Leading the protest was Asuman Basalirwa (Bugiri Municipality) during the meeting held between the Committee and officials from UHRC, who had appeared to defend the commission’s 2025/26 Ministerial Policy Statement. Musician Fik Gaza, Three Accomplices Arrested with Machetes, Military Gear Lawmakers on the Parliamentary Legal Committee have called out the Uganda Human Rights Commission for […]
The forum, held under the theme “Realizing Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: Progress and Way Forward,” has drawn prominent former and current African leaders. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on African leaders to confront and dismantle the long-standing strategic bottlenecks that continue to block the continent’s path to genuine socio-economic transformation. While officially opening […]
“Forced disappearances, abductions, arrests by whatever has been done by the military and many of them happened here in the Central and I find it surprising that the Commission now chose to go and visit the detention facility in Gulu yet here, which is the epicentre of all this here in Buganda, here in the […]
At around 2:00pm on the day of the funeral, Chemonges was confronted by a mob at the funeral grounds in Kambogo Cell, Bisheshe Division. The mob accused him of involvement in Kahangire’s arrest and detention. Shock as 12 People Perish in a Road Accident, 6 Injured The Uganda Police Force has announced the arrest of […]
The accident which occurred along the Jinja–Malaba Highway, was reportedly caused by a reckless motorcycle overtaking attempt. Police Holds Envoy’s Wife Suspected to Have Starved Her Child to Death Fear gripped the residents of Lwaba Village in Bugiri district following a horrible road accident which claimed the lives of 12 people and left six injured. […]
Again, according to the envoy’s relatives, not a single bone in the dead boy’s body had been fractured as would have been expected after a fall from such a height. Jinja Road police in Kampala is holding a 40-year old woman who is suspected to have starved her biological underage son to death. Police have […]
The police in Ibanda district have condemned the senseless act of violence in which members of the community turned against a police officer on duty and beaten him to death. Samson Rwijae, the area police spokesperson has identified the deceased as No. 75290 PC Chemonges Suleiman, a 28-year-old police officer attached to Bisheshe police station […]
Since its inception, the Kabaka Birthday Run has grown into one of Uganda’s most significant health awareness initiatives, championing causes such as sickle cell awareness, fistula prevention, and now the fight against HIV/AIDS. Uganda witnessed yet another historic moment as an estimated 120,000 people participated in the 12th Airtel-Kabaka Birthday Run. This year’s event, held at […]
For him, it doesn’t make sense for young girls having sex to be denied contraceptives, but only show up at health facilities with complications related to procuring unsafe abortions. Police Officers Charges, Remanded Over Assaulting People There has been an increasing number of women turning up at health facilities with complications associated with abortion, the […]
The learners were accompanied by their teachers and conducted around on a guided tour by a NaFORRI Research Officer, Dr. Odoi Juventine Boaz, and Dianah Namayanja, an entomologist at the institute. Learners from different schools in Mukono district had a unique way of celebrating the belated International Day of Forests. Organised by the National Forestry […]