Uganda news

The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) is in the middle of a land dispute between two Jinja residents. The dispute is over ownership of over 22 acres of land in Jinja North Division, Jinja City. The contested land acts as a home to Bugembe Islamic Institute, one of the three biggest Muslim cleric training centres. Apparently, two Jinja residents at ...

Following President Museveni ’s meeting with the members of Parliament on Thursday, he congratulated them for their firm stand on the homosexuality and agreed to assent to the Anti-Homosexuality act, 2023 into law once a few changes are made regarding rehabilitation. President Museveni uttered that most of the problems and instability across African countries are caused by imperialist trying to ...

Hussein Rugaba Kashillingi, a prominent lawyer in Uganda has been appointed as, the new Vice President of the Association of European Lawyers. This is a network of international lawyers having 761 offices in 149 countries across the world with a total membership of 8,000 members. The Association Europa De Abogados (AEA) is also known as the International Lawyers Network. It ...

The Uganda Police Force has called upon all citizens to go and report if there is anyone out there holding their National ID cards as collateral. The Police also called upon all those who have had their IDs confiscated to also go and report or seek further assistance. According to Police, any act of using one’s ID for unintended purposes ...

The government is releasing Shs26.1b for road maintenance works in the country for the fourth quarter of the 2022-2023 financial year. The Uganda Road Fund released a circular indicating how the funds are going to be allocated for the works to go on. Apparently, shs16.4b has been sent to over 130 districts, town councils and sub-counties. Shs6.4b will be sent ...