The Luwero District Police Commander Living Twazagye, LC 3 Chairperson Chris Johns Buwembo and Buganda Kingdom representative in Bulemeezi County Ronald Mulondo tried to persuade the youths to unblock the road to ease traffic in vain.
Ntenga says many children are being abused by parents, teachers and fellow pupils but there is no one to listen to their frustrations. Because some children are very tiny and cannot match their abusers, they choose means like burning schools or even sometimes terminating their own life.
Victor Nalwanga the Village Election Officer for Kavule zone says although she reported up at 8 am for the exercise, by midday no single voter had turned up for registration.
Bishop Tukei was found found guilty of theft of Church property including land title. He had first been acquitted by the Grade One Magistrate, Emmanuel Pirimba but the church appealed the decision. The High Court overturned the ruling after agreeing with all the grounds proving theft raised by the church.
Uganda has one of the highest per capita alcohol consumption rates in sub-Saharan Africa. Records from UAIA show that 65% of the alcohol consumed in Uganda is from informal sources, and has led to a lot of Alcohol Use Diseases.
The oil companies say it is up to the government to withhold or release them, while the government say that it agreed, at the proposal by the companies, that not all in the agreement should be open to public viewing, so as to protect them from possible piracy by global competitors.
The Association decided to offer the free medical procedure to ailing but vulnerable children as the Indian Community in the country marks 100 years of existence in Uganda. This year also marks 50 years of the expulsion of Indians from Uganda in August 1972 when President Idi Amin accused them of "milking the country" through capital flight and exporting profits and revenue from their operations in the country.
Micheal Longole, the Mt. Moroto region police spokesperson told URN that they have resolved to resume their operations against the sale and consumption of crude waragi because it is partly to blame for the increasing cases of insecurity.
Lamwo Resident District Commissioner Osborn Ochieng says that the four were arrested at different intervals following a fierce fire exchange between the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) on Saturday.
The cooperative chairperson, Augustine Kule whose family is also among the 30 agents' families camped at Booma grounds said they have sold some of their personal and company belongings to clear farmer’s debts but the debt still remains huge.
A case of missing persons was reported to Kireka Police Station by one Irene Mugenyi, after her 60-year-old father Pius Wandera, a resident of Kamuli Zone A, was grabbed alongside five other family members under unclear circumstances. But details about the arrest had remained scanty over the last three days.
The Global Economic Prospects Report predicts that Uganda will not escape the slowdown in global growth that has been steepened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its effects on commodity markets, supply chains, inflation, and financial conditions have steepened.
Lugazi municipality has 19 town agents collecting revenue from the three divisions of Najjembe, Kawolo and Lugazi Central. Cyprian Byansi, the Municipal Secretary for Finance who also headed the probe committee says none of the town agents remits the council revenue from the trading licenses as it is collected.
According to Oketch, his brother has been living with diabetes and high blood pressure which some time back caused him a stroke but they were well managed. He says that Opaco has not complained of any health issues lately and today’s attack took them by surprise.
Matthew Akera Okoya, the vice-chairperson of Lamwo district that the speaker has failed to work within the law governing his work such as failing to control rift among councilors and inability to make wise judgments on matters brought for debate.
Rebecca Kisakye, a LASPNET watch committee member in Kiwanga-Kasokoso says that on several occasions she has been approached by some victims of GBV however, they decline to go to the police to file a complaint.
The flexible vaginal ring which contains Dapivirine, an antiretroviral drug, is inserted in the vagina and left there for 28 days. During this time, the ring continuously releases antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection.
