The residents were evicted from a piece of land measuring 1,557 hectares after the late Prince Hebert Kimera Rwakiswaza who claimed to be the rightful owner of the land leased it to Hoima Sugar Ltd to set up a sugar plantation and factory.
Dr. Robert Kakuru, the Chairperson of Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA), could barely find answers as to why a section of staff and students were deliberately kept away during celebrations.
Miriam Namakula, a tea vendor in Kampala, says that her business is now operating at a thin margin, sometimes in losses as profit is eaten up by the increased sugar prices.
Cars like Toyota Hiace commonly known as Drones or Super Custom are a common feature of clandestine security operations. The use of the used vehicles by government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies-MDAs raises eye borrows given the fact that has a policy of procuring zero mileage vehicles.
URN managed to gain access to Rugarama hospital and physically saw Mugyenyi on life support in the intensive care unit. The student was struggling to talk, unable to recognize people and support himself.
“Justice Kisaakye has now become a victim of the bullshit protocol. When they partook in sentencing Ivan Sebaduka and violating his rights no one spoke up, now when it’s a Supreme Court Judge suddenly it gathers all this attention. As Ugandans our Supreme Court /courts lost value a long time ago,” said Atabua.
Mukulu and his co-accused through their lawyer Turyamusiima want the Court to discharge them and order the respondents to facilitate or pay for their treatment and rehabilitation at the African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture victims or any other similar facility.
Madoi Damasco, who relocated from Bududa district with a family of 15 children says that they have sleepless nights for fear that the house may collapse because of the huge cracks all over.
Max Lokabenyan, the mayor of Nadunget town council in Moroto district has urged the locals to stop raids, saying that cattle rustling has reduced the number of Karimojong youth.
This year’s edition was hosted by Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA in Mweya, Queen Elizabeth National Park under the theme: “Interforce Collaboration a key to Effective Wildlife Protection”.
Following the Prime Minister's directive, vendors petitioned the office of the Lord Mayor seeking that the city authority plan for them if they were to vacate the area as directed.
Miriam Namakula, a tea vendor in Kampala, says that her business is now operating at a thin margin, sometimes in losses as profit is eaten up by the increased sugar prices.
Now speaking to Uganda Radio Network, Eng. Rogers Kisambira who heads planning for the BRT system at the Ministry of Works says the Ministry is in the processing of forming a special unit to plan and implement the BRT system.
