Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese district council has agreed to allocate one acre of land to the judiciary for the construction of the High Court. The land located in Rukoki is near the current magistrate premises. In October, the Fort Portal Resident High Court Judge, Vincent Emmy Mugabo asked …
Read More »Bishop Okabe prophesied his demise: Christians
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Serere County Member of Parliament and overseer of Impact Ministries, Bishop Patrick Okabe, preached a message related to his demise, members of his church have revealed. According to Christians, in his sermon on December 18th, 2022 at the Mbale city-based cathedral, Okabe delivered …
Read More »Military police commander rallies officers to adopt modern skills to fight criminality
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj Gen Don Nabasa, the Commandant of the Military Police has rallied officers to adopt Information and Communication Technology-ICT skills and related modern technologies in the fight against criminality. He made the call while passing out 113 officers sourced from different units of the Uganda …
Read More »Moroto receives waste management equipment worth UGX 10M
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto municipality has received waste management equipment worth Shillings 10 million thanks to Welthunger, an implementing partner on a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene- WASH project. The equipment consisting of ten wheelbarrows, gumboots, rakes, hand gloves, and spades among others were delivered to the municipal council …
Read More »UK’s Rwanda asylum plan lawful: high court
London, UK | Xinhua | Judges at the United Kingdom’s (UK) High Court ruled on Monday that the government’s plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is lawful, but they also criticized the government for failing to properly assess the circumstances of the eight individuals it tried to …
Read More »Police commissions UGX 1.75 Billion Savannah regional headquarters
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Savannah regional police headquarters in Luwero town have finally been commissioned, 12 years after the construction works kicked off. Savannah Regional Police comprises Luwero, Nakaseke, and Nakasongola districts. Construction of the Savannah Regional Police headquarters started in 2010 with support from the Justice Law …
Read More »Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected as president of S. Africa’s governing party
Johannesburg, S.A. | Xinhua | Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has been re-elected to lead the party for a second term of five years, according to the election results released on Monday. Ramaphosa was re-elected during the 55th national conference of the …
Read More »Army court has no power to try civilians – Constitutional court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional court has for the second time in less than two years ruled that military courts have no power to try civilians. In a majority ruling written by now Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Musoke, the court held that military courts are not courts of …
Read More »Kasese chairperson drops deputy in mini reshuffle
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kasese district LCV chairperson Eliphazi Muhindi, has dropped his vice chairperson, Jetress Ithungu in a reshuffle of the district executive committee. Ithungu was also serving as the district finance and planning secretary. Muhindi also dropped Christopher Macumu, the Karusandara sub county councilor who had …
Read More »Twitter users say Elon Musk should step down as CEO in a poll
San Francisco, U.S. | Xinhua | Twitter users voted with a majority in a weekend poll indicating that Elon Musk should step down as CEO of the social media company. Among the 17.5 million votes cast in Musk’s 12-hour poll, which closed early Monday, 57.5 percent were in favor of …
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