Tag: Demonstrations

Tooro Succession Dispute Deepens as Ababiito Declare New King

National News
The dispute now places Tooro at a delicate crossroads between customary authority and Uganda’s legal framework. Omusuuga Kamurasi has called for respect for tradition and the law, while President Museveni has called for peace and unity among the Batooro.

U.S. Announces More Than $150 Million in Support at Pacific Islands Forum

International
On commercial diplomacy, the United States is shifting assistance toward private-sector-led growth, including efforts with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Taiwan to connect every Pacific Islands Forum country to a trusted undersea cable network. A second Pacific Investment Summit is scheduled to be hosted in early 2027.
National News

 YOUTH DAY: UPC Urges Gov’t to Listen to Youth...

The Uganda People's Congress (UPC) has called upon the government to urgently answer the youth's pleas to avoid demonstrations that are rising across sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
Crime

Dozens Arrested in March to Parliament Protests 

The protesters had seven key demands, among them being the resignation of Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, the resignation of the four back bencher commissioners, reducing the number of Members of Parliament (MPs), and reducing the MPs' salaries and allowances to Ugx 3 million, among others.
Regional

Implications of the Kenya Protests against Finance Bill 2024...

The protests in Kenya have also had economic implications for Uganda, as trade between the two countries has been affected.
Crime

Kagadi Police Arrest Driver for Knocking Dead a Protestor

The territorial police in Kagadi have arrested a driver of a vehicle that ran over one of the demonstrators,...
National News

Zombo Residents to Demonstrate over Bad Roads

The residents of Zombo from 15 lower local government administrative units in the district are planning to hold a...
Regional

Gov’t Closes all Day Scholar Schools in Kenya ahead...

The government of Kenya has ordered for the closure of all day primary and secondary schools in Nairobi, Mombasa...

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