Human Rights & Crime
Pope Francis has called laws criminalising homosexuality as fundamentally “unfair,” making it clear that in the mind of the leader of the Catholic Church, “being homosexual is not a crime.” The pontiff addressed discrimination against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community, his own health and future plans, and the passing of Pope […]
Three vehicles were early this morning involved in a serious accident at Karuma Bridge along the Gulu-Kampala Highway in Nwoya District leaving two victims injured. The accident that occurred at around 5am left Abdu Hashe, 32, the driver of the trailer registration number KBH 950S/ZD 1018 and another occupant Gifty Gido, 29, resident of Elegu […]
The former Nwoya now Obongi District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Andrew Leru, has been forced to pay Shs30.6m which is part of the misappropriated Parish Development Model (PDM) programme funds in Nwoya District. His forced refund came after it was realised that only Shs104m was on the district PDM programme account with the rest having […]
South Sudan’s National Security Services have detained another journalist working for state-run media. No charges against him have been made public yet. Journalist Garang John, who is assigned to work with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was arrested in the capital Juba on Monday. This comes barely two weeks after the arrest of another six […]
Police in Arua district are investigating circumstances under which a driver attached to Maracha district local government committed suicide between 17 and 18 January, 2023. John Adiba, 30, hanged himself from a tree in the compound at Ajono-yivu village in Eruba parish, Vura sub-county in Arua district, according to the West Nile Regional Police Publicist, […]
Eddy Kizito Kyambade, a journalist who worked with Radio Hoima has finally passed on after battling a brain injury he sustained when he was suspiciously attacked and hit by unknown assailants. Kyambade who was both a news anchor as well as an entertainment radio presenter met his fate after retiring from his late night show […]
Four people were on Tuesday arrested for encroaching on Bugoma Central Forest Reserve (CFR) at Nsozi Village in Kyangwali Sub-county, Kikuube District while more than 10 others escaped arrest, reveals the Kikuube Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Mr Amlan Tumusiime. The RDC identifies the suspects as Vereriano Byamukama, Justus Agaba, Robert Muhwezi and Hillary Byarugaba, all […]
Four people were on Monday, January 16, 2023, remanded to Hoima government prison in Kiryateete on charges of car theft. Julius Byamukama, 25, John Tindyebwa, 19, and Bernard Tumusiime were each charged with two counts of theft of a car and being in possession of car breaking equipment. Prosecution led by Julius Ochen told the […]
Police in Kiryandongo are holding two South Sudanese refugees in connection with the murder of a 26-year-old man in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement. ASP Julius Allan Hakiza, the Albertine Regional Police Spokesperson, identifies the suspects as a one Gatleak, 21, and Gatkouth Anyanya Kak, 22. These were arrested on Sunday evening following the multiple stabbing of […]
More than 500 families in Kiryateete part of Kapaapi 1 Village in Kapaapi Sub-county, Hoima District are living in fear of being evicted by a strange man claiming to have acquired a land title. Mr Emmanuel Okumu, the Village Chairman, told Kazi-njema News that the residents came to know about the three-year-eviction risk on December 14, 2022, […]