Budaka Police in the Eastern Region of Uganda are investigating circumstances under which a UPDF soldier was murdered. The incident allegedly happened during a fight in the bar. The deceased soldier has been identified as Private Martin Mbayo, 23. He had been on pass leave at the time of his untimely demise. Martin Mbayo hailed from Bulomi village, Nanjala Parish, ...
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It is with deep regret that we report the passing of Hussein Kyanjo, a former Member of Parliament in Uganda. Kyanjo was a prominent figure in Ugandan politics and a respected member of his community. Certainly, haji Hussein Kyanjo was a Ugandan politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Makindye West constituency from 2006 to 2011. ...
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Parliament’s Appointments Committee has vetted 11 new acting High Court judges recently appointed by President Yoweri Museveni. The vetting process chaired by Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among on Friday follows a notification by Clerk to Parliament Adolf Mwesige to members of the Appointments Committee issued on 17th July. Those vetted include Jameson Karemani, Flavia Nabakooza, Phillip Willebrord Mwaka, Christine Akello ...
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A senior four student of St Michael High School in Rubirizi district has been found dead inside a school store. The headteacher James Rukaijakare says that Moses Atukwatse, 18, a resident of Kambiringi cell, Rutoto sub-county was suspended about a week ago after escaping from school. He was then asked to report back with a roll of barbed wire as ...
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The High Court presided by judge John Eudes Keitirima in Masaka has increased the jail sentence of a witch doctor from 45 years to life imprisonment for murder. The witch doctor identified as Stephen Wasswa had been convicted of murdering two children in 2008 for sacrificial rituals. He admitted to luring the children into a traditional healers shrine, where he ...
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