Richard Kaijuka, the chairman Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum says most investments take long enough to outlive the situation that the country is going through and that these will ebb by the time the investments mature. He expects that long term current and prospective investors will not be swayed by the statements.
The game became intense with Busoga Unityed's Sunday Mulanda being forced off the pitch after picking a red card, but his team still managed to contain the pressure and earned all the three points.
Last week, foreign tourists, David Barlow and Celia Geyer were killed by ADF linked group alongside their Ugandan guide Eric Aryayi. The trio met death inside Queen Elizabeth National Park. Barlow and Geyer had just tied the knot and were on their honeymoon in Uganda when their lives tragically ended in the hands of criminals.
Josephine Angucia, the West Nile Police Spokesperson, says that Otim was released from Arua Central Police Station (CPS) cells on Monday. She says that the decision came after the Resident State Attorney advised that the case file be closed due to insufficient evidence when it was forwarded for perusal and legal advice.
Sam Twineamazima, the Savannah Regional Police Spokesperson, says that Nayigaga discovered the bodies after failing to get a response from Namusoke. She suspected something was amiss and promptly notified the police.
The victim, identified as Patrick Kiwanuka, was a resident of Kiwamirembe zone in Kikyuusa town council. He was attacked on a Sunday evening at Kerezia zone in Kikyuusa town council.
Margaret Orik Obonyo, the Aswa Regional Prison Commander said Monday that some inmates at the Gulu Main Prison have spent four years on remand without getting justice.
The ADF, known to operate from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo -DRC and in Kasese district has been accused of masterminding various terror attacks including the most recent one involving a tourist from Britain and South Africa who were killed from Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Musasizi is accused of coordinating criminal activities for wanted gang leaders such as Dindondi, Hazard, Assassin, and Sam Foster, who have been on the police's wanted list for the past year. He had fled Jinja city during the police operations against machete-wielding men between December 2022 and April 2023.
Kasolo received a life sentence, while Hassan Kisekka, Nasif Kalyango, and Shafiq Mpanga were sentenced to 30 years in prison. They joined Isaac Ssenabulya, who had earlier pleaded guilty to the counts of murder, kidnapping, and aggravated robbery.
Alfred Ombaga, the head teacher of Paceru primary school says that following last month’s disaster, teaching and learning have been greatly affected, especially during the current rainy season in which lessons often end prematurely as teachers and pupils run in disarray to seek shelter in other classrooms.
According to Enanga, five thugs intercepted the truck around 9 p.m. enroute to Kampala and placed the driver at gunpoint. The truck was transporting 34 tons of kerosene from Kenya to the Prompet Energies Ltd depot in Kampala.
Several families in Moroto district are on the verge of starvation due crop failure that resulted from the prolonged drought which destroyed over 10000 acres of land.
Shadrick Nambobi Wati, the Bunambobi Primary School Management Committee chairperson, has expressed concern about the inadequate sanitation facilities at the school. He says that the school has only two pit latrines, constructed in 1999, and they are currently full.
“I met with the members of the Federation, officials from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, URSB, and ULRC. In the meetings, I noted that there is a need for extensive stakeholder consultations,” said Jackson Kafuuzi Karugaba, the Deputy Attorney General.
Previously, the university had three official entry and exit points: The Main, Western, and Eastern gates. However, there were at least five other smaller gates around the university that were often unmanned and lacked adequate lighting at night.
Speaking at a dialogue on SDG in Gulu City on Monday, Namondo says the country, like other African states, is struggling to achieve the target of gender equality because of social norms that need to change.
The PAPs contend that Ssali, who also serves as the local Project Liaisons Coordinator, did not meet their expectations as he allegedly misrepresented them to the project evaluation teams, resulting in unfair compensation entitlements.
“It follows therefore that Miscellaneous Application No. 271 of 2023 having since been withdrawn by the Applicant, the substratum of the present Reference stands removed, leaving it with no legal or procedural basis. The supposedly automatic right of appeal based on contempt of court illegality would not cure this defect as it was not pleaded either by an amendment to the original application or to the present reference,” the court ruled.
