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By Peace Lawrence Ayesigwa and Robert Atuhairwe An Ad hoc Committee which was set up by Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom Rukurato- supreme council to investigate alleged misuse of kingdom resources has finally met Fred Mugenyi Rucunya, the Chief Prince. Rucunya had in the past declined to meet the committee under the pretext that the matter was before court. Rucunya the main petitioner had particularly querried expenditure of sh20b that the kingdom received as part of compensation from the government. Rucunya locally known as Okwiri has been in the media asking some kingdom officials to account for the aforesaid money after they used…

Members of Parliament have asked government to carryout mass sensitisation on the dangers of gender-based violence to fight the vice. The MPs were speaking to the Report of the Committee on Gender Labour and Social Development on gender-based violence in the districts of Moroto, Amudat, Kapchorwa, Kween, Tororo and Jinja during plenary on Thursday, 28 April 2022. NRM Woman MP for Tororo district, Hon. Sarah Opendi said that one of the predominant issues is that most men have abandoned their responsibility of providing for their families especially in the countryside and focused on engaging in gender-based violence. “This pauses a…

By LUNGELO NDHLOVU Often going unreported, corruption in journalism is a major concern across Africa. Commonly referred to as “brown envelope” journalism — as it typically involves monetary bribes enclosed in brown envelopes — it seeks to influence journalists to produce more positive reporting on an issue or to kill a negative story. Improving journalists’ pay and working conditions, and offering more training on reporting ethics, could help proactively combat efforts to corrupt reporters, according to Italian journalist, researcher and activist Anna Meli. “The International Federation of Journalists and the Trade Union of Journalists are all over the world trying to fight for equal payment and equal treatment…

Legislators have welcomed the admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) into the East African Community (EAC), saying that the development provides huge economic benefits to the country. They were responding to the statement by the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs, Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, during plenary on Thursday, 21 April 2022 on the admission of DRC into the EAC. The premier said that admission of DRC gives the region a combined population of over 300 million, which expands the market. “This provides opportunities to produce and sell goods and services. This will enhance the…

Parliament has passed into law the Physical Planner Registration Bill, 2021. The bill, passed during plenary on Thursday, 21 April 2022, will see the establishment of Physical Planners Registration Board to provide for the registration of physical planners and a disciplinary basis for their work. The country, preceding this law has lacked a legal framework regulating physical planners in Uganda requiring them to regulate their practice; separate qualified physical planners from quack ones and to set and monitor standard of physical planners and to support the urbanisation of the country. Hon. Naome Kabasharira (Indep, Rushenyi County) said that Parliament created…

Government should prioritise establishment of health centre IVs instead of hospitals in districts as they can handle obstetrics gynecology and children’s cases, which make up most admissions in hospitals. Presenting the Report of the Committee on the Ministerial Policy Statement and Budget Estimates for the Ministry of Health for the Financial Year 2022/2023, committee chairperson, Dr Charles Ayume said that many health centre IVs in the country are non-functional yet they are cheaper to construct and renovate. “A health centre IV by all standards is a mini hospital. Why don’t we as a House agree that as a matter of…

When Ukrainian forces repelled Russian troops aiming to capture the capital, Kyiv, they said they found some interesting baggage among the detritus of the Russian retreat — abandoned ammunition and armor, and inside the military vehicles, Russian parade uniforms. “They expected to get Kyiv in two days and then have a parade here,” said Oleksandr Hruzevych, the deputy chief of staff of Ukraine’s ground forces. Russian President Vladimir Putin couldn’t get a parade in the Ukrainian capital, but a parade is coming soon to Moscow and, whatever happens on the battlefield, the Russian President is likely to declare victory during that event three…

On February 13, hundreds of people gathered at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial center. The crowd was there to see a new club, Sporting Lagos FC, play its first-ever football match. The match ended in a draw after Sporting Lagos equalized as a result of an own goal from Go Round FC, leaving supporters of the new club buzzing with excitement. The club, which currently plays in the Nigerian National League, the country’s second-tier, is the brainchild of Shola Akinlade, co-founder and CEO of financial technology company Paystack, which he says was acquired for more than $200 million in 2020…

Maria Sharapova, who won all four tennis grand slam titles during her career, celebrated her 35th birthday on Tuesday but will remember the day for more than one reason after she announced she was expecting her first child with fiancée Alexander Gilkes. The former tennis star posted a picture on Instagram showing off her small bump while posing at the beach. “Precious beginnings,” she wrote in the picture caption. “Eating birthday cake for two has always been my specialty.” Sharapova, who retired from the sport just over two years ago, announced her engagement to British businessman Gilkes in December 2020. The pair have been…

Around midnight in June 2014, in a village in northern Uganda, an unarmed 37-year-old man was shot in the back as he fled from a police officer. He died hours before he was found, lying face down in a compound a few hundred metres from his home. That night, he had been guarding his community as part of a local vigilante group. A year previously, the village had experienced a surge in violent crime. The police and district-level authorities did not have the capacity to secure the village; instead, they had called on the community to form a vigilante group…