Tag Archives: General

The High Court in Mukono has ordered state operatives, police officers, and local officials to compensate a farmer over a series of constitutional rights violations arising from a disputed land eviction in Naggalama, Mukono District, including unlawful assault, detention, and failure by authorities to act on reported crimes.The court directed LC I Chairperson of Wanjeyo-Kalagala-Kito Village, George William Ssembatya, and …

St Petersburg, Russia– The Director of Public Prosecutions of Uganda, Mr. Lino Anguzu, and the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Mr. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gutsan, have signed a Cooperation Agreement to strengthen cooperation to combat crime. Mr. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Gutsan with Mr. Lino Anguzu This agreement represents a significant step in the efforts of the two Offices to combat the …

× Hon Kiconco Katabazi Patrick is the newly elected Rukiga Member of Parliament. He is also a lawyer from Pathways Advocates and has been handling payments of beneficiaries of supplied tea seedlings under the NAADS/Operation Wealth Creation programme. He got issues and was called to Parliament’s PAC-COSASE committee where he was grilled some time back. He later dragged the attorney …

A section of lawyers has criticized the High Court order that was issued to stop the execution of a decision of the lawyers’ disciplinary body scrapping off Richard Buzibira from the roll of advocates. The lawyers claim that Buzibira used a wrong procedure to appeal against the Law Council decision and order thereby misleading the judge to issue a wrong …

Kampala– The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) Secretary General, Hon. Hadji Abbas Muluubya Ssekyanzi, hosted three senior officials from the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). The delegation comprised Rev. Dr. Cyrus Ssebugenyi, Head of Audit, Monitoring and Compliance and team leader, Mr. Andrew Kasumba, and Ms. Hope Mukalere, both Senior Professional Staff Members. The trio paid a courtesy call on …

    By Mulengera Reporters As pressure mounts on government to leverage the Anita Among investigations momentum to cast the net wider, PFF’s Salaam Musumba has specifically called on the President to ensure that the Office of Auditor General is also cleaned up once and for all.   Salaam Musumba, a former MP, says that there is no way Anita …

× Fellow Policy Implementers and Enforcement Officers, Dr. Rugaju says: All excuses are equal, but they don’t cancel the responsibility. “I was ordered by above” is an excuse. “Everyone does it” is an excuse. “The salary is small” is an excuse. The President gave us an order in Article 99 of the Constitution: Execute government policy. Excuses are mutiny. H.E. …

The UMSC Joint Session has resolved to fill vacant positions on the Executive Committee and Majlis Al-Ulaam, approve transfers of Regional Assistants to the Mufti (RAMs) and District Kadhis, and set key agenda items for consideration by the upcoming UMSC General Assembly. The resolutions were reached during a meeting of the Joint Session — an organ that combines the UMSC …

Old Kampala, Uganda — The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) has taken decisive administrative and policy steps following a Joint Session that brought together its Executive Committee and the Majlis Al-Ulaam, setting the stage for governance reforms and institutional continuity ahead of the forthcoming General Assembly. The high-level meeting, held on Sunday, May 3, 2026, at the UMSC Headquarters in …

The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, has proposed sweeping amendments to the controversial Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, signalling a government retreat from some of its most contentious provisions. The original Bill, tabled before parliament, has faced widespread opposition from the banking sector, legal fraternity, religious leaders, and civil society organisations, among others. Critics raised concerns over vague definitions and sweeping …