In the third quarter of last financial year, (March this year), the students of Makerere University staged a strike over their unpaid internship cash.

The Police was heavily deployed to quell the strike. The police under the instructions of its inspector general, Kale Kayihura commanded beat students and one of the victims was a first year Computer Science student Nevis Namazzi.

Ms Namazzi was found in her room D18 at Douglas Villa Hostel in Kikoni. Her knee was shattered and her laptop, phone and other property were severely damaged reportedly by men in Uganda police uniform.

Until now she is lame and moving on clutches. Ms Namazzi says she met Kayihura twice who pledged to pay for her property and medical bills.

But up to date, Kayihura is tossing her around with unbecoming promises. However, Namazzi has registered her case through the Students Advocacy Forum (SAFO) to help her get justice.

SAFO is now calling upon human rights agencies and students to join them as they go with Namazzi in solidarity for a sit down hunger strike at the police Head Quarters on Friday 28th September 2012.

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Wakiso district has resolved to grab the property of the poor people who have failed to pay ground fees and property tax, David Naluwayiro, the district Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) has said.

According to Naluwayiro, many people in Wakiso have failed to pay ground fees and property tax. He says they have failed to pay these taxes for the last three years.

Naluwayiro says that it’s a must that all land owners and property owners have to pay taxes according to the laws of the land.

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SCRIPT Scholarships: The SCRIPT Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law offers two scholarships for students wishing to pursue one of the following programmes:

• LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law (Distance Learning)
• LLM Medical Law and Ethics (Distance Learning)
• LLM Intellectual Property Law (Distance Learning)
• LLM Information Technology Law (Distance Learning)

Scholarship amount: £3,000 each.

Award Criteria

Awards will be based on a short paper (up to 1500 words including footnotes) on following topic:

Critically assess an example of how technological innovation (eg. in medicine, IT, intellectual property, forensics) impacts on the law, and vice versa.

Your paper must be your own original work, and you should not have used it in any other context. It will be judged on its academic merit.

At least two members of the academic staff will assess the paper independently (double blind), and in case of dispute will refer the paper to a third member/party.

The first award is open to applicants from around the world. The second award is open specifically to assist students from developing countries.

A developing country shall be considered any country classified as a low income economy by the World Bank.

Applications for the scholarship must be submitted to clare.neilson[at]ed.ac.uk by 31st July.

For more information, see: SCRIPT Scholarships – Distance Learning Website

SCRIPT Scholarships: The SCRIPT Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law offers two scholarships for students wishing to pursue one of the following programmes:

• LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law (Distance Learning)
• LLM Medical Law and Ethics (Distance Learning)
• LLM Intellectual Property Law (Distance Learning)
• LLM Information Technology Law (Distance Learning)

Scholarship amount: £3,000 each.

Award Criteria

Awards will be based on a short paper (up to 1500 words including footnotes) on following topic:

Critically assess an example of how technological innovation (eg. in medicine, IT, intellectual property, forensics) impacts on the law, and vice versa.

Your paper must be your own original work, and you should not have used it in any other context. It will be judged on its academic merit.

At least two members of the academic staff will assess the paper independently (double blind), and in case of dispute will refer the paper to a third member/party.

The first award is open to applicants from around the world. The second award is open specifically to assist students from developing countries.

A developing country shall be considered any country classified as a low income economy by the World Bank.

Applications for the scholarship must be submitted to clare.neilson[at]ed.ac.uk by 31st July.

For more information, see: SCRIPT Scholarships – Distance Learning Website

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Intellectual Property and Technology Law Scholarships: The SCRIPT Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law offers scholarships for students wishing to pursue one of the following Distance Learning programmes:

• LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law
• LLM Medical Law
• LLM Intellectual Property Law
• LLM Information Technology Law

Award Application Eligibility Criteria:

Awards will be based on a short paper (up to 1500 words including footnotes) on following topic:

• Critically assess an example of how technological innovation (for example; in medicine, IT, music distribution, forensics) impacts on the law, and vice versa.

Your paper must be your own original work, and you should not have used it in any other context.

