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Keota High School Coding Club Takes Home Gold

Constitutional law experts have warned that such a pursuit threatens the presumption of a suspect’s innocence until proven guilty

“Emphasizing that the jurisdiction of the General Court Martial is limited to the provisions of the UPDF Act by necessary implication means that its jurisdiction does not extend to other Acts of parliament. The composition and the power of appointment of the Court Martial members by the UPDF High Command further emphasize its restrictive nature. Parliament intended that the jurisdiction of the General Court Martial extends only to the UPDF,” a ruling by justice Kenneth Kakuru reads in part....

NUP appoints Mathias Mpuuga as Leader of Opposition in Parliament Friday May 28 2021 Nyendo-Mukungwe MP-elect Mathias Mpuuga (right) displays his National Unity Platform (NUP) membership card as the party’s president, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine looks on - August 13, 2020. PHOTO | MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI Advertisement National Unity Platform (NUP) has appointed Mathias Mpuuga as the Leader of Opposition in the 11th Parliament. The Nyendo-Mukungwe MP will replace Forum for Democratic Cha...

Army court releases 17 of 35 NUP supporters May 25, 2021 Some of the NUP supporters arrive at the army court The General Court Martial has released 17 of the 35 National Unity Platform (NUP) who have been on remand since December last year when they were arrested from Kalangala island during the presidential campaigns. 18 others have been further remanded until June 8.  Those released on Shs 20 million (non-cash) bail include; Robinson Ntambi Mud...

By Derrick Wandera National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has said the dispute over the ownership of 640 acres of Magere land is “another form of government persecution” targeting him. Bobi Wine told Daily Monitor in an interview yesterday that he acquired his land, which is part of that dispute, in 2002 and that he has all the documents to support his occupancy of it. He also revealed that he bought part of the disputed land before most of the current occu...

UNAIDS The UNITY Platform, a network of 34 organizations for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, has just published its 2020 annual report on violence against sexual and gender minorities in Cameroon. The report, produced annually by all the associations that the platform covers, shows more than 2000 cases of violence and violations of the rights of sexual and gender minorities affecting 930 people in 2020, compared to just less than 1400 in 2019. More than half of the reporte...

Do not be compromised by Museveni – Kyagulanyi Sunday April 18 2021 Some of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party leaders during the retreat in Jinja City on Friday . PHOTO/TAUSI NAKATO Summary Mr Kyagulanyi urged leaders not to go against the party values, saying they will not only be betraying the people of Uganda but also God. Advertisement National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has warned newly elected party leaders not to be compromised by President M...

Daily Monitor Wednesday April 14 2021 NUP leaders Francis Zaake (left), party secretary general Lewis Rubongoya (2nd left), party spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi (3rd left) and other party members wear T-shirts emblazoned with pictures of their supporters who are still in detention in Kampala yesterday. PHOTO / ABUBAKER LUBOWA Summary Advertisement At least 222 National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters have been released after spending more than four months under security detention around the countr...