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Hours after Uganda’s police chief got an injunction against several media houses covering investigations into the murder of Assistant Inspector of Police (AIGP) Andrew Felix Kaweesi, 13 people have been arraigned before the Nakawa Chief Magistrate court in connection  with the brutal murder The suspects, whose names were not readily available, …

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has spoken confidently about Africa’s enormous potential, and the bank’s ambitious development agenda, which he said was well underway. He said this, in an impassioned speech, delivered at the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, April 19.   The High 5s …

Kampala High Court’s Assistant Registrar Joy Kabagye Bahinguza has issued an injunction temporarily stopping the media from publishing stories regarding the investigations into the murder of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi. This follows a case filed by Uganda’s Inspector General of Police Gen.Edward Kale Kayihura through the Attorney General, against Red …

Three  local  security officers of Kawaala- Zone 111 in Rubaga Division have been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment each after being convicted of  mob justice by the High court in Kampala. Evidence in court showed that  Kizito Gozanga, Abdullah Kaweesi and Disan Tumwesigye on the night of April 25, 2013, …

JOB TITLE: Uganda Refinery Project ENGINEER REPORTS TO: GENERAL MANAGER DEADLINE: 17:00 hours (5:00pm EAT) not later than 28th April 2017 Job Summary: The Refinery Project Engineer (PE) will provide technical coordination to the Uganda Refinery Project team for all project phases to ensure effective project development and performance. The PE will …

Uganda’s Inspector General of Police Gen. Edward Kale Kayihura has gone to the High Court in Kampala to challenge the ongoing publication of stories regarding the investigation into the murder of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi. The matter is already before the Assistant Registrar Joy Kabagye Bahinguza who will decide whether …

Uganda artist Waswad steps into controversy By Dominic Muwanguzi The opening day of Ugandan artist Donald Augustine Wasswa aka Waswad at Afriart in Kampala has gone down in local art lore because of one of the works on display titled controversially as `My Screw ups 1, 2& 3’. This is …

Yumbe, Uganda | AFP | Michael O’Hagan Ugandan motorbike taxi driver Sadiq Agotre grumbles as he waits for a rare client among thousands of South Sudanese refugees hoping to receive food rations in the outskirts of his town. “Business is not good. These people don’t have money,” he says, gazing out …

Simply put, health creates wealth and the international support Uganda has relied on may not materialise this time By Deborah R. Malac On World Health Day April 07, Uganda should have taken stock of the progress it has made in creating a healthier population. According to the recently released Uganda …

Brian Mugabo, the Political Assistant to embattled Labour Minister Herbert Kabafunzaki has been remanded to Luzira prison on fresh charges of corruption. Mugabo, who was brought from Kigo Government prison on Wednesday to receive sentence following a guilty plea he entered last week,  astonished court when he informed it that …