2024 in Uganda
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Events in the year 2024 in Uganda.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 2 January – A Ugandan People's Defence Force helicopter crashes in the village of Nyamisigiri, Kabarole District, Uganda, killing two people on board the helicopter and one person on the ground.[2]
- January – 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement[3]
February
[edit]- 23 February - The Financial Action Task Force removes Uganda from its "gray list" of countries not fully complying with measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.[4]
April
[edit]- 3 April – The Court of Appeal of Uganda upholds the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023, which prescribes the death penalty for certain homosexual acts.[5]
May
[edit]July
[edit]- 8 July – A United Nations report formally accuses the Uganda People's Defence Force of providing military support to the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Uganda denies the claims.[7]
- 23 July – At least 45 people are detained and some are charged while participating in anti-corruption protests in Kampala that involve marching to the Parliament building.[8][9]
- 26 July – 11 August: Uganda at the 2024 Summer Olympics[10]
August
[edit]- 5 August –
- Nearly 100 Congolese National Police officers flee to Uganda as fighting between M23 rebels and the FARDC intensifies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[11]
- Uganda Police arrest and charge fourteen opposition officials and lawmakers with terrorism charges for their participation in anti-government and anti-corruption protests in July.[12]
- 9 August – At least 34 people are killed and 35 others are reported missing following a landslide caused by heavy rains at the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala.[13]
- 13 August – A panel of the High Court in Gulu convicts former Lord's Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo of 44 counts of war crimes made from 1992 to 2005.[14]
- 20 August – The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development confirms the presence of oil exploration activities in the Moroto-Kadam and Kyoga Basins.[15]
September
[edit]- 3 September – Leading opposition leader Bobi Wine is seriously injured after being shot in his leg with a tear gas canister by police during an altercation in Bulindo, Wakiso District.[16]
- 5 September – Marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei dies after sustaining burns from a petrol attack by her partner in Kenya almost a month after her participation in the women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[17]
Deaths
[edit]- 18 January – Cecilia Ogwal, 77, politician, MP (since 1996)[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Office of the Prime Minister – A Coordinated, Responsive and Accountable Government for Socio-Economic Transformation". opm.go.ug. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
- ^ "UPDF helicopter crashes in Kabarole". 93.3 KFM. 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "About NAM – NAM". 2019-03-23. Archived from the original on 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ "A money laundering watchdog removes the UAE, Uganda, Barbados and Gibraltar from a watchlist". Associated Press. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Uganda court declines to block harsh anti-gay law, but sees rights infringed". South China Morning Post. 2024-04-03. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2024". Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "Uganda provided support to M23 rebels in Congo, UN report says". Reuters. July 8, 2024.
- ^ "Uganda police detain dozens of people at anti-corruption protests". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "Anti-corruption demonstrations break out in Uganda's capital as people note Kenya's protest success". Associated Press. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ^ "Qualification system published for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ "Congolese police officers flee to Uganda as fighting intensifies". Reuters. August 5, 2024.
- ^ "Uganda charges opposition lawmakers, supporters over protest". Reuters. August 5, 2024.
- ^ "Death toll in Kampala landslide rises to 34, rescue operations continue". Africanews. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "An ex-commander of Lord's Resistance Army rebels is convicted in Uganda of atrocities in rare trial". Associated Press. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Uganda explores oil in two new regions". Africanews. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Wafula, Ian (2024-09-04). "Uganda's Bobi Wine recovering from police assault - party". BBC. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Rebecca Cheptegei: Olympic athlete dies days after being set alight by ex-boyfriend". BBC. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "BREAKING NEWS: MP Cecilia Ogwal is Dead". ChimpReports. 2024-01-18. Retrieved 2024-01-18.