Uganda news

The High Court in Kampala is set to rule on Bobi Wine House arrest case on Monday next week. The court will decid whether former presidential aspirant Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu and his wife Barbra Itungo are in illegal detention at their home. This comes after Justice Micheal Elubu heard Kyagulanyi’s lawyers who contend that the UPDF and police have placed ...

A Police officer in Rukiga identified as Hamida Ssali has been arrested for shooting a colleague dead and injuring another during the just concluded district elections. The Kigezi Regional Police Spokesperson, Elly Maate says the incident happened on Wednesday evening. He says detective constable Hamida Ssali opened fire against detective constable Titus Muhumuza, a crime intelligence officer and Felix Ariho ...

The Chairman of Departed Asians properties trustees board Dr. Byakatonda Abdulhu has trounced long serving workers Member of Parliament Sam Lwomoki. He joins the incumbent Margaret Rwabushaijja, Agnes Kunihira, Bakabulindi and Anthony Rwakajara as workers Member of Parliament 2021-2026. Dr Byakatonda under the Slogan The Anchorman pledged to train youth and women in entrepreneurship and Vocational skills namely carpentry, soap ...

Buganda Prime Minister, Peter Mayiga has dismissed all the tribal links to Kyagulanyi’s victory in Buganda. He said there are so many issues in Buganda that led to Kyagulanyi’s victory in the region. “I go to Buganda deep in the villages, the poverty is so much, young people are unemployed. There are programs but they are not benefiting them because ...

A human rights lawyer and activist from Nigerian, Femi Falana, has filed a complaint at the United Nations (UN) against the government of Uganda over the detention of Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. Bobi Wine was President Museveni’s closest challenger in the recent presidential elections. The government has however kept Bobi under house arrest since election day, Thursday, January 14. ...