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The Minister of State for Education and Sports in charge of the Sports docket, Peter Ogwang has given police in Katakwi district one day to arrest people terrorizing locals in Olupe, a village in Katakwi district. This follows the gross insecurity situation in Olupe village, Ngariam sub-county Katakwi district in which locals are having sleepless nights over land-related cases perpetuated ...

A lady, identified as Sumaya Uwiragiye, who claims she helped a Latvian national break the silence about her rape at the hands of a flamboyant Ugandan pastor, says her life is in danger. Ms Sumaya says she has now decided to lock her wine shop and restaurant at Lukuli Nanganda in Makindye Division. This is after Ms Saulite Anda spoke ...

A public debate scheduled for today, Tuesday 24th-2023 that had been organized to discuss the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project has been blocked by the police. The debate at Emerald Hotel in Wandegeya is organized by the African initiative on food security and environment (AIFE-Uganda). This is a not-for-profit organization whose role is to organize communities and make ...

Buyaga County West in Kagadi District MP, Hon Barnabas Tinkasimire, has said that Hon Persis Namuganza’s censure was long overdue. According to Tinkasimire, Namuganza should have been censured in the 10th Parliament but she just got lucky. He added that their role yesterday was not to defend Namuganza but to obey the Committee report. “What was done to Namuganza should ...

Parliament has today unanimously censured Hon Persis Namuganza, the State minister for Lands, Urban Development and Housing (Housing). This is apparently for misconduct, misbehavior and contempt of Parliament pursuant to Rule 224, 85 and paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 of the Code of conduct for MPs as stipulated in Appendix F of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament. This is ...