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Land - Nantaba Faces 11 Suits
Concerned about the at least 11 court cases against junior Lands minister Idah Nantaba, Attorney General Peter Nyombi has cautioned the zealous minister not to overstep her mandate. Nantaba also heads a newly-formed committee on illegal land evictions. And Nyombi's caution followed a Tuesday press conference where Nantaba scoffed at suggestions she could be overwhelmed by lawsuits. ...
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Who Should Own Ugandas News Media
Every May 3, matters of media freedom come under renewed focus, as we mark World Press Freedom day. And this month has not been any different. Over the years, journalists in countries like Uganda have come under sustained attack from governments that fear enlightened masses. Ugandan journalists have endured increasing physical brutality, meted out by security forces cheered on, literally, by ...
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Uganda How Mayiga Took Buganda Top Job
At 3:05pm on Monday, May 13, Buganda kingdom Katikkiro (prime minister) JB Walusimbi officially stepped aside to make way for his successor Charles Peter Mayiga. Walusimbi gave a small speech that carried a word of caution for Mayiga: "It is not easy to serve this kingdom." His retirement comes during the year of the 20th coronation anniversary of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II. For ...
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Uganda Narcotics - Uganda Under Tight Scrutiny
More international arrests of people from Entebbe International airport with narcotic drugs have put Uganda under pressure to control the drugs trade in the country. A crackdown on drug dealers has taken on greater urgency as the number of arrests and convictions climb monthly in Uganda and abroad. Just this month, a woman carrying narcotics collapsed and died on arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta ...
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Court Gives Tenants Three-Day Eviction Notice
Six tenants in Arua town are crying foul after the High court ordered for their eviction from a building on Plot 15, Transport road. The High court, sitting in Arua, on May 14, 2013, instructed Apollo Ezama Olema, the head of Vimba Associates bailiffs, to remove all tenants and leased the building to James Nyakuni, the owner of Gaagaa Bus Company. "You are hereby directed to put the said ...
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UCC Directs TV Broadcasters On Local Content
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has issued a directive requiring television broadcasters to prioritise local content over foreign content, a move aimed at promoting national identity, culture and enhance benefits from works locally created. In a recent notice, UCC, the regulator of the communications and broadcasting sector, revealed that free to air television station licensees must ...
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Police Violated Law - Monitor MD
The Monitor Publications Ltd. managing director, Alex Asimwe on Monday expressed shock over the way the Police sealed off their premises to conduct a search for documents allegedly authored by Gen. David Sejusa. He said the Police carried out the exercise and closed the company's two radio stations - KFM and Dembe FM - in gross violation of the law. "We are horrified by this act, ...
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Police Raid Daily Monitor Offices
Police this morning besieged the Monitor Publications Limited offices located in Namuwongo - a Kampala suburb reportedly in search the controversial letter written by the Coordinator of Intelligence Services Gen. David Sejusa aka Tinyefuza. In the same raid, KFM radio a sister company of Monitor Publications Limited was shut down as well as Dembe FM. Uniformed and plain clothed officers ...
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Ban Ki-Moon to Visit Uganda
World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a historic joint visit to Africa's Great Lakes region from May 22 to 24 in support of a recent landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in one of the world's most troubled regions. A statement from the World Bank dated May 20 says Kim and Mr. Ban will travel to ...
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Brigadier Clovis Kalyebara Laid to Rest
Kabarole - Fallen Brigadier Clovis Kalyebara was buried on Monday at his ancestral home in Kyogya village East Division Fort Portal. The Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) Gen Aronda Nyakirima was represented by his deputy Lt Gen Ivan Koreta who said that the late Brig Kalyebara contributed tremendously to the liberation of Uganda as a country through which his name will always be remembered. ...
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World Bank Group PresidentUN Secretary-General to Visit Uganda
The world bank website in a press release indicates that World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a historic joint visit to Africa's Great Lakes region from May 22nd - 24th in support of a recent landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in one of the world's most troubled regions. Kim and Mr. Ban will ...
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Uganda CSO to LDCS - No Deal Is Better Than a Bad One
The civil society is urging least developed countries (LDCs) to rethink signing treaties because they may get raw deals in the end. Ambassador Nathan Irumba the CEO of Southern and East African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) says the onus is on the negotiators for LDCs to ensure that they do not sign agreements that may jeopardize the interests of their countries. He ...
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Uganda Govt to Exploit Opportunities in BPOS
Senior minister for Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) Ruhakana Rugunda has said the government of Uganda is positioning herself to exploit fully the opportunities that are accruing from the growing demand for outsourcing in Africa. The minister made the remarks at a function held in Kampala on May 20 in which 12 trainers of trainees were passed and these will assist in training ...
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Monitor Says Paper Radio Closure Is Gross Disregard of the Law
The Daily Monitor described today's police raid and closure of its operations, including the newspaper and its radio stations, KFM and Dembe FM, as a "gross disregard of Ugandan law and the violation of [its] constitutional right." About 50 armed security operatives in police uniform occupied the company's headquarters in Namuwongo at around noon, claiming to be looking for ...
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Security Raids Daily Monitor Red Pepper
Security personnel are continuing to search the premises of Daily Monitor and Red Pepper. Red Pepper staff say the security men appear determined to prevent the newspaper coming out tomorrow. It is believed the security are looking for information and documents related to General David Sejusa, who has has quickly moved from being an enforcer of the regime to being regarded as a renegade ...
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Man Jailed 15 Years for Defiling Granddaughter
Godfrey Wekale will have to serve a 15-year jail term after the High Court in Mukono sentenced him for defiling his 12-year-old granddaughter. Justice Vincent Zehurikize convicted the 47-year-old man after he pleaded guilty to the offence. "While the convict is remorseful and has pleaded guilty, the crime he committed on his own granddaughter was a serious offence. There is need to send a ...
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Govt Not Interfering With Press Freedom - Okurut
The Minister of Information and National Guidance, Mary Karooro Okurut, has said the Government is not interfering with press freedom. The minister was responding to the Police's action on Monday whereby the premises of the Nation Media Group in Namuwongo and Pepper Publications in Namanve were cordoned off and KFM and Dembe FM were taken off-air. In a statement, Karooro stated: The ...
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Uganda Police Shut Newspapers Radio Stations Over Political Controversy
Nairobi - The Ugandan government should immediately end politically motivated police intimidation of newspapers and radio stations and ensure that the media can operate freely, Human Rights Watch said today. Recent raids on two newspapers and two radio stations are linked to a legal dispute in which the police have sought to obtain the source for an article by the Daily Monitor about the ...
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Fighting breaks out in DR Congo before UN visit
Rebels from the M23 movement and soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo army are fighting north of Goma, just days before United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon is due to visit the troubled eastern part of the country. The volatile mineral-rich region has been rocked by hours of fierce fighting with mortars and rocket launchers in the first clashes involving M23 since December. The rebels ...
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Ugandan Millionaire Ashish Thakkar Launches African Answer To Skype
Mara Online , a family of online and mobile platforms that allow users to communicate, interact and collaborate with each other. Thakkar, who is the founder and CEO ...
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Uganda to Continue ‘Leaked Letter’ Investigation Says Official
A spokesman for Uganda’s government says President Yoweri Museveni’s administration will continue with investigations into a security breach despite, criticisms that it is contravening the constitution. "That is not true that the government is stifling freedom of the press or freedom of the people of Uganda," said government spokesman Fred Opolot. "The police and ...
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