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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S.4 Student Found Dead In St Michael High School Store
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 ...
Read More »Court Ups Sentence For Witch Doctor Convicted Of Ritual Sacrifice Murders
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 ...
Read More »Construction Of Bakyenga Emeritus’ Grave Inside Cathedral Begins
The construction of the grave inside Mbarara city-based Nyamitanga Cathedral, where Archbishop Emeritus Paul Bakyenga is to be buried has kicked off. The Nyamitanga parish priest, Rev. Fr. Richard Ssebugwawo is spearheading the construction of the grave. He is being assisted by the parish architect as well as engineers to make sure this is done well. They dug the burial ...
Read More »Government Should Support Families Of Accident Victims – Kagadi MPs
Members of Parliament from Kagadi district have tasked the government with giving a helping hand to the families of the accident victims. The nasty accident happened in Kagadi district and 18 people died after a taxi in which they traveled got crushed by a trailer on Sunday. Buyaga west MP, Hon. Barnabas Tinkasiimire and Buyaga East MP Eric Musana addressed ...
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