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Measles outbreak has been confirmed in three districts of Nakapiripirit, Amudat, and Nabilatuk. Measles is an airborne disease that affects mainly children aged between 6 months and 10 years old. It is spread through air and contact with an infected person. Nabilatuk district has 111 accumulative cases registered between August …

Statement on Continued Incarceration of Journalist Richard Wanambwa. The Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) strongly protests the continued imprisonment of journalist Richard Wanambwa with an online site the Eagle, who has been in jail since December 11th 2024 on some slapped charges. Wanambwa was placed before the Nakawa Chief Magistrate Court …

 Lubaga Hospital has finally announced the passing of Muhammad Ssegirinya, the Kawempe North Member of parliament. In an official statement, the hospital says that Ssegirinya breathed his last at 12:10 pm. “Hon Ssegirinya has been under the dedicated care of our medical team at Lubaga Hospital. Despite all efforts to …

The sentencing of Counsel Eron Kiiza to nine months in prison for contempt of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF General Court Martial presided over by Brigadier Robert Freeman Mugabe on Tuesday, has ignited widespread condemnation from members of the legal fraternity and beyond. Kiiza was representing Dr. Kizza Besigye and …

The head of Uganda’s military, who is also the son of long-standing President Yoweri Museveni, said he wanted to behead the country’s most prominent opposition leader. Muhoozi Kainerugaba is widely believed to be the heir apparent to his father, who has governed Uganda since 1986. Kainerugaba routinely makes inflammatory posts …

The Uganda Law Council has unanimously reversed its earlier decision and granted Kenyan lawyer Martha Karua a temporary practicing certificate. This decision allows Karua to represent Dr. Kizza Besigye and Hajji Obeid Lutale in the General Court Martial tomorrow. The council had previously denied Karua’s application last month, citing incomplete …

The air was filled with warmth and gratitude as Harriet KAKINDA hosted a heartwarming Thanksgiving Holy Mass on January 4, 2025. At her residence in NorthYork, Ontario Canada, surrounded by family, friends, and the cherished St. Andrew Catholic Parish Church Ugandan Community, Harriet, poured out her joy and heartfelt appreciation …

Kanjjako Widows Association, a dedicated group of widows living with HIV/AIDS, on Friday 3rd Jan paid a condolence visit to Hajjat Sophie Safina Kenyangi, The UMSC National Chairperson of the Muslim Women Council, following the loss of her father, the late Haj Swaib Kalandi. Haj Swaib was laid to rest …

In a controversial move aimed at consolidating power among urban youth, President Yoweri Museveni’s launch of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ghetto structures inadvertently unleashed a wave of terror across Kampala and other urban centers. These structures, designed to mobilize the so-called “ghetto vote,” have instead emboldened notorious gangs that …

The East Africa Law Society (EALS) has expressed concern over the resurgence of human rights violations across the East African region, citing abductions, enforced disappearances, torture, and extrajudicial killings as growing threats to the rule of law.   In a statement released on December 31, 2024, EALS condemned these acts, …