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North York, ON – The Ontario Science Centre will be the venue for the highly anticipated International Conference on Healthcare & Social Work (ICHS), themed “Health in a Social Perspective.” This event, taking place on June 21 and 22 at 770 Don Mills Road, North York, ON M3C 1T3, promises …

  Journalists Dickson Mubiru and Alirabaki Sengooba of the Grace Publications that runs an online English site the Grape Vine and a local newspaper Ono Bwiino have been remanded to Luzira prison on charges of publishing information without a valid broadcasting license. The journalist’s jailing followed their production before the …

Two (2) journalists Dickson Mubiru and Alirabaki Ssengooba were on Thursday, 20th June 2024, remanded to Luzira Prison, after writing a story related to corruption allegations, which didn’t go down well with those implicated in the story. Mubiru, the editor, and his reporter Ssengooba used their Grapevine news website to report …

In a disconcerting turn of events, Dickson Mubiru, a respected journalist from Bwiino Newspaper, was detained on 18 June 2024. His alleged crime? Running an article that was perceived as an insult to High Court Judge, Her Lordship Alexandra Nkonge Rugadya. This incident has sparked a significant outcry from the …

We strongly protest the continued detention of journalists Arirabaki Sengooba and Dickson Mubiru of Grape Vine Publications and Ono Bwiino Newspaper, who were arrested on Tuesday, 18 June 2024, and detained at Kampala Central Police Station (CPS) while in the line of duty. The duo’s detention is in relation to …

Media practitioners, civil society organizations, and government officials convened at a prelude event to Uganda’s 3rd SDGs conference, organized by the United Nations Association of Uganda (UNAUganda) at Forest Cottages Naguru. The gathering focused on accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through increased domestic funding amidst dwindling foreign …

Godfrey Katongole, a journalist working with the Vision Group’ Bukedde television is admitted at Old Kampala Moslem Hospital in critical condition. He was admitted Tuesday 15th July, following an assault by a group of journalists and other people at Salt Media in Lungujja, Kampala. Katongole, was visibly in severe pain when …

Nakku Joweria a resident of Kyebando has sued Stanbic Bank Uganda limited for failing in its duty of protecting her saving account leading to defrauding her or illegal withdrawal of shillings 68 million from her account in a period of 24 hours through Flexi pay an application she had never …

When Ramzay, a transgender woman and sex worker who prefers to be identified by only one name for fear of persecution, felt a bruise on her private parts, she rushed to the nearest health center for treatment. Seeking an ointment cream, she faced a humiliating encounter with the doctor who …

During the State of Nation Address, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni revealed that he is very careful when dealing with corrupt government officials. Museveni however explained that if he fires or imprisons all of them, who will he work with in his government. Highly placed sources in one of the highly …