In a significant reshuffle, the Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua, announced the designation of new leaders and members to the sectoral committees of Parliament in accordance with rules 187 and 188 of the Rules of Procedure. This move, aimed at enhancing the efficiency and oversight capabilities of the committees, was presented during the plenary […]
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Nakawa and Buganda Road Chief Magistrate Courts had a busy Tuesday evening as suspects arrested during the “Walk to Parliament” demonstrations were arraigned before them. More than 50 people were remanded to Luzira prison on charges arising from their alleged involvement in the anti-corruption demonstrations in the city earlier in the day. The demonstrators distributed […]
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit in conjunction with the Police and Office of the Director of Public Prosecution have arraigned before court a school headteacher and seven Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) members. The suspects include; Herbert Musasizi, the headteacher of Kebisoni Integrated Primary School, the PTA chairperson, Paddy Twesigye and six other PTA members. […]
Two groups of anti-corruption protesters have been arrested in separate incidents near Parliament Avenue. The first group, comprising students from Makerere University, has been taken into custody on Nasser Road. Shortly afterwards, mores students, this time from the Islamic University of Uganda-IUIU have also been arrested at Parliament Avenue. “Anita Among must go, we’re tired of […]
Hundreds of peaceful protestors around different parts of Kampala have been arrested by security agencies, Military Police taking the lead. The March2Parliament protest which is against the alleged corruption in the Parliament of Uganda is intended to have the protestors reach the parliament and show their grievances from there. However, the security agencies are also […]
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has lost its Vice Chairperson for Karamoja region, Simon Peter Aleper. Aleper died in a motor accident along Iganga-Tirinyi Road. Sources within NRM have disclosed that the deceased was travelling for the ruling party’s Central Executive Committee meeting to be held in Kampala. Busoga East Region Police, in a statement, […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has sworn-in Edward Akol as the new Auditor General in a ceremony that took place at State House Entebbe on Monday afternoon. The oath was administered by the Head of Public service & Secretary to Cabinet, Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye. Speaking shortly after the swearing-in ceremony, President Museveni congratulated Akol, before calling […]
Ugandan security agencies have heavily deployed in Kampala and its outskirts as the measures to frustrate the walk to Parliament anti-corruption protest. Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy spokesperson of Kampala Metropolitan Police, said that various security agencies had already deployed their personnel as a precautionary move. “They (security officers) are already around. They will be […]
A big section of senior Police Officers on Monday gathered at Sts. Phillip and Andrew’s Cathedral in Mukono Municipality to mourn one of their own, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Darlington Eiru. Eiru is reported to have collapsed and died while on duty in his office, at Clock Tower Police Station where he served as […]