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Judiciary Backs Magistrates Courts Amendment Bill, Seeks Higher Jurisdiction Limits to Cut High Court Backlog

Judiciary Backs Magistrates Courts Amendment Bill Seeks Higher Jurisdiction Limits

Kampala– The Judiciary has supported the Magistrates Courts Amendment Bill, 2026, arguing that increasing the civil jurisdiction of Chief Magistrates and Magistrates would significantly reduce the case backlog currently burdening the High Court. Her worship Pamela Ocaya Lamunu, the Acting Chief Registrar. In a written presentation to Parliament’s Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Acting Chief Registrar Lamunu Pamella Ocaya said …

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HIV services cut back in America’s new global health strategy

The new U.S. global health plan calls for assigning staff in each U.S. foreign mission whose job would be watching for disease outbreaks and responding to them within 72 hours so they would not reach the United States.

The global AIDS community has been awaiting a plan from the Trump administration beyond funding cuts. But the “America First Global Health Strategy” released last month, is not what many were hoping for. While it prioritizes sector goals, such as greater country ownership, it would also withdraw funding for technical assistance or to monitor program quality. Experts say these pieces …

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MAF Launches Uganda’s First Ever Amphibious Float Plane to Cut Island Travel Time from 5 Days to 25 Minutes

MAF Launches Ugandas First Ever Amphibious Float Plane to Cut

By Robert Segawa In a historic step for Uganda’s aviation and island transport network, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) has unveiled the country’s first amphibious float plane an aircraft designed to take off on land and land directly on water, drastically cutting down travel time and providing emergency response services for island communities on Lake Victoria. The launch took place at …

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14 ARRESTED IN ISHAKA IN CONNECTION WITH PANGA MEN WHO CUT 17 PEOPLE ON INDEPENDENCE NIGHT

14 ARRESTED IN ISHAKA IN CONNECTION WITH PANGA MEN WHO

Post Views: 14 BY WILBER MUHWEZI KASIBANTE MKIN BUSHENYIwww.mknewslink.com(mk)Police in Bushenyi have arrested 14 people in connection with a deadly incident where 17 people were cut by panga men on independence day night in Ishaka townAccording to greater Bushenyi police spokes person SP Tayebwa, the arrests were made from Ishaka yesterday and last night.A credible source told www.mknewslink.com that …

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