Author: Evans Kalyango
The East African Community Legislative Assembly is sitting in Uganda as part of it’s regional sittings which sit in different members states. These meet and discuss matters of regional importance to the East African Community. They’re quite a number of journalists stationed at parliament who report for different media houses during live parliamentary debates, committee sittings and even through the corridors of the national assembly. There’s however a discomforting vice that legislators have over time complained about regarding journalists who demand money from them in order to prioritize their stories on their channels and even get a chance to be…
National Unity Platform supporters who last week pleaded guilty on the charges of attempting to overthrow government and being in possession of military wares including 13 bomb materials have been sentenced. The 16 have been on remand for four years and have had their several bail applications denied on issues that the sureties were not substantial. Even when Members of parliament including leader of opposition came as sureties, the General Court Martial still denied the accused bail. These started their trial journey with former General Court Martial Andrew Guti who retired and replaced with Brig Gen Robert Freeman Mugabe. Prosecution…
By Oweyegha-Afunaduula In Uganda of the 21st Century, everything has been reduced to politics: politics of education, politics of health, politics of seeds or food, politics of exclusion, politics of conquest and politics of occupation. Politics of conquest and occupation are frequently association with cross border refugees or former cross border refugees in power in Uganda. Politics involve exercise of power and different hegemonic political projects of belonging represent different symbolic power orders. Traditionally, power was understood and measured by the effects those with power had on others (Yuval-Davis, 2016). Today in Uganda power over others by those in power…
Since last Friday through the weekend, a woman who has been identified as Mercy Timbitwire has been trending after she decided to take matters in her own hands and rained slaps and abuses to a traffic police officer who had stopped who has also been identified as Charles Makawa. Mercy was denied police bond and also denied bail and was remanded to Luzira prisons by the Nakawa magistrates court until 4th November 2024. Several Media houses had identified Mercy as an employee of the Ruling party Party that she was a publicist for the Museveni party as seen on the…
For the last 5 days now, the internet has been a wash with a woman slapping and assaulting a traffic police officer after she was accused of reckless driving and speaking on phone while driving last Friday In the video that went viral, the police officer observed restraint as the angry woman rained slaps and abuses on him. The woman has since been identified as Mercy Timbitwire who is an employee at the NRM secretariat in the communication department. She was arraigned before court yesterday and remanded to Luzira prisons until 4th November 2024 by the Magistrates court of Nakawa.…
Ugandan City lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi Kiwanuka has dragged Kenyan government and the president of Kenya Dr Samoei William Ruto over what he termed as the “illegal’ impeachment of embattled Deputy President Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua. Mabirizi filed his case at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) sub registry. The suit Reference No. 14 of 2024/ File Ref 49/24 against President William Ruto for the impeachment of his deputy Gachagua Gachagua who was impeached by Kenya’s lower house the National Assembly had the same upheld by the upper house the Senate on Thursday night after courts declined his earlier requests…
President Museveni has pardoned 130 prisoners who had been convicted on several cases and were serving their sentences in different prisons in Uganda. The president executed the pardon in accordance with Article 121 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and all the 130 prisoners who were serving their sentences on minor offences have since been released. According to Frank Baine, the Prisons Spokesperson, these were pardoned and released on public health and humanitarian grounds. Museveni has pardoned several prisoners in recent months including Chandi Jamwa former NSSF managing Director. The president also last month pardoned John Muhanguzi Kashaka…
The 2024 Census report has a chapter on characteristics of Uganda’s youth and adolescent population; clearly distinguishing them from other age groups of the population. Having opted to rely on Uganda’s National Youth Policy (2015) and National Youth Council Act (2015) respectively, for purposes of 2024 census, UBOS defined a youth to be a person aged 18-30 years and an adolescent to be a person aged 10-19. In contrast, globally a youth is aged 15-24 and yet the East African Community definition puts a youth between 15 and 35 years. The census report indicates that as of May 2024, adolescents…
Stanbic Bank has been selected as the “Most Admired Financial Services” company at the Brand Africa Awards 2024. The announcement was made recently in Nairobi, Kenya, during celebrations to mark the achievements of Africa’s best private and public organizations. Established in 2011, Brand Africa is an intergenerational movement to inspire a brand-led African renaissance to drive Africa’s competitiveness, connect Africa and create a positive image of the continent. The brand Stanbic Bank Uganda is reflected in its purpose; ‘Uganda is our home; we drive her Growth’. Brand Africa awarded the best local and global brands admired by people from the…
The 2024 National Population & Housing Census (NPHC) shows that out of 10.6 million households in Uganda, 155,200 (about 1.5 percent) received remittances during the last 12 months preceding the NPHC 2024. Remittances are household incomes originating from foreign economies, primarily due to the temporary or permanent migration of individuals to those countries. These transfers include both cash and non-cash items, sent through formal channels like electronic transfers, or informal means such as money or goods physically transported across borders. Remittances largely consist of funds and goods sent by individuals who have settled abroad, as well as the net earnings…