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Uganda MPs ordered to return iPads or pay for them Wednesday April 07 2021 Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Member of Parliament Maj Gen Pecos Kutesa plays solitaire during plenary at Parliament in 2017. FILE PHOTO | NMG Summary MPs have the option of paying a fee to keep the iPads. Advertisement The Ugandan parliament has ordered legislators to return iPads that were issued to them five years ago by April 30. The iPads, which were handed to them in 2016 at the beginning of their terms in office, were meant to help facilitate the MPs' work. In a March 31 letter from the Clerk to P...

Daily Monitor Wednesday April 07 2021 Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Member of Parliament Maj Gen Pecos Kutesa plays Solitaire during plenary at Parliament in 2017. PHOTO/ALEX ESAGALA Summary Advertisement Parliament has given MPs up to April 30 to return the iPads that were issued to them in 2016 to facilitate their work. A March 31 letter from the Clerk to Parliament, Ms Jane Kibirige, addressed to all MPs, a copy of  which this newspaper has seen, states that the iPads are the property of government and must be returned before the end of their term in May. She said Parliament has...

Lawyer lists reasons why Ongwen should walk out of ICC a free man  Sunday April 04 2021 Summary Although the 1,077-paged International Criminal Court judgment is now being seen by victims as pivotal in the region’s healing process from the physical and psychological wounds inflicted by the war, convicted former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen’s lawyers claim the ruling is ‘utterly embarrassing’ and worth an appeal.  Advertisement In a February 4 ruling at The Hague-based International Criminal Court, judges at approximately 1:45pm local time convicted Domini...

Relatives of Ugandans killed in South Sudan demand compensation Sunday April 04 2021 Summary They were ambushed, killed and their cars burnt by unknown gunmen at Ganji on Yei-Juba highway in South Sudan before reaching South Sudan’s Capital. Advertisement Little did they know that this would be the last time they would see their families. They were ambushed, killed and their cars burnt by unknown gunmen at Ganji on Yei-Juba highway in South Sudan before reaching South Sudan’s Capital. Some of the deceased were identified as Ronald Amati from Maracha District, Sadam Andama (driver), Dada ...

Daily Monitor Sunday March 14 2021 Rest in eternal peace. Lapwony Michael Ocan was a teacher of Physics and Mathematics whose values included discipline and integrity. Photo | Courtesy. Summary In memoriam. Dad never stopped reading the Bible, newspapers and he loved keeping tabs with current affairs. Jimmy Odoki Acellam, the eldest son of Lapwony Michael  and Betty Aol Ocan pays tribute to his father, four years later. Advertisement Four years ago, on February 22, a bright light in our family was extinguished. I remember vividly arriving at Lacor hospital in Gulu at 1.30pm to visit my fath...