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Uganda re-arrests Turkish man

  Uganda has re-arrested a Turkish man, Emmin Baro, who reportedly lured Ugandan young girls into sex. The inspector General of Uganda Police Lt. Col. Kale Kayihura confirmed to our informers that Baro has been re-arrested. Kayihura on Thursday said that Baro, 54, is in police custody because the Director of Public Prosecution Richard Buteera […]

Uganda lawyers go to Oslo over terrorism

Uganda criminal lawyers have gone to Oslo, Norway to attend a terrisom case against Anders Brevik’s. The lawyers Samuel Muyizzi and Caleb Alaka would be in Oslo between 14th April to 23rd April 2012. The terrorism case is against Anders Breivik’s attack of the 22nd July 2011 at the government buildings in Oslo and shootings […]

Government to expand Entebbe airport

  Uganda government is preparing to expand Entebbe International Airport due to increasing tourism revenue collection. Tourism is the second largest source of foreign exchange for Uganda after remittances from Ugandans working abroad. Uganda last expanded Entebbe airport 20 years ago. The Transport and Works Minister, Eng. Abraham Byandala says the plans to expand Entebbe […]

Russia writes tough letter to Uganda over nuclear energy

  The Russian president Vladimir Putin has written a letter to Ugandan president Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over nuclear energy development. President Museveni confirms having received the letter from the Russian Federation. Sources told us that Putin assured Museveni in the letter that Russia values the relations between Uganda and Russia and that Russia was […]

Uganda fines a Turkish man for dealing in pornographic materials

  Uganda being a religious country, its leaders have no smiles for people who deal in pornographic materials and the people who molest girls. On Wednesday the court in Uganda fined the Turkish national, Emin Baro, the 53-year-old man who was on Monday sentenced to two years in jail at Luzira Maximum security prison after […]

IPU president is in Uganda

President Abdelwahed Radi of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly arrived at EntebbeInternationalAirporton Tuesday for the 126th Parliamentary Assembly. Abdelwahed Radi Radi was welcomed by the Speaker of Uganda Parliament ms Rebecca Kadaga and the leader of opposition, Nandala Mafabi at Entebbe International airport. The IPU meeting will run from March 31st to April 5th at […]

Due to international pressure Uganda government has located Buganda riots suspects a judge

Due to local and international pressure, the government in Kampala has allocated Buganda riot suspects a judge to hear their case. The suspects were arrested in September 2009 and since that time they have not been tried. The development has come at a time when opposition parties mainly FDC and DP,Bugandakingdom and human rights organisations […]

UPDF explains why out of 64 top UPDF officers, 55 are from western Uganda?

More than two years after Aswa MP Reagan Okumu raised the issue of top UPDF officers being from one region, western Uganda on the floor of Parliament, the top leadership of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces as well as the Special Forces Group, formerly the presidential guard brigade, remains dominated by officers from western Uganda. […]

MPs to lift ban to allow people aged over 75 years to contest for president

After only 11 months since last years general elections, the MPs in Uganda’s 9th parliament want to lift a ban on presidential age limits in order to allow people aged over 75 years to contest for president. The debate follows an argument in parliament that NRM and president Museveni won last year’s elections overwhelmingly with […]

Drivers in Uganda protest against taxes

  Groups of taxi drivers and commuter taxi owners have petitioned court protesting against the high taxes the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) levies on them. The KCCA recently directed the drivers to pay a monthly operational tax fee of 120,000 shillings. The drivers filed at their application at the High Court in Kampala today […]

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