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By Independent Reporter Uganda’ Police chief has spoken out against what he called unprofessional journalism practiced by some media houses ahead of the elections. IGP Gen.Kale Kayihura said Uganda has had a relatively peaceful election period despite media exaggerations. He mainly hit out stories about a fire at a business …

By Haggai Matsiko Big money deals loom over election The general elections of Feb. 18 must not only be free and fair, they must be seen to be free and fair. That is the higher bar imposed on the  Electoral Commission  by numerous challenges leading into the elections; including procurement …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda’s veteran ruler Yoweri Museveni, who is standing for re-election on Thursday, has said he is in favour of his country pulling out of the “partisan” International Criminal Court based in The Hague. Museveni, who came to power in 1986, made the remarks during a …

By Haggai Matsiko What Museveni camp feared The Jan. 31 arrest of Gen. David Sejusa, the former coordinator of intelligence services, is connected to President Yoweri Museveni’s fear of the Feb. 18 ballot. At least that is the line being pushed to the press by his lawyers. His lawyer Laudislus …

By Haggai Matsiko Delayed cash, poorly attended rallies, defections dominate Mbabazi’s campaign According to the ACFIM figures, the money the Mbabazi camp spent decreased by 23% between November and December while that of candidate President Yoweri Museveni’s NRM went up by 72% and FDC’s by 25%. By December 31, NRM …

 By Haggai Matsiko Two polls in two days Which poll should be believed? On Jan. 19, Uganda’s leading daily newspaper; The New Vision ran an in-house poll on the 2016 presidential election which put President Yoweri Museveni’s support at 71 %, Kizza Besigye 19 %, Amama Mbabazi 6 % and …

By Haggai Matsiko Museveni, Mbabazi,Kayihura on the spot Kidnapped, murdered, and disappeared. Until recently, these were words associated with the past murderous regimes of former presidents Idi Amin, Milton Obote, and Okello Lutwa. But the contradictions surrounding the disappearance of Christopher Aine, the 33-year old head of security of independent …

By Independent Team & Agencies How American marines, UPDF entered South Sudan In December 2013, as South Sudan erupted into civil war, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) secretly sent in 160 marines and sailors from its base in Morón, spain. They were members of the elite Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task …

By Independent Team & Agencies On Dec. 13, African Union peacekeepers thwarted an attack by suspected al-Shabaab fighters on Mogadishu International Airport. The attackers struck in the evening from the sea along the Mogadishu airport beach but were met by a heavy barrage of gunfire. Somali leaders were meeting in …

By Agnes .E. Nantaba News about the disappearance of Norman Tumuhimbise, the National Coordinator for the Jobless Brotherhood a group of graduates who have failed to get jobs made headlines. Many took to social media to announce that the soft spoken father of a two-year-old daughter had passed on. Two …