08 August 2025 President Yoweri Museveni commends the late lay Canon Rhoda Nsibirwa Kalema for being a patriotic leader who served in various capacities. He describes the late Rhoda Kalema as a person who set a good example to many women in leadership. President Museveni also praises Kalema for her active involvement in the affairs of her community in Kiboga district. This in a message delivered by state minister for Kampala Kabuye Kyofatogabye during a funeral service for the late at St Paul’s Cathedral, Namirembe. For her part Nabagereka Lady Sylvia Nagginda described the late as a counselor, protector of women’s rights and one who loved Buganda Kingdom. A family member, Deputy Katikiro Waggwa Nsibirwa said they have lost a mediator who was determined to protect the legacy of the family at any cost, while one of the children Gladys Kalema described her mother as a model for others to emulate. The service was led by Archbishop Church of Uganda Steven Kazimba Mugalu who described the late as instrumental in fostering economic development, growth of the church and promoting and protecting rights of girls and women. Meanwhile the Women movement described the late Rhoda Kalema as a bedrock of women emancipation and liberation, an icon of success in career and dedicated selfless leader while serving as politician. The statement was presented by renowned women activist Miria Matembe
The Lead Counsel of LRA’s Joseph Kony at the International Criminal Court (ICC); Peter Haynes says there can never be a trial against Joseph Kony in his absence.
Haynes who is leading a Team of 8 People working on this case including Anyel Boris Geoffrey a Lawyer based in Northern Uganda and Lillian Atim from Kampala says that the decision to proceed against Joseph Kony follows a letter the Uganda Government wrote to ICC in January 2004 seeking for assistance in finding and arresting the War Lord on Uganda’s behalf.
He says despite the sufficient evidence and an arrest warrant for Joseph Kony long term efforts have been made to trace for him but to no avail and all they are doing as Defence is legal business until their Client surrenders himself to the authorities.
Peter Haynes explains that they are finding difficulty in conducting this case of a suspected criminal whose has never given them instructions to defend him; and they do not know what his attitude would be to the charges against him.
This at Hotel Africana in Kampala where Joseph Kony Defence Team was addressing Journalists ahead of 9th/September/2025 when the International Criminal Court — ICC is set to deliver it’s ruling on confirmation of charges against LRS’ Joseph Kony. Kony is facing 36 Counts of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity including murder, rape, sexual enslavement and others which he allegedly committed between 2003 and 2004 in Northern Uganda.
Maria Mabinty Kamara the Public Information Officer, from the ICC Registry says that in a bid to ensure that the proceedings are made accessible to the affected victims and communities, adequate sensitization and streaming of the same will be done at the grass root level and with various media channels. Story by Veronica Kayaga
08 August 2025 Civil Society Organizations advocating for safe and healthy food are concerned that the government is failing to deploy the Nutrient Profiling Model to handle challenges associated with unsafe foods on the market. Under their umbrella body Uganda National CSO Coalition for Front Pack Warning Labelling, they argue that with the profiling model tool in place, Ugandans can ably differentiate health foods from the harmful based on their sugar, salt and fat nutrient content. According to the coalition currently the food market is flooded with processed harmful foods yet without a clear regulation in place. Speaking during a stakeholders meeting , Dr. David Kabanda, the Executive Director Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights-CEFROHT, explained that absence of clear laws has accounted for misinformation on diet issues. Kabanda also disputes claims that some staple foods are causing a spike in diabetes across the country as reported in a local media outlet. Story by Eva Namugabi
08 August 2025 President Yoweri Museveni commends the late lay Canon Rhoda Nsibirwa Kalema for being a patriotic leader who served in various capacities. He describes the late Rhoda Kalema as a person who set a good example to many women in leadership. President Museveni also praises Kalema for her active involvement in the affairs of her community in Kiboga district. This in a message delivered by state minister for Kampala Kabuye Kyofatogabye during a funeral service for the late at St Paul’s Cathedral, Namirembe. For her part Nabagereka Lady Sylvia Nagginda described the late as a counselor, protector of women’s rights and one who loved Buganda Kingdom. A family member, Deputy Katikiro Waggwa Nsibirwa said they have lost a mediator who was determined to protect the legacy of the family at any cost, while one of the children Gladys Kalema described her mother as a model for others to emulate. The service was led by Archbishop Church of Uganda Steven Kazimba Mugalu who described the late as instrumental in fostering economic development, growth of the church and promoting and protecting rights of girls and women. Meanwhile the Women movement described the late Rhoda Kalema as a bedrock of women emancipation and liberation, an icon of success in career and dedicated selfless leader while serving as politician. The statement was presented by renowned women activist Miria Matembe
The Lead Counsel of LRA’s Joseph Kony at the International Criminal Court (ICC); Peter Haynes says there can never be a trial against Joseph Kony in his absence.
Haynes who is leading a Team of 8 People working on this case including Anyel Boris Geoffrey a Lawyer based in Northern Uganda and Lillian Atim from Kampala says that the decision to proceed against Joseph Kony follows a letter the Uganda Government wrote to ICC in January 2004 seeking for assistance in finding and arresting the War Lord on Uganda’s behalf.
He says despite the sufficient evidence and an arrest warrant for Joseph Kony long term efforts have been made to trace for him but to no avail and all they are doing as Defence is legal business until their Client surrenders himself to the authorities.
Peter Haynes explains that they are finding difficulty in conducting this case of a suspected criminal whose has never given them instructions to defend him; and they do not know what his attitude would be to the charges against him.
This at Hotel Africana in Kampala where Joseph Kony Defence Team was addressing Journalists ahead of 9th/September/2025 when the International Criminal Court — ICC is set to deliver it’s ruling on confirmation of charges against LRS’ Joseph Kony. Kony is facing 36 Counts of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity including murder, rape, sexual enslavement and others which he allegedly committed between 2003 and 2004 in Northern Uganda.
Maria Mabinty Kamara the Public Information Officer, from the ICC Registry says that in a bid to ensure that the proceedings are made accessible to the affected victims and communities, adequate sensitization and streaming of the same will be done at the grass root level and with various media channels. Story by Veronica Kayaga
08 August 2025 Civil Society Organizations advocating for safe and healthy food are concerned that the government is failing to deploy the Nutrient Profiling Model to handle challenges associated with unsafe foods on the market. Under their umbrella body Uganda National CSO Coalition for Front Pack Warning Labelling, they argue that with the profiling model tool in place, Ugandans can ably differentiate health foods from the harmful based on their sugar, salt and fat nutrient content. According to the coalition currently the food market is flooded with processed harmful foods yet without a clear regulation in place. Speaking during a stakeholders meeting , Dr. David Kabanda, the Executive Director Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights-CEFROHT, explained that absence of clear laws has accounted for misinformation on diet issues. Kabanda also disputes claims that some staple foods are causing a spike in diabetes across the country as reported in a local media outlet. Story by Eva Namugabi
