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Dominic Ongwen, the former Lord’s Resistance Army(LRA) commander, will today face his verdict when the International Criminal Court delivers its judgment. Ongwen, 45, is facing over 70 charges from offenses he committed while serving as a commander in the LRA under warlord Joseph Kony. However, in his defense, the former rebel commander lined up over 60 defense witnesses. These include ...

Ugandan pastor, news anchor and show host Samson Kasumba attacked NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu popularly known as BobiWine saying he does not deserve to be Ugandan president. Appearing on Facebook live video, Kasumba claimed Robert Kyagulanyi is incapable of leading this country because of his dishonesty. He attributed the ‘Kyarenga’ Hit maker’s character to someone who does not totally ...

Unverified reports have indicted that Ugandan academic and former Makerere University professor cum political activist, Dr. Stella Nyanzi, has fled to Nairobi, Kenya. Her lawyer, Prof George Luchiri Wajackoyah, apparently confirmed the news. He further cited political persecution by President Yoweri Museveni’s government for the move. Nyanzi is a fierce critic of Museveni and his government. She also ran unsuccessfully ...

President Museveni has arraigned 40 NRM lawyers to face off with 25 NUP lawyers in court. This comes after Bobi Wine through his lawyers petitioned a case against the elections that saw NRM’s Yoweri Kaguta Museveni emerge as a winner. This case was taken to court on Monday by NUP party. They argue that all circumstances that surrounded the elections ...

On Tuesday, the Biden Administration said it will start distributing limited supplies of the Covid-19 vaccines directly to pharmacies. The distribution of the Covid vaccines will begin on February 11. This will be an effort to make it easy for people to get inoculated.These doses of the vaccine are, however, separate from those allocated to the states.Joe Biden’s coronavirus coordinator, ...