Commissioner of Police Fred Enanga who is also the forcespokesperson said the Joint task force has passed the directive to all District Police Commanders to start enforcing the guidelines of the media council that denies all unre-registered journalists covering campaigns and elections. Council Chair Ekoxchu any journalist who doesn't re-register faces criminal prosecution
Robinson Onecan Acen (Independent), Charles Onen Sali (Independent), Silver Oyet (Independent), Godfrey Luwo (NRM) and Margret Lamwaka Odwar (Independent) are among those who endorsed the pledge following concerns being raised by voters over the current moves over the status quo of land ownership.
Major Peter Mugisa, the UPDF 3rd Division spokesperson told URN on Sunday the weapons were recovered in cordon and search operations and sometimes through direct gunfire exchange between the rustlers and UPDF soldiers.
Ezra Ndizeye, the Kanungu District Community Development Officer told URN in an exclusive interview recently that at times they receive women who are not ready to return to their homes for fear of attack by their spouses and end up locking them in police cells, sometimes with their children, due to lack of shelter to accommodate them.
Moding is not entitled to any compensation since he has no document to prove ownership of the land despite the fact that everyone in Kotido knows that the land belonged to his late father.
The 1,443 kilometres oil export pipeline will transport crude oil from Uganda’s oil fields in Hoima to Tanga refinery in Tanzania, running through 10 districts in Uganda. However, hundreds of People in the areas earmarked for the pipeline are required to vacate their properties upon compensation to pave way for the construction.
