Ms Finah Atlist arrives at the Grade One Magistrates Court in Makindye, Kampala on June 11, 2026. PHOTO/MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZIA Kampala court has sentenced a 31-year-old businesswoman to a fine of Shs 100,000 or two months in prison for unlawfully obtaining and disclosing a client’s personal
From left, Peter Mawande, 25, Sadam Hussein, 20, and Lydi Kanyesigye, 34, who are charged with unlawful obtaining and disclosure of personal data. PHOTO/GEOFREY MUTUMBA.Court in Kampala has convicted three mobile money agents for unlawfully obtaining and disclosing a client’s personal da
Santo Ojok, a reporter with Nation Media’s Daily Monitor newspaper was picked up late Thursday night on alleged orders of Apac Resident District Commissioner Mr Andrew Onyuk and is currently detained at Apac Central Police Station.Mr. Santo Ojok, a reporter for Daily Monitor and a news e
Ntinda-Relatives and friends of Dr. Sarah Bireete have commended her for resilience and courage, days after the Buganda Road Magistrates Court granted her bail.Dr. Sarah Bireete (in middle) during the Thanksgiving ceremonyDr. Bireete, the Executive Director of the Center for Constit
The race for the Speakership in the 12th Parliament moved up a gear this week, with the two leading candidates ripping along at a cracking pace. Following Mr Norbert Mao’s opening gambit, in which the president-general of Uganda’s oldest party—the Democratic Party (DP)—made clear that “
KAMPALA: The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court is today expected to rule on a bail application by jailed human rights activist Sarah Bireete.The bail application was heard on January 22, 2026, by Senior Principal Grade One Magistrate Winnie Nankya, but the ruling was deferred to toda
Lawyers representing human rights activist, Sarah Bireete, have filed urgent applications seeking a production warrant to have her brought before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court.They are arguing that her charge and remand are unlawful and violate constitutional safeguards.T
On December 30, 2025, two weeks before Uganda's January 15, 2026 elections, security forces raided the home of Sarah Bireete, a prominent human rights activist and government critic, and arrested her.Three days later, longer than the legally allowed 48 hours, Bireete was brought before the
Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire), the Ranking Member of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, last night issued a statement condemning the ongoing repression of opposition figures, civil society leaders and activists in Uganda. As Uganda gears up for its tightly contested 15 J
The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) has held discussions with Police over arrest of opposition supporters and human rights activists as Uganda moves closer to the 2026 general elections.Several opposition supporters have been arrested since the commencement of election campaigns,
