Ssemakadde Kampala, Uganda | URN | Exiled Uganda Law Society President, Isaac Ssemakadde, has written to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Lino Anguzu, complaining about what he described as politically motivated charges against Advocate Erias Lukwago. The letter, copied to the Chief Justice, the Attorney General, and the East African Law Society, among others, comes after Erai Lukwago, one of the lawyers representing Dr Kiiza Besigye, was arraigned before the Makindye Chief Magistrates’ Court, where he was charged with misprision of treason. Erias Lukwago, whose family says he was abducted from his home on Monday by soldiers attached to…
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The social media back and forth between Ugandan singer Bebe Cool and former Miss Rwanda Jolly Mutesi has taken a new twist after her lawyers officially issued a notice of intention to sue over defamation. Jolly, through her lawyers at Mbidde & Co. Advocates, acknowledged that they took notice of Bebe Cool’s fraud allegations on his X account from yesterday, as he accused the former beauty queen of scamming him last year. Mutesi’s legal team confirmed that their client had never engaged in any dealings or correspondence whatsoever with Bebe Cool, and that the phone number he shared, claiming it…
The oil press machine in Lapono sub couny, Agago district. Agago, Uganda | URN | A multi-million-shilling sunflower processing machine installed in Lapono Sub-county, Agago District, is expected to boost value addition in the region, with farmers in Agago, Kitgum, and Abim districts being encouraged to increase production to supply the facility. Zakalia Atom, the Secretary Manager of Karenga, Kaabong, Abim, Kotido, Kitgum, and Agago-(KKAKKA Community Wildlife Conservation) said the machine would benefit farmers in Agago, Kitgum, and Abim districts and potentially beyond due to its large processing capacity of 10 tons of sunflower daily. He noted that the facility…
Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Joel Ssenyonyi has petitioned Speaker Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth to recall Parliament from recess. Curtsey Photo Kampala, Uganda | URN | Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Joel Ssenyonyi has petitioned Speaker Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth to recall Parliament from recess to address what he describes as an escalating wave of human rights violations, enforced disappearances, and growing disregard for the rule of law. In a June 17 letter copied to Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, Ssenyonyi urged Parliament’s leadership to invoke its powers under the Rules of Procedure and convene a special sitting to scrutinise allegations of arbitrary…
Lukwago at the court Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Makindye Magistrate’s Court has remanded the former Lord Mayor of Kampala, Erias Lukwago, and the President of the People’s Front for Freedom, to Luzira Prison on charges of misprision of treason, days after his arrest. Chief Magistrate, Sarah Anne Basemera, read the charge of misprision of treason to Lukwago and his lawyers, led by Medard Lubega Ssegona, at Makindye Court. It is alleged that he concealed knowledge of a treasonous act without reporting it to authorities. The prosecution said Lukwago and others still at large are accused of knowing, between…
Profile pic of Tabz Kampala, Uganda | URN | Unknown security operatives in a reportedly abducted Andrew Nabimanya, alias NinyeTabz, a known NUP supporter. NUP Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya confirmed the illegal arrest on Wednesday evening via his X account, formerly Twitter. According to NUP officials, the anti-corruption whistleblower and photojournalist was picked up Wednesday evening in Kamwokya, a Kampala suburb, by plainclothes operatives travelling in Toyota vans now commonly known drones or panda gari of the 1980’s. “We’ve just been informed of the abduction of NinyeTabz from Kamwokya a short while ago. He has been whisked away in…
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Did government hurry to roll out digital number plates? That question is increasingly being asked by motorists, car dealers, transport operators and businesses as Uganda grapples with persistent shortages of digital number plates under the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS), a project being implemented by Joint Stock Company Global Security, a Russian firm contracted by government. What was presented as a major step towards improving security and modernizing transport management is now slowing vehicle acquisition, frustrating investors and depriving thousands of Ugandans of income opportunities. The delays have left newly imported vehicles, motorcycles and…
Kenny Okwera, Agago District, vaccinating an animal. FILE PHOTO Kitgum, Uganda | URN | A nationwide Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) mass vaccination drive is underway, with a sensitization campaign launched in Kitgum District ahead of the exercise by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). The strategy marks a fundamental shift in national animal health policy, moving from emergency outbreak response to a compulsory, sustainable cost-recovery scheme. Under the new model, livestock farmers must pay a direct fee for each vaccine dose to create a revolving fund aimed at eradicating the disease over the next decade. Previously…
Dr. Julian Adyeri Omalla an advocate for agriculture in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Ugandan government’s decision to allocate Shs 2.26 trillion to the agro-industrialization programme in the 2026/27 national budget—the highest funding ever directed to the sector—underscores the growing recognition of agriculture as the backbone of the country’s economy. Agriculture contributes approximately 24% to 26% of Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employs about 68% to 72% of the working population, accounts for more than 36% of export earnings, and supplies vital raw materials that drive local manufacturing. For Julian Adyeri Omalla, the proprietor of Delight Uganda Limited,…
Mungu Feni just raised the bar for flex in East Africa’s entertainment scene. The artist is reportedly the only musician in the region rocking a one-of-one custom blue sapphire watch that Bugatti itself designed, and yes, it’s as outrageous as it sounds. According to details shared around the piece, the watch was customized for him alone. No other collector, celebrity, or artist in Eastern Africa has one. The case and build are said to be made of all minerals, with sources describing it as “full of minerals” — the kind of ultra-rare material that pushes luxury timepieces into multi-million dollar…