Police in Kyankwanzi District have arrested Kasifa Nabakooza and her houseboy, known as Batara, for participating in the murder and defilement of a one-year-old baby of a co-wife.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has announced plans to meet with cultural leaders in September 2024 to further promote Uganda's rich cultural diversity.
The protesters put forward several demands, including the resignation of the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among and the four backbench commissioners, a reduction in the number of Ugandan MPs, an audit into MPs' lifestyles, the resignation of any MPs involved in corruption scandals and a reduction in MPs' salaries and allowances to a maximum of Ugx 3 million.
Two of Kagame's stronger critics, Diana Rwigara and Victoire Ingabire were blocked from running for high office over failure to meet the requirements set by the electoral body and High Court ruling that rehabilitation was incomplete, respectively.