The powerful son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has expressed support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Gen Kainerugaba – who is the commander of Uganda’s land forces – tweeted that “the majority of mankind (that are non-white) support Russia’s stand in Ukraine”. “Putin is absolutely …
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Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, imprisoned and tortured for making unflattering comments about President Yoweri Museveni and his son on Twitter, fled the country a fortnight ago and arrived in Germany, his lawyer has told AFP news agency. “He arrived in Germany this morning,” Eron Kiiza, the lawyer, is quoted as …
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Ugandan Prime Minister Nabbanja Robinah was seen in a video where she attended the latest African Union meeting. What sparked reactions on the internet was that she participated in the summit on the side of the road. The picture is going viral. In a viral video, the Prime Minister is …
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Uganda plans to impose fines on people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who fail to pay could be sent to prison under a new public health law which lawmakers are scrutinising, parliament said on Tuesday. Only 16 million Ugandans have received their doses out of a …
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Police officers, who arrest and detain anyone suspected of having sexual intercourse with a married person, will face disciplinary courts, Dailymonitor reports, quoting Ugandan police spokesperson Fred Enanga, as saying. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said it is not criminal to have sexual intercourse with married people and that the police …
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Major General Abel Kandiho, blacklisted by the United States for alleged human rights abuses, as police chief. The former head of intelligence, has been accused of abuses including electrocution and sexual assault. The US said he was sometimes personally involved in interrogations of detained …
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The Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has lifted an almost two-year curfew affecting motorcycle taxis popularly known in the country as boda bodas. Boda bodas have been banned from operating between 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. local time since March 2020, when coronavirus cases in the country began to rise. The …
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Opposition members of Ugandan parliament on Thursday walked out of a parliamentary session in protest of reported torture of citizens by security operatives, detention without trial, and missing supporters on Thursday, Dailymonitor reports. More than 100 MPs led by the opposition leader, Mr Mathias Mpuuga on Thursday said they would …
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At least 62 rebels surrender in a joint operation by the Ugandan People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) against Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in eastern DR congo. The ceremony took place on Monday after the UPDF convoy entered DR Congo …
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TotalEnergies announced on Tuesday that it has reached a $10 billion investment deal with Uganda, Tanzania and its partner Chinese oil giant CNOOC in the controversial Ugandan oil exploration and export megaproject. This agreement, called Final Investment Decision (FID), was signed some sixteen years after the discovery of these reserves …
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