VIDEO: Former Presidential aspirant Rt.Col.Dr.Kizza Besigye has spoken out against the unabated police brutality that affects the country’s baby steps towards democracy. Besigye told the New York Bar Association that the Yoweri Museveni led government is oppressing Ugandan with a lot of impunity. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »VIDEO: Tanzanian soldiers said to have raided Ugandan cows
VIDEO: Suspected armed Tanzanian soldiers are reported to have crossed into Uganda and raided 50 heads of cattle and 40 goats at Kamwema, Endizi sub county in Isingiro district Sources say the group that was under the command of the district security committee of Mishenyi district in Tanzania crossed into Uganda and …
Read More »VIDEO: Government launches probe into Minister Kibuule’s conduct
VIDEO: Government has launched an investigation into claims that the State Minister for Water Ronald Kibuule assaulted a female security guard at a Stanbic Bank branch in Mukono. The Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda revealed this development – stressing that government attaches a lot of importance to the conduct of its ministers. Dr …
Read More »VIDEO: President Museveni warns Ugandan ministers against bribery
VIDEO: President Yoweri Museveni says he is investigating ministers who are said to be taking bribes from investors. Museveni who was closing a two day cabinet retreat at Serena Hotel, Kigo said he had received information to that effect but was still looking for evidence. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »VIDEO: The cost of the Boston Convention
VIDEO: A section of legislators of the 10th Parliament are up in arms questioning the criteria used by the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and her deputy to select MPs to attend the UNAA Convention in Boston . It is reported that a section of over 78 legislators are in Boston to attend …
Read More »VIDEO: Minister Kibuule, female guard’s family reconcile
VIDEO: The two families of State minister for Water Ronald Kibuule and that of Hellen Obuku a security guard of a private company he is accused of beating have reportedly resolved to withdraw criminal charges which they had preferred against each other at Mukono police station. Kibuule’s maternal uncle Davis Lukyamuzi …
Read More »South Africa murder rate jumps to 51 a day
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s murder rate increased by 4.9 percent in the last year, official statistics showed Friday, with the police minister admitting the country was struggling with “a prevalent culture of violence”. A total of 18,673 people were killed in the 12 months to March …
Read More »Aisha Kabanda’s petition thrown out, Mirembe is Butambala MP
High Court has dismissed with costs an election petition filed by Aisha Kabanda seeking to nullify the election of Lydia Mirembe Daphine as Butambala Woman MP. In his ruling read to court by Deputy Registrar Alex Ajiji, Justice Vincent Okwang ruled that Kabanda failed to produce satisfactory evidence before court to show that the …
Read More »Samsung to suspend Galaxy Note 7 sales over battery explosions
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | Samsung will halt sales of its latest flagship smartphone and recall millions of units, it said Friday, after faulty batteries caused some handsets to explode in a massive blow to the South Korean electronics giant’s reputation. Users began posting photos and videos on social …
Read More »Gabon’s Bongo stands firm after riots greet his re-election
Libreville, Gabon | AFP | President Ali Bongo of Gabon poured scorn Thursday on opposition supporters who rioted overnight after he was declared the winner of a weekend election his main rival said was rigged. Three people were killed in the unrest and around 1,000 arrested, the interior minister said. …
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