Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Justice Paul Kihara Kariuki as the Attorney General following the surprise resignation of Professor Githu Muigai on Tuesday. He has been attorney General for the last six and a half years, guiding the country through trying times that included the …
Read More »Kitatta and 11 others formally charged in Army Court, remanded to Luzira Prison
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The patron of Boda-Boda 2010 and also Rubaga NRM Chairman Abdalla Kitata and 11 other people on Tuesday appeared before the General Court Martial in Makindye where they faced charges of unlawful possession of firearms and military stores. However they all refused to plead to …
Read More »Museveni advises bishop to read Ecclesiastes 3:1-3
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandan religious leaders to seek a “disciplined way of interacting” with him and stop provoking him. “I am somebody who knows what I am doing. I do not think there are many people who can lecture me about what …
Read More »SUDHIR: I got Kololo SSS land legally
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia Thursday defended himself before the Land Probe Commission over accusations by Kololo Senior Secondary School that he grabbed their sports field along Lugogo bypass in Kampala, close to where his Kampala Parents Primary School is situated. Sudhir told the commission …
Read More »Now, Police drops torture charges against Kirumira
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The case against controversial former Buyende District Police Commander ASP Muhammad Kirumira took yet another twist, when prosecution withdrew two charges of torture against him at the Police Tribunal. Prosecution told the tribunal at Naguru that they did not have witnesses to enable them …
Read More »Musota, Gadenya named as Museveni appoints 14 to Court of Appeal and High Court
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | President Yoweri Museveni has appointed 14 judges, four of whom who will serve at the Court of Appeal and 10 to the High court. Onto the Court of Appeal are Justices Christopher Madrama who has been serving at the Commercial Court, Steven Musota who has been …
Read More »Troy remanded to Kigo Prison in Mowzey Radio murder case
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Godfrey ‘Troy’ Wamala was Wednesday arraigned before Entebbe Magistrates Court and remanded to Kigo Prison on Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio murder charges. Troy is a businessman and a resident of Kyengera LC1, Nsangi Town council in Wakiso district, the same place where security operatives …
Read More »Kenya govt critic Miguna Miguna deported, on flight to Canada
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Reports from Nairobi indicate that Kenyan government critic Miguna Miguna was last night forced on a flight to Canada. Miguna Miguna’s lawyer John Khaminwa confirmed the development. Kenya’s official government newsroom tweeted soon after that ” Miguna is headed home. The court ordered he gets …
Read More »VIDEO: Meet Father Deogratius Kateregga
Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Fr. Deogratias Kiibi Kateregga the priest who preached at singer Mowzeys Radio’s requiem mass at Rubaga Cathedral has urged his fellow preachers to speak out on the evils that continue to afflict the Ugandan society. Speaking with brutal candour during the service, Father …
Read More »VIDEO: Fate of Bridge Schools uncertain as new term starts
VIDEO: Fate of Bridge Schools uncertain as new term starts Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The Operators of Bridge international Academies have promised to defy the directive by the education ministry to keep their schools closed. Speaking to NTV, the country Director Morrison Rwakakamba said all their schools …
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