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"They Wanted to Silence Me" — UNAA's Muvawala Speaks Out After Brutal Abduction and Torture

"They Wanted to Silence Me" — UNAA's Muvawala Speaks Out After Brutal Abduction and Torture

Charles Bukenya Muvawala, the Vice President of the Uganda North American Association (UNAA), has broken his silence after surviving a harrowing abduction and torture ordeal.Muvawala, who went missing on Wednesday

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From Honorables to Beggars: Ex-MPs Cry for Medical Aid as Life After Parliament Turns Miserable

From Honorables to Beggars: Ex-MPs Cry for Medical Aid as Life After Parliament Turns Miserable

In Uganda’s politics, the journey from honor to hardship can be as swift as the blink of an eye. One day, a Member of Parliament enjoys the title of “Honorable,” the next, they are struggling to afford medical care.

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Civilians in military courts: 25 years of judicial rigmarole

Civilians in military courts: 25 years of judicial rigmarole

On a date to be agreed with the judiciary shortly, I will lead a high-level delegation of the Uganda Law Society (ULS) to meet with the chief justice, Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo, on behalf of countless individuals and families whose lives have been torn apart

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Review: 'I'm Still Here' is an emotional powerhouse film with Fernanda Torres as its lead

Review: 'I'm Still Here' is an emotional powerhouse film with Fernanda Torres as its lead

Fernanda Torres in "I'm Still Here."Sony Pictures ClassicsFact-based family dramas don’t come more intense or indelible than "I’m Still Here," opening wide in theaters this week on the heels of a surprise 

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UPDATE: MP Ssegirinya Is Brain Dead As Relatives Pray For a Miracle

UPDATE: MP Ssegirinya Is Brain Dead As Relatives Pray For a Miracle

In other update, Mr. Update Mohammed Ssegirinya who is Kawempe North Legislator is has not yet been declared dead by the doctors at Rubaga Hospital but experts say only a miracle can bring him back to life depending on the condition he is in.

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Kelly Holmes says being a gay solider during military ban led to ’30 years of trauma’

Kelly Holmes says being a gay solider during military ban led to ’30 years of trauma’

Dame Kelly Holmes has said the gay military ban caused her ’30 years of trauma’. (Matt McNulty/Getty)Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes has said that being a gay soldier during the pre-2000 military ban on LGBTQ+ personnel in the UK caused her “30

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Ssenga Nantume shares traumatic experience with a ‘musama’ that changed her perspective on relationships
UPDF Assault on Journalists Costs Government 150 Million Shillings

UPDF Assault on Journalists Costs Government 150 Million Shillings

(Kampala) – The High Court has ordered the Ugandan government to pay 150 million shillings in damages to two journalists who were assaulted by Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers while covering a protest in 2021. The compensation, awarded as UGX 75 million for each journalist, reco

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Two years later: Did dead pupil foresee Salama fire?

Two years later: Did dead pupil foresee Salama fire?

Rebecca Namulondo, 9, had a chilling premonition of impending doom. In an emotional revelation, Godfrey Wamunyokoli, a Mathematics and Science teacher at the Salama School of the Blind, 40km east of Kampala in Luga Village, Kisoga Sub-county, Mukono District, shared a chilling detail abo

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Inside Uganda’s death by suicide puzzle

Inside Uganda’s death by suicide puzzle

In June this year, Kampala registered the highest cases of suicides in a single month, most of them involving high-profile individuals. Mr Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesperson, said four of seven incidents were registered in a single day on Martyrs' Day

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