Police attached to Kaberebere police station in Isingiro district were on Friday called to intervene in a land wrangle in which a transport business tycoon wants to evict over 20 families.
The third test oil drilling in West Nile that was expected to take place in December in Obongi has been postponed after National Environment Management Authority has failed to approve the environmental impact assessment (EIA).
The 16 days of activism against gender-based violence kicked off on Friday with a call on everyone to do something positive about eradicating the vice which is a serious development challenge.
Residents of Amuru district say they are frustrated by their failure to secure funding for their projects under the second phase of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund. The Northern Uganda Social Action Fund II was launched in February 2010 and the generation of projects by the communities for funding begun five months later in August.
Three people were on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Fred Walugembe, the Rakai district Records Officer. The three are Josephine Nakabugo, who is Walugembe’s widow and two casual laborers Antonio Habyarimaana and Francis Kwashaho. Masaka High Court judge Elizabeth Ibanda found the trio guilty for Walugembe’s murder.
Uganda Cranes coach Bobby Williamson says his team have to work hard and score more goals if they are to progress in the Cecafa Tusker Senior Challenge Cup taking place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
There was drama at Jinja high court on Thursday evening after it emerged that the file containing the election petition for Buikwe District woman parliamentary election was missing.
Masindi High Court has postponed judgment in a case filed by evicted pastoralists from Buliisa district seeking compensation from government for forceful eviction.
