Bukenya Paul in a green shirt By witnessradio.org Team Having been sentenced to three years in prison by the Mubende Chief Magistrate’s court for attempting to murder a one Matia Muhanguzi, Bukenya Paul never knew that he would lose his land to his former

By witnessradio.org Team The High Court sitting in Mubende district has allowed lawyers representing land defenders to file in supplementary affidavits introducing more sureties to support the bail application filed earlier. witnessradio.org ’s staff Nantubiro Grace along with 14 land defenders are facing nine

Mubende, 07th/01/2019; witnessradio.org is calling upon justice institutions in Uganda, particularly in Mubende district to protect frontline land defenders from persecution and malicious imprisonment to save family land which is being targeted by ‘investors’. witnessradio.org is a registered non-profit organisation using media approaches to

Bukenya Paul in a green shirt By witnessradio.org Team Having been sentenced to three years in prison by the Mubende Chief Magistrate’s court for attempting to murder a one

By BILL OKETCH Five people have been arrested following a violent protest at Maruzi Ranch in Apac District. Those arrested included Mr Alex Okello, 35, Mr Jackson Omara, 28,

By witnessradio.org Team 2018, climaxed and ended blatant violation of peasants rights and food sovereignty among others.  It entered in historical books that ushered a legal instrument that will

By witnessradio.org Team The High Court sitting in Mubende district has allowed lawyers representing land defenders to file in supplementary affidavits introducing more sureties to support the bail application

The goal is to put coffee-farming in the hands of young people by encouraging land-owning farmers to let younger family members use their land KYAMPUNGU, Uganda, Dec 3 (Thomson

Kabale. Tea nursery bed operators in Kabale District have rejected Shs1 billion that was recently released by National Agriculture and Advisory Services (Naads), arguing that it is too little compared

Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga launched a USD$43M (about sh160b) project which is tailored to addressing the underlying causes of poverty in Busoga.   BUSOGA – Hemmed in by Lakes

Mbale, Eastern Uganda – The Government of Uganda together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched small grants to help farmers in the mountainous Elgon region to tackle

By SADAT MBOGO & MISAIRI THEMBO KAHUNGU Gomba. Uganda’s solar energy generation capacity connected to the national grid will soon hit the 50MW mark within this year as new plants

First, it was “gossip” that supposedly pushed Uganda’s government to introduce a tax on social media use. Several weeks later, the country’s 72-year-old president Yoweri Museveni changed tack, saying officials were

The study also looked at news literacy levels for the first time, and found that 68 per cent of respondents were unaware of the financial difficulties of news organisations 

Jamii Forums, a popular blogging site in Tanzania, has cited new online content regulations by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) as the reason for its temporary shutdown. The