Mercy Walukamba, the chairperson of the Committee and Rahmah Juma Lubowa, a member of the committee were released on Thursday after spending two days in the hands of security.
According to Finn Church Aid (FCA), the organization that has relied on U.S. funding to implement its programs and the aid freeze has resulted in the suspension of over $4.4 million allocated to their Uganda operations. This drastic cut will deny 180,544 refugee students access to education, leaving them without critical support systems.
In Nabweru, Nansana Municipality, Agatha Mulawa, a local resident, woke up to find people sitting on benches near the town council offices. Surprised, she learned that the Electoral Commission (EC) officials were on-site to register new voters and update the existing voter register. A first-time voter, Mulawa had assumed that registration was automatic after receiving a national ID.
In an interview with Uganda Radio Network from Kitalya Min Max Prison, where he is currently serving his sentence, Kiiza stated that instead of apologizing, the military should be the one to apologize to him.
Addressing a press conference on Thursday at her home in Kasangati Wakiso district, Byanyima, who is the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS-UNAIDS, said she can’t accept the Uganda Prisons Service directives to freeze visits to prisoners starting December 24 to January 3 2025 because she doesn’t trust them to keep Besigye safe.
his practice was commonplace during the reign of Milton Obote. Among those who feared to be abducted from Kenya where they had sought asylum is none other than President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s family.
Popp called on the government to protect people’s rights that are enshrined in the constitution. He said this is the only way to build a country that is stable and peaceful.
Kisakye fled the country out of fear for her life and now lives in exile. The acquired materials added that in July 2023, Kisaakye received a report of an imminent threat to her life from her lawyer, which they had received from a person who identified himself as a member of one of the Security Agencies in Uganda.
Speaking to journalists at their offices in Kampala, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, the MP for Kira municipality who is also the spokesperson of the Katonga group said Besigye told them that security men who pretended to be Kenyans picked them up from the apartment and bundled them in a Kenyan registered vehicle and drove them at breakneck speed with occasional stops as they sought clearance.
“Go to Makindye Court Martial today at 11 am; you will find the answer you need,” said Brig. Felix Kulaigye, the UPDF spokesperson, when contacted by Uganda Radio Network regarding Besigye’s whereabouts.
“I request the govt [government] of Uganda to release my husband Dr Kizza Besigye from where he is being held immediately. Last Saturday, he was kidnapped in Nairobi for Hon. Martha Karua’s book launch. I am now reliably informed that he is in a military jail in Kampala. We his family and his lawyers demand to see him. He is not a soldier. Why is he being held in a military jail?” Byanyima’s post reads.
In his ruling, Justice Dr Douglas Singiza Karekona said the stay of implementation of the decision of Makerere University Staff Appeals Tribunal is necessary to not prejudice the main petition.
Namale Desire and her uncle Muyingo Mutasa Charles sued Horeb Services Uganda Limited the recruitment company and its director Ezra Mugisha over the death of her mother Milly Namutamba.
The Tribunal, chaired by the newly appointed chairperson, Dr Henry Onoria also awarded Prof. Barya 100 million Shillings in general damages and directed the board to reconsider the decision which was considered unjust.
Kayunga RDC Moses Dumba together with the DISO Barasa Kildon, paraded a man who called himself Martin Lukwago who they said is on the list of the NUP supporters who have been reported missing.
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