Current Affairs

The National Forestry Authority (NFA) has rejected plans by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to use part of the Buto-Buvuma central forest land in Buyala as a landfill.

The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has condemned the continued departure of Ugandan youth to the Middle East for jobs.

Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, the Kira municipality legislator has urged his colleagues in parliament to reject the government’s move to make the elite Special Forces Command-SFC an independent service unit of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF.

Officials at the Ministry of Education and Sports are in high spirits following the possibility of securing funding of up to UGX 840 billion for the flagship education project.

Winnie Byanyima, the wife to Dr Kizza Besigye, the four-time presidential candidate has threatened to camp at Luzira Maximum Prison if she is denied access to him.

The Inspector General of Police, Abbas Byakagaba, has directed commanders to recall all police officers on leave and cancel approved requests for purposes of having adequate personnel for Christmas and New Year’s Day.

The International Crimes Division of the High Court has upheld the charge of aggravated trafficking in persons against Gilbert Arinaitwe Bwana.

The deceased suspect and two others had allegedly attacked and robbed a 52-year-old woman after trailing her from a nearby bank.

The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, David Muhoozi has tabled a justification of The Forensic Evidence Bill, 2024 before Parliament’s Defence and Internal Affairs Committee .

The International Crimes Division of the high Court of Uganda has ordered the government through the Attorney General to compensate the victims of convicted former Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo.