Satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija who was arrested on December 28th,2021 form his home in kisasi, has today been remanded to Kitalya prison on charges of offensive communication. The court read him two recent instances where he misused his twitter Handle @kakwenzaRukira, on December 24, 2021, in Kampala district, Kakwenza willfully and repeatedly used his handle to disturb the peace of…
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Prime Minister Right Honorable Robinah Nabbanja has banned countrywide roadblocks forcing people to get vaccinated. Following the opening of the country’s transport sector, the Uganda Police Force has embarked on a countrywide system where they are forcing all unvaccinated road users to get vaccinated at various road blocks that have been put up. Although various vaccination campaigns have been ran…
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Eva Basima, the wife to missing novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija is set to appear in court tomorrow, Monday 10th January 2022 in a bid to locate her missing husband. Kakwenza is a Ugandan PEN Pinter Prize award winning novelist known for his famous work “The Greedy Barbarian” among many others satirical works that depict a fictional corrupt state in which the…
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Conrad Asiimwe is a second-year student pursuing a Bachelors’ Degree in Journalism and Communication and just like many other students, he was affected by the online learning system. With close to no experience with gadgets, he was thrown into the world of technology as the university resorted to using online study platforms. Traditionally, the learning process within the university consisted…
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Former Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has cautioned President Museveni over his intentions of scrapping bail for suspected capital offenders.President Museveni has time and again expressed his interest to scrap bail for suspected capital offenders and also revive the death penalty sentence for those found guilty of committing murder.Despite the president’s intentions, members of the judiciary and human rights activists have…
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Pope Theodoros II of the Orthodox Church of All Africa has described Uganda as Africa’s mother of the Orthodox religion. The Pope made these remarks while paying President Museveni a courtesy visit. Having been in Uganda before, he expressed his great love for the country and even promised to donate 2,000 covid-19 vaccines to the country through her embassy in…
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Stanbic bank has taken over petroleum products company Mogas due to failure to service her three-year-old loan. Basing on recent reports, Stanbic bank has put Maestrol Oil and Gas Solution (MOGAS) under receivership in a bid to recover it’s money that the company has failed to pay during the three year term limit that was set Despite media attempts to…
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Court has dismissed Paul Mwiru’s election petition against Nathan Igeme Nabeta’s victory in the recently concluded elections. Paul Mwiru who contested under the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) ticket emerged with 5,355 votes while his opponent Nathan Igeme Nabeta won with a total of 5,621 votes. Upon learning of his loss, Mwiru contested the election outcome claiming his opponent had…
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Inspector General of Police (IGP), Martin Okoth Ochola has asked Police to drop charges against a 17-year-old senior two student who declared him dead. According to the IGP, the suspect is a minor who does not know what he did and should therefore be freed of his charges and granted an opportunity to make amends for his flaws. While speaking…
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Former Presidential candidate and founder of the Forum for Democratic Change, FDC Dr. Kizza Besigye has demanded an apology from National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi. Basing on Besigye, Kyagulanyi is obligation to make a public statement in which he asks his NUP supporters to stop the ongoing attacks over the recently formed People’s Front for Transformation (PFT) to…
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