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By. Damba Rogers The manager climate change at World Wide Fund-Uganda, Jacob Etinganan is challenging communities in westnile to develop special and local climate change adaptation and mitigation plans for the region if they are to crack down on the effects of climate change. Addressing a meeting of environmental CSOs in the westnile districts today, Jacob stresses that, adaptation plans developed locally always bear fruits faster as compared to foreign imposed strategies. He also reminds…

By.our reporter EAC women are demanding that regional heads of state assent to the East African community gender bill. Addressing a joint press conference today in Kampala, the executive director of the East African Sub-Regional Support Initiative For The Advancement of Women (EASSI) Hon. Sheila Kawamara Mishambi says, its unfortunate that is now over one year and none of the six partner states has returned the bill to the EAC secretariat or made any resolutions…

By Admin The General Court Martial in Makindye has handed a 40 year jail term to two men each, after admitting to being part of the Panga Wielding Group(Babijambia) terrorizing people in the Greater Masaka Region. Jumba Derrick and Kizza Bukenya Matiya also aged 40 years each pleaded guilty to the offence on 16th/October/this year, saying its not the first time they were committing a crime, but that they were convicts already who feel sorry…

By.Our reporter. The General Court Martial in Makindye has heard that Boda Boda 2010 Patron Abdullah Kitatta was the one behind the obstruction of the arrest of his brother a one Kiwalabye, who was wanted for the alleged murder of Case Clinic Accountant Francis Ekalunger. Major David Agaba is the 3rd Prosecution Witness in this case, and a former CMI Operations Officer in the Department of Counter Terrorism, but currently on a Foreign Mission in…

By.Admin The Land Probe Commission Chairperson Justice Catherine Bamugemereire has expressed concern over the way the Commission work is being incapacitated due to lack of operational funds. Justice Bamugemereire says she had decided to keep calm about it for four months now, but she discovered that the Commission budget was actually left out and not considered at all, and as a result of this some of the staff have decided to leave without pay. This…

By. Damba Rogers The CEO African centre for treatment and rehabilitation of torture victims (ACTV) Samuel Herbert Nsubuga is concerned with failure to have no perpetrator of torture punished by the anti torture despite it living for six years now. The prevention and prohibition of torture act 2012 was put in place to curb down on the high levels of torture against Ugandans and non Ugandans which were on a rise in the country mainly…

By Admin Nakawa court Grade One Magistrate Jackline Kagoya has adjourned to November/8th the case against Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze Bakireke. Nambooze was not in court by the time her case file was called but her Lawyer Kiwanuka Abdallah informed court that his client was still on her way and that she was very willing to appear. Meanwhile Prosecution’s Ann Ntimba informed court that investigations into the case are still ongoing. Nambooze was last…

National Dialogue Slated For November By Damba Rogers The inter religious council together with the elders forum of Uganda have today announced 21st November 2018 as the launch of the long awaited national dialogue conference. Addressing journalists at the inter religious council offices in Kampala, the chairperson of the council, the mufti of Uganda sheik Ramathan Mubajje says, representatives of all citizens’ stakeholder groups will make three important decisions among them being, setting up a…