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THIS WEEK: Government given 90 days ultimatum to settle prosecutors’ welfare issues  State prosecutors on July 17 suspended a strike that had been on for a week after government promised to handle their welfare issues. During the meeting with the justice and constitutional affairs minister Kahinda Otafiire, prosecutors gave government …

VIDEO: Besigye should not criticise Age Limit debate, says Otafiire  Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV UGANDA| The Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Gen Kahinda Otafiire has accused opposition politician Dr. Kiiza Besigye of spearheading the initial constitutional amendments which paved way for the lifting of the presidential term limits. Otafirie now wonders …

 Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  Jailed Ruhinda County Member of Parliament Rtd Captain Donozio Kahonda is to stay in prison for two more weeks until July 24, 2017 when  Jinja High Court Judge Eva Luswata will preside over his bail application. This because on Thursday, there was no prosecutor …

Insiders say lack of prosecutors will paralyse justice system Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Prossy Ayebare was recruited as a state prosecutor in 1999 and has since never been promoted. In the last 18 years, her salary has only been doubled—when she started, she was earning Shs270, 000. She …

Ruhinda County MP Rtd Captain Donozio Kahonda has been sentenced to 9-months in prison at Kirinya after the Jinja Chief Magistrate’s Court found him guilty of  fradulently obtaining recruitment to the Military Academy in Jinja. Presiding Chief Magistrate Francis Kaggwa cancelled Kahonda’s bail Thursday after convciting him of several counts including …

Prior to the end of last year’s festivities, the Minister for Constitutional Affairs Kahinda Otafiire (Pictured) told parliament of the government’s plan to conduct Local Council elections mid this month. He revealed that the government has proposed voting to be by standing behind one’s favorite candidate citing financial constraints. The …

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Maj. Gen Kahinda Otafiire has admitted several things can go wrong in times of heightened political activity, but said there was no intentional violations of civil rights by government. Otafiire on Tuesday faced the Uganda parliament’s Human Rights Committee chaired by Mitooma Woman MP Jovah Kamateeka and was …

VIDEO: Uganda Young Democrats – the youth wing of opposition Democratic Party have petitioned the Minister of Justice and Constitution Affairs Maj. General Kahinda Otafiire- challenging the proposed constitutional amendment bills to scrap the age limits of various government officials.  The youths claim the amendments are brought in bad faith and …

Kahinda Otafiire has said he will not miss having to buy coffins and paying school fees now that he is no longer MP.  “I was an undertaker at every burial, a best-man at every wedding in my constituency. I Will Not Miss Parliament,”  former Justice minister  Otafiire told NBS TV.  …

By Agather Atuhaire Received money purporting to visit wildlife areas on voting day The alleged misuse of PAMSU funds, now under investigation, could be just a part of a larger scheme in which top officials in the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry abused money meant for the Uganda Wildlife …