Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Robert Kakuru has vowed to continue pushing the Makerere University council and management to prioritize the welfare of academic staff after winning a new term at the helm of Makerere University Academic Staff Association- MUASA. MUASA’s electoral Chairman, Dr. Anthony Tibaingana (PhD) announced Kakuru’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University staff have agreed to temporarily called of their strike. Last week, staff through their Associations; Makerere University Academic Staff Association- MUASA, Makerere Academic Staff Association-MASA and the National Union of Education Institutions- NUEI declared their intention for new industrial action commencing on January 15, …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Constitutional Court Judge, Kenneth Kakuru is dead. According to reliable sources, Justice Kakuru breathed his last at Aga Khan Hospital in Kenya’s, capital Nairobi after losing the battle to cancer. “He has just passed away in Nairobi. He’s been too unwell,” said the source. Another source …
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Justice Kakuru who wrote the main judgment agreed with the petitioners that the petition raises an issue for constitutional interpretation and that the section infringes on the freedoms provided for under article 29 of the constitution Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has declared section 25 of the Computer …
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Signs of Supreme Court appeal fight revealed Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A recent ruling of the Constitutional Court that it was unconstitutional for judges to be appointed to the Executive branch without first resigning their posts appears to have thrown a spanner in the workings of some government …
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Uganda’s Constitutional court has nullified Section 8 of the Public Order Management Act and all Police acts done under the said section. Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Constitutional court has nullified section 8 of the Public Order Management Act of 2013, that was giving absolute powers to Police …
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“I am a very happy man. Yes, the victory has come late but at least it has finally come,” Erias Lukwago said after the unanimous judgment by the Court of Appeal ordering government to pay the Lord Mayor Shs500m was read out. Kampala, Uganda | The Independent | The judgment …
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