Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi and 24 co-accused returned to court as the International Crimes Division continued hearing their bail application in a terrorism case arising from the deadly post-election violence that rocked Butambala District in January 2026.
A total of 79 ministers took the oath of office before President Museveni at State House Entebbe as Uganda’s new Cabinet officially assumed office. Four appointees missed the ceremony due to citizenship concerns, while Janet Museveni was absent.
Citizenship by birth in accordance with Article 10 of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda emphasizes that the applicant must be belonging to the five indigenous communities and his or her grandparents must have been living in Uganda by 1926, when the borders of the country were demarcated.
Kidnappings among children are on the rise in the Makindye division. On September 8, 2024, police arrested a woman, only identified as Nalubiri, in a rented home in Katwe parish, after kidnapping a toddler during a Sunday church service in Kisenyi, Kampala. This calls for further investigations to find out the motives of the kidnappers in the area.
Rainbow said that it's absurd to see so many children die young while on the streets because of the failure of the government to intervene and extend help to such disadvantaged children.