Author: Esther Van Nassanga

The Supreme Court has ordered jailed former Principal Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) Geoffrey Kazinda to file a response to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)’s application seeking a stay of execution of the Constitutional Court Judgement that halted his prosecution before the Anti-Corruption court. The order by Justice Rubby Opio Aweri follows an appeal filed by the DPP Jane Frances Abodo seeking to overturn the August 2020 Constitutional Court decision on grounds that the said court erred in law when it found that the successive prosecution of Kazinda amounted to double jeopardy. This, according to…

Panic has engulfed the civil servants, security and people of Ntungamo District after two security officers in the office of the District Internal Security Officer (DISO) tested positive for COVID-19. The two patients have been isolated and are undergoing treatment at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. Ntungamo District is a hotspot area given its location at the border with Rwanda and a route to DR Congo and Burundi among other countries in East Africa. According to the Ntungamo Resident District Commissioner (RDC) George Bakunda, the two officers have been evacuated and are being treated saying that there is no cause for…

There is panic at Rubanda Government Prison in Rubanda Town Council,Rubanda District after one of the inmates tested positive for the novel Coronavirus – COVID-19. The inmate is currently undergoing treatment at Kabale RegionalReferral Hospital in Kabale District. The inmate, whose identity has been withheld, is among the 14 inmateswho were transferred to Rubanda Prisons from Kisoro District onSaturday. Dr Abdon Birungi, the Rubanda District Health Officer says that uponreceiving information that one of the prisoners was detained at KisoroPolice Station where a Covid-19 patient was reported last week, theydecided to carry out testing for all 14 prisoners who were…

Makindye Court Principle Grade One Magistrate Prossy Katushabe has ordered the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to speed up investigations into the case involving the demolishion of St. Peter’s Church in Ndeeba. This follows Defence lawyers led by Max Mutabingwa’s move to apply to court to dismiss this case saying there is no offence against the accused persons especially when key suspect Dodoviiko Mwanje is the owner of the disputed land. The defence lawyers were also worried about the arrest and detention of their colleague (Dodoviiko’s Lawyer) Ambrose Tebyasa was held at the Central Police Station (CPS) in Kampala for…

Singer Azawi’s song ‘Quinamino’ grew on me; you know those songs which, even though do not necessarily give you instant butterflies, go on to draw you in slowly (those turn out to be the best ones by the way). Nonetheless, the name was catchy and easy enough to remember, which is why I remember the first time I heard it. The artist, on the other hand, did not quite catch my attention until ‘Repeat It’. Now, before you think I am terrible, just remember how many new artists pop up every single day, most of whom disappear just as quickly as…

The Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Ntungamo, Mr. George Bakunda has challenged Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and development partners to include life skills in their packages as an effort to ease the country from the burden of unemployment. RDC Bakunda says that skilling Ugandans is the way to go because it will help the general public to eradicate poverty at household level. He ssys that when many people are living under the poverty line, it will be a big burden to the country thus retarding development in families and the communities at large. Bakunda made the remarks on Saturday during the tool…

The Uganda People Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers deployed to guard BwindiImpenetrable National Park in Kashasha Parish, Bufundi Subcounty ofRubanda District have been accused of extortion, torture and harassingthe Batwa community. Batwa are a semi-nomadic pygmy tribe that lived in the jungles ofEcuya, Bwindi and Mgahinga forests as hunters and gatherers forcenturies until 1992 when government, without providing alternativeland, evicted them from their ancestral dwelling to conserve wildlife. Alex Maneriho, a Mutwa from Nyamatembe Village says that his ninegoats were last week confiscated by unidentified UPDF soldiers, after he was found grazing adjacent to the forest. Maneriho said that he was…

President Yoweri Museveni, today Sunday September 20th addressed the nation again on the state of the novel coronavirus and government resolutions to open up the country to normalcy again. The summary of the presidential address, highlighting the key changes that the public must undergo. The highlights of the President’s speech can be attained hereunder; Schools will re-open on October 15th for thecandidate classes of P-7, S-4, S-6, finalists in tertiary colleges and finalists in universities.The International Airport and land borderswill now be opened for tourists, coming in and going out, provided they tested negative 72 hours before arrival in Uganda…

The National Unity Platform (NUP), the political wing of Kyadondo East Legislator and presidential hopeful Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu’s People Power has rejected artiste Jose Chameleon for flag bearer of the party in the hotly contested Kampala Lord Mayor race. In a list that the embattled political party has released on social media, the party electoral commission favored Kawempe North MP Latif Ssebaggala Ssengendo as the candidate that will secure them victory. MP Ssebaggala will face incumbent Lord Mayor and newly recruited Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) member Erias Lukwago in the general election in 2021. Hamdam Ssemugooma and Paul Mugambe…

Julius Kateregga of Makerere University, Jonathan Tundulu of Kyambogo University, Frank Ssendyowa of Muteesa I Royal University, Patrick Mbogga of Nkozi University and Roy Ssemboga of Makerere are drying tears after People Power, a movement they have fought for since 2017, denied them tickets to run in 2021. Kateregga was seeking the Kawempe South Lord Councillor LCV slot, Tundulu had targeted Banda-Ntinda-Nabisunsa on Councillor LCV too while Mbogga and Ssendyowa were eyeing Makindye-Ssabagabo and Muvuuma respectively. People Power Head of Institutions and 82nd Guild President of Makerere University Roy Ssemboga is also, according to our NUP vetting insiders on the…