Betty Akello, the victim’s mother, told the Court that on the day of the incident, she had left her child sleeping inside the house and gone to the market.
As the House chaired by Annita Among resumed sitting on Tuesday, the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja moved a motion in honor of His Holiness Pope Francis.
There are also external factors that might affect inflation, including escalation of geopolitical tensions and new trade restrictions disrupting global supply chains, just like the exchange rate depreciation due to global uncertainty and financial market volatility, according to Monetary Policy Committee.
During a monitoring and assessment of the implementation of the eviction exercise in Madi Okollo, Nebbi, and Pakwach, Dr. Omona said animals have already been vaccinated, and the exercise will soon resume.
Abonga noted that the kiosks are contributing to congestion and undermining efforts to maintain a clean, orderly, and planned urban business environment. He added that the municipality currently lacks a designated space to establish a container village, which complicates efforts to manage the situation effectively.
While inspecting farmers benefiting from the Parish Development Model (PDM) program in the districts of Kasese, Ntoroko, and Bundibugyo, Museveni said he was impressed by individuals in rural areas who have independently taken steps to improve their household incomes.
According to Ichogor, many children, particularly girls aged 8 to 17 years, are employed daily in homes and businesses in Kotido. These children are tasked with jobs such as washing clothes, working in gardens, and hawking merchandise.
Kennedy Arike, a Trainer from Muni University, explained that the intervention aims at equipping the unemployed youths with ICT and business skills, so that they can fit in today’s changing world.
The suspension follows a meeting on 12th May 2025 between the Ministry and the management of Y.Y Coaches. In the meeting, the Ministry expressed grave concerns about two recent accidents. "The Ministry is deeply concerned about the recent series of accidents involving your buses," Minister Byamukama Fred stated in a letter to the company.
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (Amendment) Bill 2025 seeks to amend the UPDF ACT 330 to streamline the structures and composition of the defence forces.
According to Joe Oloya, the Aswa East Regional Police Public Relations Officer, after the crash, a well-wisher rushed Lubangakene to an unknown health facility. However, despite efforts by police to trace him, his whereabouts remain unknown.
The deceased, Maurine Akot, 22, reportedly got into a quarrel with her sister, Agnes Auma which later escalated into a physical fight. Reports indicate that during the confrontation, Auma, went inside her house and picked up a knife, allegedly stabbed Akot in the right shoulder.
According to Rogers Taitika, the Elgon Region Police spokesperson, Watsibaya is accused of colluding with another official from Mutufu Town Council to pre-fill declaration forms with names of their preferred candidates without conducting actual elections in Masabasi Ward.
Hajji Mohammed Akida Lokure, the Kadhi of Moroto Muslim district contested but lost in the recently concluded LC1 NRM flag bearer elections for Campshwahili ward, south division, Moroto municipality.
The elders have designed a six-month plan to traverse the region, during which they will establish peace committees in each clan, rally youth to embrace peace, discourage raids, and ultimately collect and bury guns from each clan as a symbolic end to violence.
Martin Ameu, an agronomist with FAO Uganda, said the day serves as a reminder of the crucial role plants play in sustaining life. “Plants provide 80% of the food we eat and 98% of the oxygen we breathe,” he said. “In Uganda, where over 70% of the population relies on agriculture, protecting plant health is not just about farming — it’s about national survival.”
While inspecting different enterprises of farmers under the parish development Model-PDM program in the districts of Kasese, Ntoroko and Bundibugyo on Monday, Museveni said that he started economic empowerment programs in 1966 while in Ankole, steering the cattle farming communities to embrace value addition for their milk products and later took on the gospel on development to the rest of the country.
