Stories :: Accepted date: September 2021

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• DP Condemns President’s Proposal to Quash Bail for Capital Offences

  28 Sep 2021, 17:23 Comments 741 Views Politics Human rights Updates

  Okoler called upon all right thinking Ugandans and opinion leaders to condemn the move by President Museveni with utmost contempt, equating it to the abuse of the Judiciary during Idi Amin's era that saw Chief Justice Benedicto Kiwanuka murdered. Nalukoola said the president's speech being made by the main celebrant at the occasion of commemorating an icon of justice was a mockery of justice.

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• MP Re-arrests: Opposition Walks Out of Chamber in Protest

  28 Sep 2021, 17:18 Comments 964 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka said that it was an error on the part of the government not to inform the Office of the Speaker but everything is being done to make sure that the legislators are treated within the law.

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• Kitgum Runs Out of COVID-19 Vaccines Top story

  28 Sep 2021, 16:56 Comments 1199 Views Kitgum, Uganda Northern Health Local government Updates

  The acting Kitgum District Health Officer, Dr. Henry Okello Otto told Uganda Radio Network in an interview on Tuesday that both stocks of Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines got used on Thursday last week. He says that the stock out follows an overwhelming demand for COVID-19 vaccination by the populace in the district.

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• South Sudanese Teenager Dies in Petrol Fire in Koboko

  28 Sep 2021, 16:47 Comments 610 Views Koboko, Uganda Crime Report

  According to Amuza Nobert, a neighbour and eye witness, the two boys went inside to fill fuel into their small bottles for sale by the roadside.

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• Katikkiro Mayiga Calls for Maintaining of Court Bail

  28 Sep 2021, 16:40 Comments 598 Views Human rights Updates

  According to Mayiga, a person being accused of murder does not mean that he is guilty. He says the accused person deserves a right to be bailed as investigations go on till the person is presented before court to prove whether he or she is guilty or not.

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• Nakawa West Petition: Judge Lashes At Shumuk Lawyers For Wasting Time

  28 Sep 2021, 16:34 Comments 471 Views Court Updates

  “We received the affidavit for the petitioner and having had a thorough perusal, we realized that they were in contempt of the court order. They have substantially amended, the affidavit introducing issues that were never in the original affidavit,” said Denis Atwijukire one of Ssenyonyi’s lawyers.

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• 2-Year Old Killed in Petrol Inferno

  28 Sep 2021, 16:25 Comments 505 Views Moroto, Uganda Crime Updates

  Selling petrol in bottles which is behind the frequent fires is now a booming business as boda boda riders and car owners prefer petrol in bottles to fueling form the fuel stations, where they say pump attendants cheat them by giving less than the specified amounts.

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• Oulanyah Suspends House Over Re-arrest of MPs Ssewanyana, Ssegirinya Top story

  28 Sep 2021, 16:14 Comments 1353 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Report

  During the plenary, Mpuuga raised a procedural concern questioning whether the Speaker had been notified about the re-arrests of the MPs. He also noted that the MPs had been denied access to their immediate family and that it cannot be business as normal when such violations are going on.

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• Court Nullifies Bukomansimbi North MP Elections Over Invalid Academic Qualifications

  28 Sep 2021, 15:58 Comments 1229 Views Masaka, Uganda Court Politics Election Updates

  In her ruling, lady Justice Ketra Katunguuka cited inconsistencies in Nandagire’s academic papers and eventual nomination. She overturned her victory on grounds that she did not qualify for election as a member of parliament.

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• National Boxing Trials: Olympians Shadir Musa, Ssemujju Storm Quarter Finals Top story

  28 Sep 2021, 15:21 Comments 1144 Views Uganda Baati Ltd, Mulwana Road, Kampala, Uganda Sport Report

  Uganda Boxing Federation-UBF organized a mini boxing tournament for the selection of the national boxing team for the forthcoming 2022 Commonwealth games. The games started on 25th September and they are expected to end on 5th October 2021.

