Edith Byanyima, sibling to jailed Dr. Kizza Besigye’s wife Winnie Byanyima, has told journalists that authorities from Luzira prison alerted them over the deteriorating health state of Dr. Kizza Besigye, allegedly asking them to dispatch his personal doctor to attend to him. Byanyima disclosed this during the Sunday media conference the family convened at Kampala […]
Dr. Kizza Beisgye is in critical condition, says his lawyer, Erias Lukwago. In a communication passed on Lukwago’s X handle 12 minutes ago, he has said that Dr. Besigye needs more prayers as he is currently admitted in a private medical facility at Bugoloobi where he was rushed in an ambulance after his health condition […]
A 27-year old bar attendant who was working with Choice Club in Wakiso is currently confined in her bed at home and completely run down with no money to buy food, pay rent, replenish her drug stock or pay school fees for her three dependent learners. Rehema Namuddu is currently under the care of her […]
Uganda’s Supreme Court has put to rest the debate on whether civilians can be tried in military courts. In an almost unanimous decision, the seven judges of the Supreme Court with a little variance ruled that military courts are not vested with the competency to try civilians. Chief Justice Alfonse Owinyi-Dollo held that Court Martial […]
Angry residents of three villages of Kiryammuli, Kigoogwa and Kkungu in Gombe Division, Wakiso district, have expressed anguish over a nauseating smell emanating from a fertilizer manufacturing factory in their area, operated by M/S Dei Pharma, a company run by foreign investors. In a meeting convened by the Mayor for Gombe Division, Ronald Kasirivu Kabembula […]
A man identified as Alfred Byamukama has spent 28 years at Luzira prison without appearing before courts for trial. Parliament’s Human Rights Committee has said his long stay on remand has exposed the persistent pre-trial detention crisis blamed for congestion in Uganda’s prisons. The parliament committee also found that more than a half of the population of […]
A review of 100 files at the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) by the Auditor General has disclosed delays of more than one year, with some complaints remaining pending for up to 10 years before completion of investigations. The revelation is carried in the latest Auditor General’s report for the financial year 2023/2024. In the report, […]
Anne Twinomugisha Muhairwe, the Deputy Inspector General of Government is under the spotlight for alleged environmental degradation, abuse of power, and torture following an incident involving Alex Katungi, a police officer from the environmental police unit. In a complaint addressed to Inspector General of Government Beti Olive Kamya, Katungi’s lawyers, Mwesigwa Rukutana & Co. Advocates, […]
The parish priest for St. Paul Catholic parish in Mukono town is stranded with a dumb 17-year-old girl who claims to be a daughter to a couple residing in Entebbe at a place she cannot exactly identify. Christibelle Namazzi who hears but cannot speak, communicates through writing in perfect English and Swahili. She says her […]
Kira Chief Magistrate, Shallon Niwaha has convicted a 35-year-old housemaid, Precious Tumuhirwe for torturing a 4-year-old girl. Tumuhirwe has been convicted following her own plea of guilty as a result of the evidence presented before court which was captured on a video clip while torturing Claire Tumwekwase. She has therefore been sentenced to 40 years […]