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Critics say law will impede LGBTQI advocacy in Uganda Patrick Isiagi, the chairperson of the parliamentary budget committee, confers with then Speaker Anita Among during 2024 budget deliberations. (Photo courtesy Parliament of Uganda) Uganda has enacted a new law giving the state far-reaching powers to go after whoever or whatever the regime deems unlawful foreign interference in the country’s political, …

President Museveni has directed leaders of veterans’ associations to convene for a comprehensive audit of more than 231 billion shillings disbursed over the years to support veterans’ wealth-creation initiatives.The directive was issued during this year’s virtual Liberation Day commemorations at State House, Nakasero.Museveni said the meeting would establish how the funds distributed since 2008 have been utilized and whether the …

Police have arrested five more suspects linked to the suspected mob-lynching of Uganda Rugby Cranes star Sydney Gongodyo last week, bringing the total number of those in custody up.Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson,  Rachel Kawala, said the intensified manhunt has so far led to the arrests of Herbert Twinomujuni, Katsigazi Perigrino, Darlious Tayebwa, Hannington Tugume, and Elly Mondoni. The suspects are …

The Ministry of Education and Sports is planning to merge the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) and the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) into a single institution.The proposed merger is among the key reforms contained in the forthcoming Curriculum, Assessment and Admissions Bill, one of the education sector laws recently highlighted by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as being in the …

The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of former bank employee David Sserwamba Musoke for embezzlement and money laundering arising from the fraudulent withdrawal of USD 1.45 million (about Shs5.4 billion) from customer accounts at Equity Bank Uganda.Musoke was in 2017 convicted by the High Court Anti-Corruption Division on multiple counts of embezzlement and money laundering and sentenced to several …

Police in the Kigezi Region have revealed that a Senior Four student arrested in connection with the torching of a boys’ dormitory at Butogota Trinity College in Kanungu District had a history of indiscipline.The suspect, identified as John Elisha, a Senior Four student and resident of Butogota Upper Village in Butogota Town Council, is currently being detained at Butogota Police …

Entebbe-President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has presided over the swearing-in ceremony of Uganda’s newly appointed Cabinet ministers and Ministers of State, marking the beginning of a new phase of government administration. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni with the newly sworn in Ministers at State House Entebbe on Monday. The ceremony, held today at State House Entebbe, saw 78 members of the executive …

Kampala-Police has confirmed the arrest of a total of eight suspects accused of participating in mob action against Rugby player Sydney Gongodyo. Earlier on Police had three suspects in its custody. The suspects at Police “Five additional suspects have been arrested in connection with the death of Sydney Gongodyo, a professional rugby player, following an incident that occurred on 5 …

St Petersburg, Russia– The Director of Public Prosecutions of Uganda, Mr. Lino Anguzu, and the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Mr. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gutsan, have signed a Cooperation Agreement to strengthen cooperation to combat crime. Mr. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gutsan with Mr. Lino Anguzu This agreement represents a significant step in the efforts of the two Offices to combat the …

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