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• 250 Curfew Violators Spend Night in Custody, 712 Motorcycles Impounded

  28 Sep 2021, 15:09 Comments 485 Views Kampala, Uganda Crime Security Updates

  According to Owoyesigyire, the officers mounted roadblocks on major access routes, which led to the arrest over of 250 riders, drivers and pedestrians for flouting the curfew.

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• Researcher Recommends Regular Heart Checks for Cancer Patients

  28 Sep 2021, 15:04 Comments 589 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  The study also sought to identify the impact of anthracycline therapy on heart function and reveals the therapy poses dangerous heart problems to cancer patients because it not only affects the heart function directly but also weakens the ability of the heart do adapt other ‘stressors’ later in the life for example, a major operation, pregnancy and chest radiotherapy. Dr. Zhang thereforenotes that clinicians should closely monitor the heart function of cancer patients before and after chemotherapy.

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• Nakalema Orders COU, BLB to Carryout Joint Verification of Tenants on Contested Land

  28 Sep 2021, 14:52 Comments 1060 Views Mukono, Uganda Security Crime Religion Editorial

  Simon Muwanga Kabogoza, the Chief Executive Officer of Buganda Land Board, says that following the 2016 boundary opening exercise, they instructed all residents who had registered with BLB with intentions of acquiring titles (Kyapa mungalo) they advised them to visit the diocesan land office to prove their tenancy.

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• Sironko Woman MP Election: Asha Mafabi Lumolo Files Notice of Appeal

  28 Sep 2021, 14:23 Comments 585 Views Court Updates

  Lumolo’s Lawyer Hassan Kamba contested the judgement, saying some evidence disappeared from the court records. As a result, Lumolo and her team have filed a notice of appeal before Mbale High court.

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• Red Tape, Cost Cited as Obstacles to Information Access

  28 Sep 2021, 14:23 Comments 653 Views Kampala, Uganda Media Politics Updates

  According to the Access to Information Act, every citizen has a right of access to information and records in the possession of the State or any public body, except where the release of the information is likely to prejudice the security or sovereignty of the State or interfere with the right to the privacy of any other person.

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• Private Universities Admit 2020 S6 Leavers as Gov’t Gambles with Academic Year Top story

  28 Sep 2021, 13:59 Comments 1165 Views Education Updates

  Julius Ssekatawa, the Spokesperson of Kampala University, says that they are currently admitting learners for the 2021/2022 academic year based on the fact that the main intake always places around August- September.

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• Police Recover Woman's Body From Bugoma Forest

  28 Sep 2021, 13:42 Comments 599 Views Kikube, Uganda Crime Updates

  Twinamatsiko says that the deceased is a none resident, adding that she could have been killed elsewhere and her body dumped in the area.

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• Elderly Man Kills Attacker, Injures Another

  28 Sep 2021, 12:59 Comments 577 Views Budaka, Eastern Region, Uganda Crime Updates

  Eighty-four-year-old Jaliwo Mulongo, a resident of Nangada Village in Kabuna Sub-County managed to kill one of the attackers and injured another when they stormed his home around 8:30 pm to steal Shillings 200,000 he received under the Social Assistance Grants Empowerment [SAGE] program.

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• Masindi Health Officials Investigating Sale of COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates

  28 Sep 2021, 12:38 Comments 608 Views Masindi, Uganda Crime Updates

  According to Dr. Musinguzi, such people are frustrating the fight against COVID-19 warning that they may become a burden to the sector in future when they get severe disease after failing to get vaccinated.

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• Luwero Kadhi Summons Imams Over Non-Certified Marriages

  28 Sep 2021, 12:17 Comments 1199 Views Religion Lifestyle Report

  According to the guidelines from Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC, the couple is expected to obtain a marriage certificate issued by the presiding imam, which is then authenticated by the Kadhi before it is presented to Uganda Registration Services Bureau-URSB for official registration. Sheikh Mulindwa has expressed concern that most of them are presided over by his subordinates.

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