Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A cross-section of dwellers in Kampala and Wakiso is becoming impatient after more than four days of waiting for government relief food in vain. The food, distributed through the Office of the Prime Minister is meant to support families whose livelihood was disrupted by …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gen Elly Tumwine, the Minister of Security has clarified that individuals who have been given stickers to drive their cars despite the ban imposed on vehicle movement across the country are not exempted from the dawn to dusk curfew. President Yoweri Museveni on Monday …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cattle keepers and traders in Lwemiyaga, one of the counties in Sembabule district have accused the Minister for Security, Gen. Elly Tumwine, of being behind the unfair quarantining of animals in the area. The group led by Lwemiyaga MP, Hon. Theodore Ssekikubo, petitioned Parliament, and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have faulted the Human rights committee of Parliament and the Opposition for shying away from the censure process against Security Minister Gen Elly Tumwine. Last week MPs started the process to censure Tumwine over contempt of Parliament. MPs …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have expressed displeasure over an exchange involving Security Minister Gen. Elly Tumwine and Deputy Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation Lt. Gen. Charles Angina. The MPs on Thursday told Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga that the exchange captured on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the wake of the fresh foot and mouth disease outbreak within the cattle corridor, the two ministries mandated to champion the fight against trans-boundary diseases, FMD in particular, are embroiled in a fight on who takes lead and how the cattle quarantine should …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Security Gen. Elly Tumwine has set conditions for Parliament’s Human Rights Committee if the Director-General Internal Security Organization (ISO) must appear to give information concerning alleged torture in safe houses. Tumwine was yesterday afternoon appearing before the Committee Chaired by Buvuma …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have taken offence to criticism by Security Minister Gen. Elly Tumwine over their recent botched attempt to inspect safe houses. The MPs were last month blocked from accessing suspected Safe Houses in parts of Nkokonjeru, Kyengera and Nalukolongo. But Tumwine yesterday …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Rules, Privileges and Discipline Committee has recommended that Gen. Elly Tumwine is reprimanded for breach of privilege of Dokolo Woman MP Cecilia Ogwal and for being disrespectful to Parliament. The committee’s recommendation stems from its investigation into allegations of contempt of parliament levelled …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Security Gen. Elly Tumwine has reiterated that safe houses, wherever they exist in Uganda, are only used for intelligence work and not detention and torture of suspects. The affirmation follows a heated debate from which the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga …
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