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NBS: The Chief Justice, also head of the third arm of government Justice Bart Katureebe, has condemned the attack on Makindye court premises by people said to be supporters of Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura. Speaking about the Wednesday events in which the court magistrate and Kampala Lord Mayor …

NBS: Opposition strongman Dr Kiiza Besigye has spoken out about Wednesday’s besieging of Makindye Magistrates Court – asking police chief Gen Kale Kayihura to step aside and pave way for investigations for setting what he calls a dangerous precedent in law enforcement. Speaking to the media at his home in …

NBS: Will he appear, or will he not? The expected appearance of IGP Kale Kayihura before the Makindye Chief magistrates’ court over police brutality took a new twist when three of the witnesses lined up by the petitioners in the matter bowed out of the case. They claimed the petitioners, some …

   The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni has presented a statement before Parliament on the ongoing standoff between non-teaching staff at public universities and government, over failed payment of salary enhancement and arrears. The minister says government needs more time to harmonize the salary scale of the staff. …

The expected appearance of the Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura before the Makindye Chief Magistrates’ court over police brutality took a new twist Tuesday when three of the witnesses lined up by the petitioners in the matter bowed out of the case. They claimed the petitioners, some ministers and …

The United States has recommended that the United Nations Security Council authorize a force of 4,000 peacekeepers for South Sudan’s capital Juba after a recent outbreak of violence. The US circulated a draft resolution to the 15-member council that would approve a regional protection force “to use all necessary means, …

The Uganda Police has refuted allegations that it has deliberately refused to arrest one of its own; former DPC of the Kampala Central Police Station Aaron Baguma. Police says they have never been served with the DPP’s arrest warrant – only reading about them in the media. Baguma is accused …

Former Principal Accountant in the Ministry of Public Service Christopher Obey has pinned the Ministry of Finance over the pension mismanagement scam. Obey told the Anti – Corruption court in Kampala that the treasury failed to effectively control money sent to the Ministry of Public Service, leading to the scam. …

NBS: Government and striking university non teaching staff have failed to agree on modalities of ending the industrial action that would allow a new academic year to open as scheduled. The negotiations hit a dead end following conflicting explanations from finance minister Matia Kasaija and his technocrats on whether the …

THE Pride of Uganda is in the hands of 21 athletes who represent the country in the summer Olympics that officially opened in Rio on Friday . Those were the sentiments of President Yoweri Museveni s as he flagged off the 2nd batch of athletes to Brazil. The President urged …