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Kenya  A Kenyan girl has been sentenced to five years in jail for manslaughter over a school dormitory fire that killed nine of her colleagues. The 18-year-old committed the offence in 2017 while aged 14 in her first year of secondary school at the Moi Girls School in the capital, Nairobi. The court had heard that she had attempted to take her own life twice before she started the fire in her cubicle. The parents and guardians of the girls who died in the fire say the sentence is lenient but are glad justice has been served, local media report. Arson has become a common problem at Kenyan boarding schools over the last two decades.

Ukraine More than 1700 people in custody The Russian police have detained more than 1,700 protesters in dozens of cities. Demonstrations also took place as far as the eastern city of Khabarovsk, far from the southern city of Tolyatti, according to a Moscow Times report . There were also demonstrations in the capital Moscow and St. Petersburg. In Moscow alone, 100 people have been detained. Social activist Marina on Thursday appealed to the Russians to take part in the march against the Russian military campaign in Ukraine. Warning to protesters ---- Advertisement ---- Meanwhile, protesters in Russia have been warned. Russian security forces have stated that any unauthorized gatherings are illegal. No gathering of any kind is allowed. Demonstrations in the US Demonstrations are also taking place in the US against the Russian attack on Ukraine. Hundreds of people have protested outside the White House. People have also protested outside the Russian embassy.

  Kagadi A delegation from ministry of health have held a meeting with the Kagadi district health workers from different health facilities with a call to take care of hepatitis B patients in the district. The meeting was held this afternoon at Kagadi community hall in Kagadi town council purposely to train health workers on testing, prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis infections. Dr Felix Kawaya from the ministry of health   speaking to journalists after the workshop said, hepatitis B has affected people globally asserting that, the virus spreads through sexual intercourse and expectant mothers can spread it to fetus. He has asked people to consider voluntary testing and vaccination of Hepatitis B that majorly attacks inner organs such as the liver. Dr Felix Kawaya has also cautioned trainees to implement the acquired skills in the fight against Hepatitis B spread.

kagadi  The female councilor Muhorro town council Hon. Dorothy Murombe has emphasized for thorough training of local residents in Kagadi district on reducing human wildlife conflicts as they set to boost tourism in the district. Hon. Murombe was speaking in the meeting that comprised of officials from Friends of chimpanzees, tourism officer Kagadi, UWA officials held in Muhorro town, Kagadi district this afternoon. The development   follows a motion tabled by Hon. Magezi Jamada   the chairperson production and natural resources committee Kagadi district local government on installing a monument of a chimpanzee at Hoima-Fort Potal road roundabout   in Kagadi town.   It’s remembered that Kagadi hosts a number of chimpanzee species in the areas of Muhorro town council, Mairirwe, Isunga, Mabaale among others which might have attracted the district council to propose the installation of a chimpanzee monument along Hoima Fort Potal road in Kagadi district. Residents near chimpanzee h

The Resident City Commissioner of Kampala Capital City (RCC) Hudu Hussein has given street preachers in Kampala a 30 days ultimatum to leave the streets. Speaking to journalists at the Uganda Media Centre, Hussein said that in his bid to build a nicer, organised city, there will be no room for “unseriousness”. “Our good pastors, we love you so much but I am giving you an amnesty of 30 days so that you evacuate the streets, we want a more serious city,” Hussein said. To say this, Hussein was presenting what he called the “seven new measures” which aim at sanitising Kampala city. “All pastors, vendors, children beggars among other disorganised groups should leave the City,” Hussein added. The RCC also unveiled plans to have all boda boda riders registered, main buildings in the city centre painted and lighted up plus new measures on buildings that are still aiding street vendors. He warned that no stone will be left unturned in hid bid for a cleaner city. Social media reacts

