Month: January 2022
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Angry residents have torched seven houses in Ojeruna Cell, Ongino Town Council Kumi District to retaliate the killing of a mobile money operator. Kokas Okoboi 23 was involved in a fight with a resident only identified as Ojulong on January 1, 2022. He was rushed to Ongino Hospital and Cure Hospital in Mbale after he […]
The Judiciary is proposing to increase fees for filing different cases across all courts in the country. This was revealed on Wednesday by the Principal Judge Dr. Flavian Zeija at Mestil Hotel in Kampala in a meeting with the lawyers. The meeting was aimed at getting the lawyers opinions on five proposed guidelines which include, […]
Shamim Malende, the lawyer of Allan Ssewanyana and Muhammad Ssegirinya is protesting the delayed investigations into fresh murder charges against the MPs. On Wednesday, Malende represented the two MPs who were appearing before the Masaka Grade One Magistrate Christine Nantege, for further mention of additional murder charges and to receive updates on the progress of […]
The government will lift the curfew next week when schools reopen. Schools will reopen on January 10 after two years of closure following the outbreak of covid-19. Addressing journalists on Wednesday at the Media Centre, the Minister of Works and Transport Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, said that the curfew will be lifted to enable the parents […]
Kyoga Regional Police detectives are investigating fellow Police Officers at Bukedea Central Police Station over the death of two suspects in the Police custody. The investigations follow a postmortem report from Mbale Regional Referral Hospital that indicated that Joseph Okwalinga alias Golola and Michael Ojakol died due injuries inflicted on them. The duo died in […]
Minister of Works and Transport Gen Katumba Wamala has disclosed that there will be no curfew on the announced days when children are going back to school. Schools are reopening starting January 10. While addressing the media today, Katumba said that the move to remove curfew will enable children and parents to travel to the […]
A man in Kanungu district is in trouble for alleged slitting the throat of his girlfriend for planning to marry another man. Forty-year-old, Nicholas Ampereza, a resident of Kanyambeho village in Nyakinoni Sub County is locked up at Kihihi police station. The Kanyambeho village Local Council One Chairperson, Baker Turyatunga, says that Ampereza developed a quarrel […]
Teachers in special needs schools have opposed the rationale for the automatic promotion of learners, following almost two years of school closures countrywide. The new schools and other institutions calendar released by the Ministry of Education provides that when the schools reopen on January 10, learners will be automatically promoted to the next class, according […]
Residents of Kachumbala Sub County have tasked the Police to explain the sudden death of two murder suspects while in Police custody. The two suspects; Joseph Okwalinga alias Golola and Michael Ojakol died in two separate incidents on Saturday. Ojakol was allegedly found hanging in a lone cell at Bukedea Central Police Station while Okwalinga […]
