She said she was being held alongside fellow human rights defenders and lawyers Lynn Ngugi and Gloria Kimani, all guests of the East Africa Law Society (EALS) and the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). Pope Leo XIV Officially Inaugurated People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua has announced that she is on her way back […]
Soldiers assaulted him while removing him from the courtroom, before arresting and placing him in the dock alongside his clients. Vatican Sets Date for Inauguration of Pope Leo XIV The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights wrote to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni rising concern about human rights violations in Uganda. The Commissions particularly singled […]
According to Migadde, traffickers often impose daily financial targets on children and resort to physical abuse if the targets aren’t met. Rwandan National Jailed for 18 Months For Defiling 15yr-Old Girl Behind the joint operations by police and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to remove begging children from city streets lies a darker, more disturbing […]
The police in Kenya have launched the hunt for the assailants who have shot dead a Member of Kenyan Parliament. The deceased has been identified as Charles Ong’ondo who has been shot dead after parking at Ngong Road in Nairobi City. It is alleged that the legislator’s driver and body guard have not been hurt […]
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 […]
Lubiri SSS S6 Candidate Drowns After Receiving Dissatisfying UNEB Results A senior officer in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Colonel David Byaruhanga, has died from injuries sustained on the battlefield in eastern DR Congo. The 4th Infantry Division’s Public Information Officer, Captain David Kamya, confirmed the death, stating, “I have got a confirmation from […]
The Kenya High Commissioner to Uganda Joash Maangi has apologized to the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Muhoozi Kainerugaba for last week’s publication of an article in a Kenyan newspaper, The Standard, which was disrespectful toward him. The story last week titled “Four-star brat: Why Muhoozi, tweeting General could fuel anger and division in DRC talks“ questioned […]
The March 23 Movement (M23) have dismissed accusations against them of raiding hospitals in Goma city, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. On Monday, Vivian Van De Perre, the Deputy Special Representative for Protection and Operations in United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) released a report […]
The Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament has called for the establishment of a Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Centre in Burundi, one of the East African Community countries in the south of Uganda. By asking for a UNEB centre in Burundi, the legislators aim at reducing the cost of transporting learners from Burundi to Uganda […]
The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) has taken custody of Brigadier-General Ezechiel Gakwerere, a senior intelligence chief of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and a fugitive wanted for genocide crimes. The handover was carried out by the Alliance Fleuve Congo/March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) at the Grande Barrière border post in Rubavu district, […]