Sarah Bireete and the price of speaking truth to power
When Dr Sarah Bireete was rounded up from her house and taken to Natete Police station, I received nervous messages from friends asking me whether I was safe.Because Dr B...
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Security Guard’s Desperate Attempt to Sell Bullets Ends in Arrest
Under the Firearms Act (as amended), no person is permitted to purchase, acquire, or possess a firearm or ammunition without holding a valid firearm certificate for each...
NRM Covers Opposition Posters with Museveni’s in Kawempe, Nansana
Both the Parliamentary Elections Act and the Presidential Elections Act state that anyone who maliciously defaces, removes or tears any election poster commits an offence...
Bobi Wine Urges Defence of Citizens Attacked for Carrying Flag
Bobi Wine has defended his call for citizens to protect people attacked for carrying the national flag, after police warned that the use of the flag is regulated by law a...
NEMA Cracks Down on Wetland Encroachment, Arrests Prominent Jinja Investor
JUganda’s environmental watchdog has sent a strong warning to developers after the arrest of prominent Jinja businessman Magan M. Patel over alleged illegal encroachmen...
UCC ED Meets Family of Embattled Journalist Dean Lubowa Saava, Urges Accountability and Compassion Amid Ongoing Case
Hon Nyombi Thembo, the Executive Director (ED), Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has met the family of Dean Lubowa Saava, whose ongoing legal case has sparked wides...
KIZZA BESIGYE: The Wrinkles Of Struggle -A Legacyof Resistance In Uganda’s Turbulent Politics
In Uganda’s complex political landscape, Dr. Kiiza Besigye stands as a figure of relentless defiance, his life etched with the “wrinkles of struggle” against a gove...
Africa: 127 African Women Journalists Write to Jailed Burundian Sandra Muhoza As She Returns to Court
Nairobi — On the first anniversary of the conviction of ailing Burundian journalist Sandra Muhoza, 127 African women journalists have written her a joint letter express...
My husband slept with our daughpjter and I’m yet to heal’
When Nakagwa speaks about the darkest chapter of her life, her voice trembles, but her resolve remains firm.“I still cannot believe a father could do that to his own ch...
Singapore executes three men for drug offences over two days
Singapore hanged three people for drug offences last week, bringing the total number of executions to 17 this year - the highest since 2003.These come a week before a con...