It will be judged on its academic merit.

Please use the coversheet provided.

To be considered for the award, you must first complete the application process for entry to the LL.M in Innovation, Technology and the Law (distance learning).

Deadline: 31st July each year.

Applications for the scholarship must be submitted to: llm.distance [at] ed.ac.uk.

For further information and to download the coversheet, see: Intellectual Property and Technology Law Scholarships Website

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LLM in Innovation, Technology and the Law: The degree of LLM in Innovation, Technology and Law offers advanced study of a range of law or law-related subjects, with an opportunity to develop more detailed knowledge, understanding and research skills in a chosen dissertation topic.

The LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law may be taken on campus over 1 year full time or 2 years part-time. This LLM may also be taken by distance learning over a period of 1, 2 or 3 years.

LLM Innovation, Technology and the Law Courses

– Current Issues in EU Law and Practice
– E-Commerce
– European Media Law and Policy
– Data Protection and Information Privacy
– Intellectual Property 1: Copyright & Related Rights
– Intellectual Property 2: Industrial Property
– IP and Technology: Developing Countries
– IP and Technology: International Institutions
– Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 1
– Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 2
– Law of Climate Change
– Legal Challenges of Information Technologies
– Public Law and New Technologies
– Sport and the Law

Should you wish to discuss any aspect of the LLM degree or your application please contact Maria Byars in the School of Law Postgraduate Office.

Application deadline: September each year.

For more information on the LL.M. degree in Innovation, Technology and the Law, please contact: Professor Charlotte Waelde, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK. Tel: +44 131 650 2020. Fax: +44 131 662 0724. Email: charlotte.waelde [at] ed.ac.uk

For more information and scholarship application see; LLM in Innovation, Technology and the Law Website

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President Museveni has directed police to block walk to work activities whenever the force gets wind of it in any part of Uganda.

The OC Kasangati police barracks Francis Tumwesigye says that he is on standing orders from above deploy at Col. Kiiza Besigye’s home whenever he receives information that the Colonel is planning to walk on foot. The police yesterday deployed heavily near Besigye’s home after receiving false reports that Besigye was plotting to resume walk to work campaigns.

Security sources told our informer that the leaders of Activists for Change popularly known as A4C have received money from donors to resume walk to work campaigns. The police say that some of the activists in A4C rob peoples property and destroy public properties.

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Palma says that her husband, Charles, 42 was an engineer working with Nile Breweries in Jinja municipality, eastern Uganda. Akello says that the suspects shot dead Eturuket as he walked out of his home to take a bath in January.  Palma Akello says that Charles died in the door way where he fell after he was shot in the head by the suspects.

Akello narrates that  one of the suspects (Ssengendo) demanded to be given all the money the deceased had in the house while the second suspects (Magero) collected the deceased’s items.

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The police commander of Jinja, Jonathan Musinguzi says that the Uganda Police have the capacity to manage the fire if the police Fire brigade is called on time.

Musinguzi says that many times people call the Fire Brigade when the fire has already escalated and there is nothing to save. The police commander says that the Fire Brigade has the capacity to bring down the fire if people report the fire outbreak on time. He also says the public is blamed for making up narrow roads where Fire Brigade vehicles can not pass.

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Nabakooba says that the suspects would be paraded before journalists after investigations. She says that the suspects were arrested after a tip off from one of the concerned residents.

Nabakooba also urged the members of the public with information about the activities of iron bar men and thugs to forward it to police for action. She says that the police will keep such information as a highly confidential information because it is aware of its sensitivity.

Hundreds of people in Kampala and its suburbs have been attacked by thugs in a period of less than six months and their property worth millions of shillings stolen.

By Stephen Kamoga

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When Denis Okema returned home with his family, his house was wide open with no trace of his property, save for rolls of toilet pepper.

Like he was possessed Okema rushed to neighbours and shouted ‘my house has been swept clean and all the property stolen.’

The neighbours also came and checked his house and found it empty. Okema has now reported the matter to the area police post and as usual the force is hunting for the thugs. The police are yet to nab the people who stole Okema’s property.

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