The Judiciary has rolled out small claims procedure to 14 new courts bringing the total number of courts utilizing the fast access to justice initiative to 142. Her Worship Lillian Bucyana, the Ag Assistant Registrar in Charge of Small Claims Procedure registry and Magistrate Grade One, HW Jackline Kagoya spearheaded the exercise. Divided into two…
Vice President Rtd. Maj, Jessica Alupo. has called for punitive measures against District Local Governments that fail to fully utilise funds allocated by Government saying they cripple vital Government programmes meant for local communities. She said, that although returning funds is more acceptable than embezzling the funds and doing false accountabilities, she insisted that public…
NUP Members of Parliament Hon. Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye West and Hon. Mohammed Ssegirinya of Kawempe North have been remanded to Kitalya Prisons until the 15th of this month over Masaka murders. The two yesterday spent half of the day at Masaka District Police Headquarters recording Statements and interrogations. Police says the pair was pinned…
The High Court in Kampala has dismissed a petition filed by Sulaiman Kidandala challenging the election of Muhammad Ssegirinya as Kawempe North Member of Parliament. Kidandala who came second in the Kawempe North elections with 7,512 votes against Ssegirinya who polled 41,197 accused the Kawempe North legislator of playing ping pong games in petition challenging…
The Archbishop of the Orthodox church in Uganda, Central Africa under the Eastern Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Archbishop Yona Lwanga, has died. The 76 years Old who completed his general education in Bulemezi and Kyaddondo, Uganda (1952-1964) died in Athens after battling Cancer for a long time. In 1964-1968 he studied at the Ecclesiastical School…
There’s growing panic in the leading opposition party the National Unity Platform over the latest links to the gruesome murders by machete-wielding men in Greater Masaka Region. Police yesterday summoned the Party’s Allan Ssewanyana(Makindye West MP ) and popular Mohammad ssegirinya (Kawempe North Mp) for questioning in relation to the spate of attacks. The duo…
The Vice Chancellor of Victoria University, Dr. Lawrence Muganga who was arrested on September 2 by security operatives on allegations of espionage and working in the country illegally was released yesterday. A video shared on social media, showed plain-clothed gunmen forcing Muganga and his bodyguard into a van. A joint security team from the Chieftaincy…
The Police Criminal Investigations Division has summoned two National Unity Platform (NUP) MPs, Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana over the ongoing killings in Masaka. In letters dated September 3, 2021, through the speaker of Parliament, police said that the two MPs should appear at Masaka Police Station on Monday 6, to record statements. “This serves…
The family of Dr. Lawrence Muganga, the Vice Chancellor Victoria University have demanded to know where he is being held and also be allowed to access him. Dr. Muganga was on Thursday morning alongside his security detail and his Executive Secretary forcefully arrested from his office at Victoria University in Kampala. The UPDF spokesperson, Brig….
