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The constitutional court has stopped the trial of former LRA commander Col. Thomas Kwoyelo, the only former LRA official currently facing charges under the war crimes court. Kwoyelo alias Latoni was in July charged in the Gulu Based International Crimes Division with several counts of murder, kidnap, destruction of property and aggravated robbery among others. He […]
Hearing of a case in which a photo journalist Arthur Kintu accusing a businessman over assault and malicious damage to property has taken off at Buganda road court with two witnesses taking a stand. Arthur Kintu a photo journalist with the government owned paper the New Vision who is the main complainant and Henry Mukasa […]
The Inspector General of Government Mr. Rafael Baku and the Director of Public Prosecutions Richard Buteera have jointly re-echoed the need for allocation of more resources to the government agencies whose mandate includes fighting corruption and graft. They noted that both institutions are grossly understaffed making monitoring and implementation of all the laws against corruption […]
Caleb Alak, the lawyer representing former Lord’s resistance Army rebel Timothy Kwoyelo presently facing 53 counts of war crimes comprising crimes against humanity has asked government to pronounce itself over Kwoyelo’s amnesty application. Kwoyelo faces charges of murder, wilful killing, kidnap with intent to kill, and destruction of property during an attack he commanded in […]
The Leader of Uganda’s Opposition Nandala Mafabi has delivered the opposition’s response to President Museveni’s 2011 State of the Nation Address calling on the government to get more serious in the fight against corruption. Mafabi told Parliament on Tuesday that the government needs to do more in investigating corruption related cases and prosecuting all those implicated. The opposition also […]
The State has asked court to dismiss an application in which former VP Prof. Gilbert Baalibasekka Bukenya is seeking for Constitutional court orders to temporarily block the IGG from further prosecuting him in relation to abuse of office during CHOGM preparations. State Attorney Henry Oluka has told the Constitutional court session this morning that the […]
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS 2011 BY HE Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda At Parliament Kampala, June 8, 2011 HE The Vice President, Rt Hon Speaker, His Lordship the Chief Justice, Rt Hon Deputy Speaker, Rt Hon Prime Minister, Rt Hon Leader of the Opposition, Hon Ministers, Hon Members of Parliament, […]
The Opposition coalition leaders have demanded the Inspector General of Police and the DPP to publish a full list of their people who are under detention and where they are detained from. Speaking at a joint opposition press conference at the UPC headquarters, the UPC Party President Dr Olara Otunnu says that they know some […]
HRNJ: The safety and security of journalists in Uganda have witnessed its greatest decline to the lowest ebb says, the Press Freedom Index (PFI) report 2011. The report released today indicates that 55 journalists were subjected to different forms of violence singling out particularly physical attacks on individual journalists to be on rise with 36 […]
The MP for Erute county north Charles Angiro Gutumoi has dismissed the media reports that he was summoned by the DPP and he refused to answer the charges. Gutumoi while speaking to our reporter said that he was surprised by the reports because he has never received any summon. He says that its not even the […]