Emmanuel Mutaizibwa

Sep 7, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Emmanuel Mutaizibwa

Crime has an uncanny way of repeating itself. Twenty-six years after Androa Asenua was found guilty in the 1993 murder of Prof Dan Mudhola and Dr Dan Kidubuka, the suspects in the 2015 murder of Joan Kagezi, one of the country’s top prosecutors, falsely believed that the apparitions, which haunted them, could be exorcised by a witchdoctor if they offered a sacrifice on the ‘venerated’ grounds of the shrine.

Aug 19, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Emmanuel Mutaizibwa

The fight among Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leaders, which resulted in a break-away faction led by its founding leader, Kizza Besigye, could result in a major re-alignment of the political landscape ahead of the 2026 election. This is after the faction yesterday commenced the delegates conference at the Katonga offices in Kampala to kickstart in earnest the process of registering a political party.

Aug 17, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Emmanuel Mutaizibwa

The pungent smell of death casts a pall over the Kiteezi landfill and its vicinity as rescue efforts attempt to find the bodies of those trapped in the mangled rubble where, by Thursday, the death toll stood at 34 and counting. Hours before tragedy struck, last Saturday, scores of family breadwinners had retired to their tin-roofed homes within touching distance of a dumpsite that a waste management policy recommended to be closed in 2011.

Aug 3, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Emmanuel Mutaizibwa |Robert Madoi

The courtrooms at Nakawa and Buganda Road saw an unprecedented surge in foot traffic this week as magistrates heard bail applications from youth incarcerated for anti-graft protests late last month. Despite occasional unexpected delays, the majority of the protesters were granted bail. As friends and family heaved sighs of relief, a brooding lament for justice continued to hold sway.

Jul 27, 2024 | monitor.co.ug | Emmanuel Mutaizibwa

Security personnel on Tuesday erected barricades on roads leading to Parliament to halt a peaceful march led by youngsters who broke away from the traditional repertoire of protests usually led by the Opposition. The barrel of the gun, however, prevailed when scores of the protesters were rounded up and carted off to several jails. Others were detained incommunicado and without access to their families and lawyers, which breaches Article 23 of the Constitution on their right to personal liberty.