One person was yesterday shot dead in Koboko District and the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) office at Oraba border set alight after tax collectors allegedly knocked and injured a suspected smuggler. Badru Adui, 27, a resident of Arumadri cell, Mengo Ward in Koboko Municipality, died of bullet wounds, police said, without identifying the shooter. A rampaging mob assaulted New Vision journalist Abdurahuman Ayoub, leaving him hospitalised. Investigators said a bullet also caught an unnamed woman in the arm. By mid-morning, a staccato of bullets fired by a combined police-army force rang out, echoing across the border in the undulating terrains of South Sudan. The suspected smuggler was reportedly carrying 320 litres of fuel in sixteen 20-litre jerrycans from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) when a URA enforcement vehicle hit him in Oraba, belted to the west by DRC and bordered by South Sudan in the north. As news of the incident, which residents believed to be intention

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard soon after across the country and its foreign minister warning a "full-scale invasion" was underway. Weeks of intense diplomacy and the imposition of Western sanctions on Russia failed to deter Putin, who had massed between 150,000 and 200,000 troops along the borders of Ukraine. "I have made the decision of a military operation," Putin said in a surprise television announcement that triggered immediate condemnation from US President Joe Biden and sent global financial markets into turmoil. Shortly after the announcement, explosions were heard in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and several other cities, according to AFP correspondents. Putin called on Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their arms, and justified the operation by claiming the government was overseeing a "genocide" in the east of the country. The Kremlin had earlier said rebel lea

Feb 24, 2022 Despite COVID-19 positivity rate in Uganda dropping to 1 per cent, the government says visitation days for schools are still on hold until further notice in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus in learning institutions. Education and Sports Ministry spokesperson Dr Denis Mugimba said that boarding schools are a safe environment for the leaners and parents should not put them at risk for the sake of visitation. Mugimba however said that schools have been permitted to resume sporting activities with strict observance to protection measures. On the new curriculum, Mugimba said that they are not switching completely from the old curriculum, the Abridged curriculum is focusing on the vital learning points for the continuing learners. “The Abridged curriculum is of very high quality. The way learners are being assessed or graded is not changing. They will still be as good as the learners using the old curriculum. We have removed what we think is not the ‘must k

By Ofwono Opondo This week government kicked off mobilization for the Parish Development Model (PDM) starting with Bukedi sub-region, one of the poorest according to the latest figures from the National Bureau of Standards (UBOS). The districts include Tororo, Busia, Bataleja, Kibuku, Budaka, Butebo and Pallisa where most households with an average of seven people subsist in crop and livestock on less than four acres of land without meaningful commercial productivity. It’s hoped that the PDM will take planning; budgeting, implementation and supervision of public policy much closer to those 68% rural households outside formal money economy to boost the sluggish socio-economic transformation agenda. Next financial year, shillings 100m (25,000USD) is earmarked for each of the 10,000 parishes countrywide. This shift comes against the backdrop of earlier models of Entandikwa, Bonnabagagawale, Zoning, Four acre, Youth Livelihood and Women Fund, Sub county, Operation Wealth Creation, and Emyo

Feb 21, 2022Read original Police in Kampala have arrested lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi after a recent court order. The High Court in Kampala has sentenced lawyer Male Mabirizi to 18months imprisonment over contempt of court. However, the lawyer has been on the run since last week but according to the Kampala Metropolitan deputy Police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, the controversial lawyer was arrested on Monday afternoon in Banda. “He was got from Banda, Kyambogo as he was entering the university. He is currently detained at Jinja road police stations,”Owoyesigyire told the Nile Post. Justice Musa Ssekaana last week issued an order directing the arrest of the lawyer over contempt of court. Recently, the court ordered to pay a fine of shs300 million over contempt of court but the state has since accused him of continued attacks against judicial officers. Justice Ssekaana last week said Mabirizi has never presented himself nor filed any affidavits to defend himself over the

