A pastor convicted of defiling a 13-year-old church member was released on Thursday after the Court of Appeal reduced his 20-year prison sentence to 12 years. Pastor Charles Komakech, then 28, was found guilty of aggravated defilement on November 14, 2013, and sentenced to 20 years. He appealed the sentence, […]
By Reuters Pope Francis, spending his seventh day in hospital as he battles pneumonia, is alert and got out of bed to eat breakfast on Thursday morning, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old pontiff is undergoing treatment at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he was admitted on February 14 after struggling with […]
Veteran opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye did not appear before the Buganda Road Court on Thursday, and by press time, no explanation had been provided by either the Uganda Prisons Service or the state. Dr. Besigye was expected to appear for a mention of inciting violence charges and a ruling […]
The State Minister for Finance, Henry Musasizi, has warned that if Parliament does not extend the income tax exemption for the Bujagali Hydropower project, power prices will increase by 15.5 percent. Musasizi made the revelation on Wednesday while appearing before the parliamentary committee on finance to present the income tax […]
The Kabale District Vice Chairperson for the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF), Gideon Tumwesigye, has announced that he will not return to church until incarcerated four-time presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye is released. However, Tumwesigye, clarified in a statement that he will remain faithful to God. “I have been betrayed […]
