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International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists: At least 1,623 journalists killed worldwide

Impunity for crimes against journalists – especially the killing of journalists – is a major threat to press freedom worldwide. Over a decade after the UN declared 2 November...

National Coffee (Amendment) Bill 2024: Where Are the Gaps?

MISAIRI THEMBO KAHUNGU, Parliament Watch. On Thursday, 24th October 2024, Parliament voted to advance the National Coffee (Amendment)...

44 CHARGES: Ex-LRA rebel Commander Thomas Kwoyelo sentenced to 40 years

A Ugandan court has sentenced a former commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to 40 years...

Is Uganda’s Kingfisher oil project bad for people, climate and the environment?

Mail $ Guardian / Brad Adams, the executive director of Climate Rights International.     From a distance, Ugandan...

KITEEZI LANDFILL TRAGEDY: EX-KCCA Directors Dorothy Kisaka, David Luyimbazi and Daniel Okello Sent to Luzira on 57 Charges

Kasangati Chief Magistrate's court has remanded former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) bosses including executive director Dorothy Kisaka,...

UGANDA: How Gold Cartel Stole Billions of Shillings from a German Investor

MASSIVE GOLD SCAM. A German investor, Christian Arndt is scared to return to Uganda after he lost a fortune worth an astronomical $1.5m (Shs5.5...

WHY IS THE DEPUTY RDC MBARARA SIMON PETER KASWABULI BEING CITED IN PASTOR BUGINGO ATTACK?

INSIDE STORY. It has been a week since Pastor Aloysius Bugingo, the head of House of Prayer Ministries International and Salt Media Group survived...

CULT: HOW PROPHET TB JOSHUA RAPED & TORTURED WORSHIPPERS

STORY CREDIT – BBC NEWS AFRICA / BBC AFRICA EYE, January 8, 2024. Evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the founder of...

POISONED? INSIDE ANNE RWIGARA’S MYSTERIOUS DEATH

Anne Rwigara, the sister of President Paul Kagame critic and activist Diane Shima Rwigara who attempted to contest for president in Rwanda, has died...

UGX300M USED TO MANAGE BAD PUBLICITY: DID MOLLY KATANGA, C-CARE IHK DOCTOR OTAI & OTHERS PLOT HENRY KATANGA’S MURDER?

Relatives and State ties are at the centre of matters arising from Ankole kingdom prince and Kampala businessman, Henry Katanga’s death amid tension since...

UGANDA: HOW GOLD CARTELS OPERATE

The recent arrest and remand of David Balondemu, chairman of the Kampala District Land Board (KDLB), has sent ripples through the real estate and...