfully foiling a planned robbery targeting a man transporting money to a bank in Wandegeya.The suspects have been identified as Ivan Gizamba, Rogers Muyingo, Juma Ashford, Musa Masiga, and James
KAMPALA, Uganda — Joint security forces on Saturday raided the Nakasero residence of outgoing Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among as part of an ongoing high-level corruption investigation into alleged illicit enrichment, money laundering and undeclared assets.The multi-agency operati
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s political establishment was thrown into fresh turmoil on Saturday after the dramatic arrest of Parliament’s Director of Communication and Public Affairs, Chris Obore, in what insiders describe as an expanding anti-corruption crackdown targeting powerful figures li
Four government and local leaders in Manafwa District have been brought before court after being accused of stealing and conspiring to misuse funds meant for community development under the Parish Development Model (PDM). The case has attracted public attention because the money involved was mean
Uganda Law Society, Protection of Sovereignty Act, Constitution, Civil Liberties, Legal Challenge, Human Rights, Civic Space, Parliament, Rule of Law, Uganda PoliticsThe Uganda Law Society (ULS) has launched a Shs2.301 billion legal and civic campaign fund aimed at challenging the newly en
The murder trial of Molly Katanga took a dramatic turn at the High Court Criminal Division after veteran forensic pathologist Dr Sylvester Onzivua dismissed the prosecution’s postmortem findings as scientifically flawed and testified that businessman Henry Katanga most likely died by suicide af
There are few tragedies more painful than betrayal from those who once stood shoulder to shoulder in a common struggle. That is precisely what Africa witnesses each time xenophobic violence erupts in South Africa. When mobs descend on Nigerians, Zimbabweans, Ghanaians, Ethiopians, Somalis, Mozamb
Butambala County Member of Parliament and National Unity Platform (NUP) Vice President for Central Uganda, Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi, together with 24 co-accused persons, has applied for bail before the International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala as they await trial on terrorism cha
The High Court in Ntungamo District, Western Uganda has sentenced a 45-year-old man to 50 years in prison after convicting him of aggravated defilement of his seven-year-old daughter.Kasese District resident judge, Lawrence Tweyanze Karikwisya who presided over the trial, said the prosecut
