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Supreme Court Set to Decide If Life Imprisonment Means 20 Years or Forever

Supreme Court Set to Decide If Life Imprisonment Means 20 Years or Forever

Uganda’s upreme Court is set to determine whether life imprisonment in Uganda means 20 years or a convict’s entire life, during a planned two-day constitutional session from Tuesday, March 31 to April 1 of 2026.The case stems from a December 2nd 2022 ruling by the Constitutional Court

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Why the ICC Statute is at conflict with Municipal Law on immunities of Heads of State

Why the ICC Statute is at conflict with Municipal Law on immunities of Heads of State

In Uganda, a cultural leader once invoked presidential immunity after failing to pay for fish he had ordered from suppliers in the late 1960s. Whereas presidential immunity is something that municipal legislations speak about with sublime reservations, the ICC has no appetite for presidential imm

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NIRA decries poor local language proficiency by applicants

NIRA decries poor local language proficiency by applicants

NIRA Registrar Clair Ollama says many applicants coming to their offices nowadays struggle to express basic cultural identity details, which affects service delivery.The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has raised concern over what it describes as declining knowled

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Low-income earners to benefit from planned tax exemptions, says government

Low-income earners to benefit from planned tax exemptions, says government

Henry Musasizi (left) and Hamson Obua addressing the media at ParliamentThe Minister of State for Finance (General Duties), Henry Musasizi, has defended the proposed increase in the government’s total resource envelope, saying it is aimed at supporting key priorities for the 2026/27 fina

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SAD! Ex-Museveni Minister Dead

SAD! Ex-Museveni Minister Dead

An ex-Museveni minister is dead. Ambassador Kweronda Ruhemba, a former minister in different dockets and as an envoy, in the Yoweri Museveni government, breathed his last on Sunday, 29 March 2026.Former minister Kweronda Ruhemba was pronounced dead at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital

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I’M NOT YOUR LEVEL: Gen Sejusa and Ofwono Opondo in Bitter War of Words Over Norbert Mao’s Political Algebra

I’M NOT YOUR LEVEL: Gen Sejusa and Ofwono Opondo in Bitter War of Words Over Norbert Mao’s Political Algebra

Former intelligence chief Gen David Sejusa and Ofwono Opondo are in a war of words over Norbert Mao.Norbert Mao, the Laroo-Pece MP-elect and the minister of justice and constitutional affairs, has sparked debate with his bid to wrestle the speakership from incumbent Anita Annet Among, the

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I’M NOT YOUR LEVEL: Gen Sejusa and Ofwono Opondo in Bitter War of Words Over Norbert Mao’s Political Algebra

I’M NOT YOUR LEVEL: Gen Sejusa and Ofwono Opondo in Bitter War of Words Over Norbert Mao’s Political Algebra

Former intelligence chief Gen David Sejusa and Ofwono Opondo are in a war of words over Norbert Mao.Norbert Mao, the Laroo-Pece MP-elect and the minister of justice and constitutional affairs, has sparked debate with his bid to wrestle the speakership from incumbent Anita Annet Among, the

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UMSC Nominates First Female Deputy Director of Sharia

UMSC Nominates First Female Deputy Director of Sharia

Sheikhati Zainabu Nakabugo has been nominated as the first female Deputy Director of Sharia at the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, marking a historic step for women’s leadership in Uganda’s Muslim community.The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) has nominated Sheikhati Zainabu Nakabug

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Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka halts cases under nullified provisions

Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka halts cases under nullified provisions

Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has formally written to courts of law and relevant government institutions, notifying them of a landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court of Uganda that declared the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act 2022 null and void.In his communication, Kiwanuka direct

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Crown Beverages sacked Musinguzi for ‘feigning’ sickness due to exposure to ozone gas

Crown Beverages sacked Musinguzi for ‘feigning’ sickness due to exposure to ozone gas

Oscar Musinguzi worked at Crown Beverages’ Kakungulu plant off the Entebbe Express Way, as an operations supervisor for Nivana mineral water.He claims that the work was risky since it involved getting in close contact with ozone gas, a powerful, chemical-free oxidant used for water purif

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