IFeb 21, 2022Read  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has terminated the contract of the Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines, Cornwell Muleya and other top managers. Waiswa Bageya, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Works and Transport says that the decision was taken on Friday by the interim board. The Works and Transport Minister, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala suspended Muleya and 12 other top officials on April 21, 2021, on the orders of President Yoweri Museveni to pave way for investigations into allegations of financial mismanagement, collusion, and nepotism in staff recruitment among other issues. The other affected top managers included Rogers Wamara, the Director Commercial, finance director Paul Turacayisenga, and Procurement Manager Moses Wangalwa. Also, the sales and marketing manager Deo Nyanzi, Andrew Tumusiime (Senior administration manager), Harvey Kalama (Ground Operational Manager), Bruno Oringi (Safety Manager), Michael Kaliisa (Quali

Feb 19, 2022 A student of Kumi University on Tuesday survived lynching over dumping her baby in a pit-latrine. Locals say the suspect had been carrying an eight-month pregnancy and she gave birth in her house in Nyero Town Council, Kumi District secretly. The suspect sneaked out of the house and threw the baby in the pit-latrine. “We heard the baby cry but we did not see her come out, when we entered her room, there was evidence of a woman having been in labour but the baby was missing,” Ms Grace Akello, a resident, said. She further said this was not the first time the suspect has dumped a baby. “In 2020, she did the same but the baby was luckily rescued unlike this time, the baby died. “She completely kept quiet when we asked of her condition and of the baby, but when we looked around the baby was missing that is when we sensed that something was wrong,” Ms Akello added. An angry mob gathered and started assaulting her. However, the suspect was rescued by Nyero Police Sta

Feb 18, 2022Read original What you need to know: The bird, scientifically known as Balearica regulorum gibbericeps, inhabited Uganda’s swamps and fields. The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities and the Commissioner of Wildlife have warned people against killing the Crested Cranes, saying they will either face a life imprisonment or pay a Shs20b fine. The crested crane, chosen as Uganda’s national symbol nearly 100 years ago, is one of the most cherished birds in the country. “Its beauty and elegance were the reasons the crane was chosen as Uganda’s national emblem but the destruction of its habitat, and series of factors, is making it an endangered bird. The penalty for killing a crested crane is life imprisonment or pay Shs20 billion,” Mr George Owoyesigire, the commissioner for wildlife, said yesterday. The bird, scientifically known as Balearica regulorum gibbericeps, inhabited Uganda’s swamps and fields. It has 16 different species in the world, four of which

Feb 15, 2022Read original NEWS – The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Court Martial sitting at Mountain Division Headquarters in Fort Portal has sentenced Lance Corporal Piangu Hussein Mwanika to 40 years in prison for murder. The prosecution led by Lt. Moses Ekwamu told the military court that on July 24, 2021, at around 09.00 pm, while on guard duty at Kanyamwirima barracks in Bundibugyo, Mwanika gunned down and killed Pte Christine Akido. According to the court records, L/Cpl Piangu was intoxicated while at the Observation Post-OP, having smoked marijuana. When Akido came to meet him, he subsequently shot her four bullets in the chest, killing her instantly. In his ruling, Col. Robert Okiror, the Chairperson of the Mountain Division Court Martial, said that the court had considered the submissions of both the prosecution and defence teams and found that the accused acted under the influence of drugs, in contrast to the professional standards. He said the court found

Feb 15, 2022 High Court judge Musa Ssekaana has sentenced city lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi to 18 Months in prison. But Mabirizi has since appealed the decision. On Tuesday February 22, 2022 at 10am, Justice Madrama of Court of Appeal will hear the youthful lawyer’s application to stay execution of all Ssekaana’s orders under miscellaneous application No. 843 of 2021. Mabirizi says Ssekaana’s order for detention is illegal. “The order is illegal because no man can be a judge in his own cause,” said Mabirizi. Details follow…

Feb 12, 2022 Barbra Itungo Kyagulanyi, the wife of former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has melted hearts on social media as she heaped praises on her husband on his 40th birthday. Barbie said that her biggest achievement in life is being Bobi’s wife. “My best friend is 40 today! If I were to write another book today 10 years after my first, I’d still say that my biggest achievement at this point in life is to be married to you Mr President. “I have been a beneficiary of everything good that a human being can get from having the honor to live with the most inspirational man in the country. Happy birthday my love,” She wrote. Barbie and Bobi have been married for 10 years and their Union is one to admire. Before getting married, the pair dated and cohabited for 10 years and had children.

