A Tiktoker Edward Awebwa has been sentenced to serve 6 years in prison for using his tiktok account to abuse President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the First Lady Janet Kataha Museveni.
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- Speaker Rebecca Kadaga questions the relevance of curfew at this moment. "There is no need to confine people anymore.This is a violation of rights "
- Opposition MPs led by LOP Mathias Mpuuga have started to sign a petition which seeks to challenge the ruling of Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa on Roko shares .
- Just in; The Government has terminated the operations of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda.
- Breaking: Speaker Jacob Oulanyah appoints Sarah Kagingo to manage communications in his office. Deputy Speaker Annet Anita Among appoints Joseph Sabiti (NBS) to manage communications in her office. LOP Mathias Mpuuga appoints Sadab Kitata (formerly at the Observer)
- ULS President Isaac Ssemakadde presents 17 Lawyers before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court to defend him in the case in which lawyers Joshua Byamazima and Tony Tumukunde are accusing him of insulting modesty of a woman.
- The Supreme Court is today expected to hear a case in which Businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba is appealing against the decision by the Constitutional Court which ruled that he was illegally compensated with 142 billion shillings . #URNUpdates @judith_kukunda
- Theodore Ssekikubo has raised a concern of President Museveni's presence before MPs vote. According to the Order Paper, Museveni was to arrive after elections of the Speaker.
- Protests as Rwandan security operatives hand over the body of a Ugandan businessman who was gunned down for suspected smuggling last week. Rwandan security shot dead 50-year-old Jack Turyahikayo alias Rwakigizi, a businessman and resident of Karera village in Rukiga district
00:00 - Breaking news: Trade Ministry Permanent Secretary Geraldine Ssali has been arrested and transferred to Anti Corruption Court. She has been charged with causing financial loss and conspiring with Members of Parliament to conspire to steal cooperatives' cash.
- 49 NUP Supporters who were arrested from Kalangala during Bobi Wine's campaigns are expected to apply for Bail this morning before the General Court Martial.
- Breaking news: Supreme Court Justice Dr Esther Kitimbo Kisaakye is currently living in exile, fearing for her life due to ongoing threats, according to documents obtained by Uganda Radio Network (URN).
