The project, titled "Human Rights – Our Concern! Community Action to Strengthen Evidence-Based Advocacy for Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and Freedoms in Uganda," is being implemented by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) in partnership with Chapter Four Uganda and the African Institute for Investigative Journalism, with funding from the European Union.
Nagadya is accused of conspiring with her daughter to stage the kidnapping of her 7-year-old daughter and demanding a UGX 5 million ransom from the child’s father, who subsequently reported the incident to the police.
“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.
During these vigils, which happen twice every year in September when the global safe abortion day is marked and in December during the 16 days of activism the community is asked to compile names of girls who succumbed to maternal health complications.
Julius Hakiza, the Albertine region police spokesperson says they received intelligence information that the suspects were traveling in a vehicle registration number UBB 824L Prado heading towards Kampala. Security immediately mounted a road block and intercepted the suspects on Friday morning and arrested them.
Authorities report that numerous people have continued to illegally reclaim wetlands for settlement and farming, posing a significant threat to the environment.
Ssemanda faced challenges as Ssebuliba, who identified himself as a “senior citizen, manufacturer, businessman, and youth,” accused the management of planning a snap election to fill the new MDF slots.
While addressing Wazalendo’s annual general meeting at the Jinja city’s based Gaddafi barracks on Friday, Muhanga argued that several strong armies in the world are investing heavily in the service sectors, which empowers them to sustainably improve the livelihoods of their officers and militants.
“Those who must or want to maintain the current staff can do that. Actually, some essential service providers might not have staff to alternate. Their permits will be renewed without any problem. But, in case an organization wants to bring another group of staff on board, it is also possible,” says Waiswa.
When our reporter revisited the polling station, the revelation threw whoever heard about it into laughter wondering where Katumba got such votes. “Are you talking about Katumba oyee? They asked, before erupting into laughter. That is not possible, another resident exclaimed. Several bodaboda riders near the polling station were amazed that this had happened in their area.
Kadaga observed that the national taskforce is currently concentrating its’ food aid campaigns in the areas of Kampala and Wakiso, while sidelining other equally starving communities throughout the country.
Uganda Prison's Service Spokesperson Frank Baine says that the newly constructed Kitalya Min Max Prison in Wakiso will be holding all suspects remanded from Kampala Metropolitan Area at this time. The facility which was built to hold inmates on longer sentences has been empty at the moment and is now seen as a perfect place of isolation.
Joseph Kamukama, the Wakiso Division Police Commander, notes that much of the distress calls are coming in through security system given the fact that the numbers shared by the Health Ministry were widely shared and are inaccessible easily.
Ali Wamala Ngudde, a resident, claims that some people own titles in the areas which the ministry is claiming to be wetlands. He says that the ministry needs to be careful while trading on their land.
Bussi Island, which is 10kilometers away from Entebbe town, remains secluded and visibly detached from the rest of Wakiso district because of poor physical infrastructure and lack of proper transport means.
