Kinyera began as an Operative Officer in the Directorate of Collection from 2003 to 2005 and later served as Deputy DISO in Oyam District from 2005 to 2007. President Museveni Appoints New ISO Director, Drops Col. Katabazi President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today appointed the Internal Security Organization (ISO) Director, Major (rtd) Arthur Mugyenyi, and […]
Museveni’s war against women is not just about silencing individuals—it is about crushing the collective powers of women in Uganda. THE UNSEEN WAR: MUSEVENI’S POLITICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN UGANDA By Betty Nambooze Bakireke, Woman MP Mukono Municipality (Speech at the celebration of belated International Women’s day held by NUP at the party headquarters on […]
In a dramatic turn of events, members of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) parliamentary caucus have decided to support a bill for amending the UPDF Act due to be presented today (Tuesday) before parliament, to restore a provision running contrary to the recent Supreme Court ruling concerning trial of civilians in the general military courts. […]
President Yoweri Museveni has said it is not true that the Ugandan army UPDF has deployed troops in Eastern Congo to help the Congo government fight the M-23 rebels. STATEMENT IN FULL I need to clarify one misinformation I saw on Al-Jazeera TV, the other night. There was an item that said that Uganda had […]
A section of angry parents of Kayunga Girls’ Primary School in Kayunga Town Council, Kayunga District have asked authorities in the area to take punitive action against their school headteacher whom they accuse of sabotaging the government’s Universal Primary Education (UPE) program. The parents, who were led by a parent who identified herself as Susan […]
The civil division of the high court has nullified a decision by the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) Executive Director Dr. Jackson Orem to remove his deputy Dr. Victoria Walusansa from office. In a ruling on Friday, Justice Musa Sekaana maintained that Walusansa, who has been the Institute’s Deputy Director since March 2013 following her appointment […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has asked criminal investigators to strengthen their linkage with the population in order to fight corruption better and wipe it out. According to the President, corruption remains a big problem but easy to fight because the local people on ground who are the beneficiaries of public resources being stolen are willing […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today promoted the Director of Operations Service, Senior Commissioner of Police (SCP) Frank Mwesigwa to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police. Police spokesperson, Rusoke Kituuma says that AIGP Mwesigwa has been promoted together with other six senior police officers. These include; SCP Bamunoba Ubaldo, SCP Baryamwisaki Felix, SCP […]
Capt. Simon Tibaijuka is the notorious commander of the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) in charge of Mukono district whom the residents and the local leaders have pinned on enormous human rights violations which he committed together with his juniors in the name of fighting illegal fishing on Lake Victoria. Capt. Simon is said to have […]
The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has granted bail to a Tik-toker Ibrahim Musana Commonly known as Pressure 24/7. The court has barred him from mentioning names of President Yoweri Museveni, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II as part of his bail terms and conditions. The social media […]