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Museveni Grants Military Courts Powers to Try Civilians

President Yoweri Museveni has signed the controversial Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (Amendment) Act, 2025, into law, granting military courts the powers to try civilians, a decision critics argue defies a Supreme Court ruling delivered on January 31, 2025. In May of this…

Army Court Sets Free 32 Turkana Pastoralists Convicted Of Illegal Possession Of Fire Arms

By Our Reporter The 32 Turkana herders who were each sentenced to 20 years in jail for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition by the UPDF 3rd division court martial in Moroto have been set free. Courtesy photo of the Turkana pastoralists…