The applicants recount their abduction from Nairobi, Kenya, on November 16, 2024, and subsequent detention at Makindye Military Barracks without due process. They were later charged before the General Court Martial, which they protested, citing their civilian status.
The Pope’s coffin, escorted by Swiss Guards, cardinals, and other priests, was transported from Casa Santa Marta, where he died, to the Basilica, where people will be able to come pay their respects over the next few days.
Kazoora said he never mined a lower of higher rank in the army because when he went to the bush, he never set out to be in the army apart from fighting for freedom
Speaking during a meeting with bishops and the organising committee of this year’s Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations from Northern Uganda, Archbishop Kaziimba acknowledged the grief of the global Catholic community and expressed solidarity with them during this difficult time.
According to Rev Oceng, the school dormitory was being illegally used without due inspection by the district education department to ascertain whether it was safe for learner’s accommodation.
The pinnacle of Pope Francis’s visit was his Mass at the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine, where he honored the Uganda Martyrs—22 young Catholics executed in the late 1800s for refusing to renounce their faith. His visit coincided with the 50th anniversary of their canonization by Pope Paul VI in 1964.
On Tuesday, District Registrars embarked on training Sub-county registrars on how the nominations would be conducted before they dispatched them with forms of expression of interest to start the exercise. On Wednesday, the sub county registrars also trained the parish registrars who are mandated to oversee the nominations across the villages.
In the capital, the head of the Orthodox Church in Uganda, Metropolitan Jeronymos Muzeeyi, delivered his Easter message from St. Nicholas Cathedral in Namungoona, urging Ugandans to embrace tolerance and reject hatred ahead of the upcoming elections.
While delivering his homily during the Easter mass at Lubaga Cathedral, Archbishop Ssemogerere clarified that the pastoral letter was not intended to single out any individual or group.
“Let me say this, Bobi Wine and Mpuuga would not reconcile just because they came to church and sat together. In fact, whoever does that is making them commit the sin of hypocrisy. Making them sit together is just for pictures—it is cosmetic but not helpful at all. Reconciliation must come from the heart and should not be forced,” Fr. Mugambe said.
The Friday event, brought together thousands of believers who walked in solidarity through major towns and cities across the country, a devotion that reflects on the final journey of Jesus Christ to Calvary.
On Tuesday, the elders gathered in the Akiriket and slaughtered a bull that Lokure paid for as a fine for cleansing their shrine to avoid rainstorms.
Robert Lochuga, one of the residents, said that the storm came through the direction where the trees were cut.
The sub-county hosts several critical institutions, including the Nakapelimoru Army Secondary School, the 405 UPDF Brigade, a community police station, and a Health Centre III, which serves over 1,000 outpatients monthly.
According to regional police spokesperson Mike Longole, the excessive consumption of illegally brewed alcohol, especially crude waragi, has long been a major driver of crime in the area, fueling cattle rustling, violence, and deaths related to liver complications.
Mike Longole, the Mt. Moroto Regional Police Spokesperson, said security operations are being reinforced through collaboration with sister forces, including the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF).