Feb 11, 2022 Police in Kabale are investigating unclear circumstances under which a man of 80 year committed suicide after failing to end the life of his wife. The deceased has been identified as Edward Nsigirenda a resident of Rwembogo cell, Muyebe parish, Buhara sub county Kabale district, who allegedly cut the wife Lydia Nduhukire,60, suspecting her of having an extra marital relationship. It’s alleged that the two had a long standing domestic violence resulting from the cheating allegations, and two years back, Nsigirenda badly assaulted the Nduhukire to the extent of being hospitalized. It’s further alleged that, from the hospital, she went to her son’s home in Kakumiro district fearing for her life. It’s in the month of December 2021, when the deceased called his son Nampa Dickson requesting the wife to come back home promising to have reformed. Nduhukire came back and they stayed normally. According to the Kigezi regional police spokesperson Elly Maate, the couple wh

What's Hot in Uganda, Here's is What You Missed Today!! Top News MediaFeb 10, 2022 YOU’LL SOON KNOW WHO I AM! NBS Presenter MC Casmir Speaks On His Cheating Scandal; Threatens To Punish Those Who Caught Him Pants Down NBS TV  Hit Maker  presenter MC Casmir has spoken out on his cheating scandal, threatening to punish those who filmed him in the act. Videos circulating online show MC Casmir apologize after he was caught red-handed with a man’s wife. In a message shared online, MC Casmir believes his cheating scandal has “attracted public and state interest because of the video circulating.” He has now threatened to ensure that “officers involved at my house that turned it into a crime scene, those that arrested me and the man who recorded video are all being brought to justice one by one.” He added that he will not rest until are “damages caused” have been “cleared.” City Car Robber Netted The Police at Kira road is holding a car robber, Spyreports has learnt. The suspect has be

Assessment body Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has announced examination dates for the 2022 candidate classes. According to a statement released by Uneb executive secretary Dan Odongo, Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) will start on November 07 and end on November 09. Uganda Certificate of Education UCE (UCE) exams will begin on October 14 and end on November 18. A-level exams (Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education – UACE) papers will start on November 18 and end on December 09.

Feb 10, 2022 Opposition political parties-National Unity Platform (NUP) and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) have told off President Yoweri Museveni that their establishments can exist even without receiving money from government and Interparty Organization for Dialogue (IPOD). While meeting with the Secretaries-General of political parties that coalesce under IPOD at State House Entebbe on Wednesday, President Museveni proposed that there is a need to emend a law that bars political parties that have refused to actively take part in IPOD activities from accessing funding. He said that there is no reason why eligible political parties that have refused to participate in IPOD activities should continue to receive funding from the government or IPOD. “Also, this is a forum to sort out our issues and should bring together all the parties represented in the parliament. However, others do not want to cooperate, I think such parties should not qualify for government funding unde

Feb 9, 2022 International Court of Justice DECISIONS ✳ The total amount of compensation awarded to the DRC is US$325,000,000. This global sum includes US$225,000,000 for damage to persons, US$40,000,000 for damage to property, and US$60,000,000 for damage related to natural resources. 406. ✳ The total sum is to be paid in annual instalments of US$65,000,000, due on 1 September of each year, from 2022 to 2026. The Court decides that, should payment be delayed, post-judgment interest at an annual rate of 6 per cent on each instalment will accrue on any overdue amount from the day which follows the day on which the instalment was due. ✳ The Court is satisfied that the total sum awarded, and the terms of payment, remain within the capacity of Uganda to pay. Therefore, the Court does not need to consider the question whether, in determining the amount of compensation, account should be taken of the financial burden imposed on the responsible State, given its economic condition The Hague, Ne

