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The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has set May 14 as the date for aspiring candidates to officially express interest in the forthcoming Kalangala District Woman MP by-election.The seat fell vacant following the death of MP-elect Helen Nakimuli, a NUP member. According to Johnmary Ssebwufu, a member of the party’s elections management committee, aspirants will be required to physically submit …

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), in partnership with Roofings Group, has launched a Shs 2 billion project to redevelop Kasubi Family Primary School into a modern learning facility.The project, funded under corporate social responsibility, will be implemented by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC). Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, KCCA deputy executive director Benon Kigenyi described the initiative as a transformative …

Viewers: 90,001 By Spy Uganda At least 42 people have been killed in eastern Chad after a dispute between two families over access to water spiraled into a wave of retaliatory violence, government officials confirmed. Deputy Prime Minister Limane Mahamat announced the death toll during a visit on Monday to the village of Igote in Wadi Fira province, near …

Opposition leader and National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has said that security forces deployed at his home in Magere are guarding an empty house after his wife and children fled the country for safety. Speaking at the Geneva Human Rights Conference, Bobi Wine said the heavy security presence at his residence …

A few days after the outgoing Butambala Member of Parliament, Hon. Muwanga Kivumbi has been charged with Terrorism and remanded to Kitalya Prison. Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi in court  (Courtesy photo) His family led by Al Hajji Muda Lutaaya have agreed to hire Lukwago and Company Advocate to represent their relative in Court. “The family of the late Ali Lutaaya of …

KAMPALA — Dr. Kizza Besigye, Uganda’s veteran opposition figure, has now spent 432 consecutive days in detention without conviction, as concerns mount over his deteriorating health and the prolonged pretrial confinement that rights advocates say violates fundamental due process protections. Besigye was seized in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 16, 2024, in what the Commonwealth Secretary-General later described as an “extraterritorial …

Remarks made by retired Chief Justice Owiny Dollo during his retirement and handover ceremony have triggered a fresh controversy over the long-running Mutungo Hill land dispute involving the estate of the late businessman Dr Muhammad Buwule Kasasa and the family of the late Kabaka of Buganda, Sir Edward Walugembe Mutesa II. While handing over office to Acting Chief Justice Dr …

KAMPALA – In a significant move highlighting parallel crises within Uganda’s judicial system, relatives of imprisoned former accountant Geoffrey Kazinda and officials from the National Unity Platform (NUP) have jointly petitioned the Uganda Law Society (ULS) for urgent intervention. The appeals, made during a meeting with ULS leadership, underscore two critical fronts: the prolonged detention of a high-profile convict and …

KAMPALA– it’s now Five years as the former Principal Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Geoffrey Kazinda remains is still serving a sentence at Luzira Prison over quashed accusations by the Constitutional Court. Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo (Courtesy photo) This has prompted Kazinda’s family, friends to petition the Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo and all justices …

The Family of Mzee Blasio Bamuturaki of Ibarya Cell (Village), Kihanda Sub County, Kanungu District have called upon President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to intervene in the matter where they allege that some government officials are coniving with other individuals to grab their family land. One of demolish houses. These accuse, two Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) are on spot for allegedly …