Lawyer Gideon Tugume Detained
KAMPALA — Journalist and lawyer Gideon Tugume was on Monday evening picked from his home in Gayaza, Wakiso district, by uniformed men and taken to an unknown location...
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Letter from Luzira: Besigye, Lutale Accuse Judge Baguma of Unfair Trial
Besigye and Lutale in Court recentlyKAMPALA — Detained opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Hajji Obeid Lutale have accused High Court judge Emman...
IGG Swoop on Parliament Nets Eight Officials in Corruption Probe
Eight senior Parliament officials, including the Director of Communication and Public Affairs and the Director of Human Resource, have been arrested as the Inspectorate o...
ULS says ‘No One Is Safe’ amid wave of abductions, crackdown on media by army
ULS President Isaac Ssemakadde expressed concern over the safety of Nation Media Group Uganda Managing Director Susan Nsibirwa, saying she was unreachable amid what it de...
Who Will Speak When They Come for You?
German pastor Martin Niemöller, reflecting on the rise of Nazi Germany, wrote the now famous words: “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—beca...
Kenya Launches Emergency Repatriation Programme for Citizens Fleeing Anti-Foreigner Violence in South Africa
The Kenyan government has launched an emergency repatriation programme to bring home citizens caught in the rising tide of anti-foreigner hostility sweeping parts of Sout...
Police Detain Pastor’s Wife Over Alleged Meeting Another Man in a Lodge
A 37-year-old woman, identified as Evidence Orishaba, the wife of Pastor George Nafayo of Reformers Church (Abagorozi), is being held by police following an alleged extra...
Armed senior UPDF officer raids Bududa police station, beats up officers
A Uganda Peoples Defence Force Brigadier General in Bududa District is under investigation on allegations of frogging and caning two police officers, whom he accused of d...
Gen Muhoozi seeks dismissal of Besigye's case over alleged death threats
Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has asked the High Court in Kampala to dismiss an application in which remanded opposition politician Dr Kizza Besig...
No Negotiations with Museveni's Govt Over Detained NUP Supporters' - NUP SG David Rubongoya Rules
The Secretary General of the National Unity Platform (NUP), David Lewis Rubongoya, has firmly rejected the possibility of negotiating with the government to secure the re...