Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has revealed that it dismissed a complaint filed by jailed opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye against High Court Judge Justice Emmanuel Baguma, saying it did not meet the commission’s admissibility threshold. Speaking to journalists  after the launch of the Commission’s …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Kyambogo University has defended the decision to readvertise 18 undergraduate degree programmes, saying the move is intended to fill vacancies at its satellite campuses rather than reopen admissions at the main campus. The clarification follows criticism from applicants who questioned why the university reopened applications …

Mpigi, Uganda | URN | The freshly bailed former Butambala County Member of Parliament Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi has been picked up in Mpigi District while heading to Kampala. Details surrounding the re-arrest remain unclear and authorities are yet to issue an official statement. However, National Unity Platform lawyer Samuel Muyizzi, …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | As conflicts multiply across the Horn of Africa and external powers deepen their involvement in the continent’s crises, African mediation is facing searching questions about its future. Diplomats and peace negotiators who helped end some of the region’s past wars are increasingly asking whether the …

Moroto, Uganda | Xinhua | At least 16 people have died from acute food shortages caused by prolonged drought in Uganda’s semi-arid northeastern Karamoja region, the country’s Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) said on Thursday. In a statement issued in Kampala, Alex Kakooza, permanent secretary at the OPM, said …

Mukono, Uganda | URN | One student has been confirmed dead and several others injured after a bus transporting learners from Mwebaze High School in Kakiri collided with a train in Mukono District on Friday morning. The crash occurred at about 7:00 a.m. in Namumira-Bukasa Village, Nakisunga Sub-county, along Katosi …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The second edition of “The Mark & Friends Charity Drive” has successfully raised educational materials that will benefit learners at Nyakabungo Girls Secondary School and Nyakabungo Parents Primary School in Kanungu district, reiterating the initiative’s commitment to improving access to quality education through community …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Universities across the country have entered the final stretch of preparations for the transition to Competence-Based Education and Training (CBET), with about a year remaining before one of the most significant reforms in the higher education system takes effect. According to the National Council for …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) has endorsed a proposed amendment to the Administration of Parliament Act that seeks to introduce a legal procedure for the removal of the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) from office. The position was announced in Kampala by Kasambya County …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | A handwritten note recovered after the death of a Senior Four student at Naalya Senior Secondary School, Bweyogerere Campus, has emerged as a key focus of police investigations into the circumstances surrounding his death. The note, believed to have been written by the deceased, Naish …