Bobi Wine Sets Tough Condition For Talks With Museveni National Unity Platform (NUP) and its leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine have largely ruled out talks with President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, saying it would only be possible under one condition. Recently, NUP MP and former presidential candidate Abed Bwanika, urged Bobi Wine to hold talks with Museveni so that detained supporters can be released. According to NUP spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi, there is no need for talks with Museveni over the detained supporters, but added the party will pursue all legal and lawful means possible to have those incarcerated released. “When you allow us to meet him and plead with him, it will mean we are guilty. Yes, we are concerned about our colleagues and we continue visiting them in prison and also go to court when they are brought. This shows solidarity,” said Ssenyonyi. “We shall continue to use the law to see our colleagues freed like many have been released. [The gov

At least 40 people were killed when machete-wielding militiamen attacked a site for displaced people in strife-torn eastern DR Congo, a monitoring group and local sources said Wednesday. "At least 40 civilians were killed with edged weapons last night in Plaine Savo" in Djugu territory, the US-based Kivu Security Tracker (KST) said on Twitter. Local officials and civil society sources put the toll at more than 50 dead, while the army's spokesman in Ituri province, Lieutenant Jules Ngongo, gave provisional figures of 21 dead. The KST said the suspected attackers were from a notorious armed group called CODECO, blamed for a string of ethnic massacres in the area. The Djugu area, bordering Lake Albert and Uganda which lie to the east, is the theatre for a bloody, long-running feud between the Lendu and Hema communities. Fighting between the two groups flared between 1999 and 2003, claiming tens of thousands of lives before being quelled by a European Union peacek

KAMPALA – Bank of Uganda has disregarded information circulating on various social media platforms claiming that the banknotes bearing the signature of the late Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebire, the former Governor expired or shall soon expire and cease to be legal tender as false information. According to the press release statement made on Bank of Uganda’s official twitter handle, the change of office or demise of the person who signed on bank notes as Governor does not in any way affect the validity or legal status of the banknotes that he or she signed. In the same statement, Bank of Uganda has clarified that the design, features and characteristics of the currency banknotes, include, among other things, the signature of the Governor. Bank of Uganda noted that current banknotes remain legal tender until they are determined otherwise by the bank of Uganda, which is the only lawful authority entrusted with the mandate to issue currency banknotes. Bank of Uganda has advis

NEWS – Shock and panic have engulfed residents of Bison Maguria parish in Western Division, Tororo Municipality after receiving news of the sudden death of a 16year old boy. The deceased Owinjo Patrick who has been a primary six pupil at Aturukuku primary school who was found lying in the bush near the railway line in the area. According to his mother Koko Rose, Owinjo left home at 7:30pm in the evening to the nearby trading center but unfortunately never returned forcing her and relatives to mount a hunt though they didn’t succeed. In the morning as one of her neighbors known as Masumbuko woke up in the middle of the night narrates that he heard some people chasing each other and thought it was the normal games of teenagers . However in the morning, as a young girl was going to wash clothes at the nearby river, she saw somebody lying as if he was dead. She so informed Owinjo’s mother who together with other rushed him to Tororo main hospital where he died upon arrival. The

Feb 2, 2022 What you need to know: Police suspect the fire could have spread from a charcoal stove on the verandah to the room where the victims stored fuel in jerrycans. Three family members have been confirmed dead and another seriously hurt after a fire broke out in their home in Fika-Salama ward, Mbale Northern City Division in Mbale City. Police said the Tuesday evening fire started from one of the rooms where the deceased identified as Jamal Mutoto, 30, Sowedi Impiangu, 35, and Wilberforce Naifuge aka Buyinza 20, stored fuel which they had been selling in jerrycans and bottles as a family business for a long time. Ekesa Konstant, 30, is undergoing treatment at Mbale regional referral hospital and he’s said to be in critical condition. “Preliminary reports indicate that fire is suspected to have spread from a charcoal stove on the veranda to the room where the deceased, who were petrol dealers, had been stocking their fuel in jerrycans,” the Elgon region police spokesp