Tag Archives: protest

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu College of Health Sciences has quashed the new fees structures following a protest by the students. On Wednesday, the students went on strike over tuition increment. While breaking off last month, second-year students and finalists received circulars indicating an increment in tuition fees. According …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight student leaders at Kyambogo University were arrested during a protest against the institution’s decision to suspend physical learning and opt for online learning following a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases. The arrested include; John Mbaziira, guild president and his vice, Claire Namara. Others …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Truck drivers destined for South Sudan have parked their trucks at Elegu border town in Amuru district to protest armed attacks on their colleagues. This comes a few days after South Sudanese authorities handed over the bodies of four Ugandan drivers who were shot dead …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four members of the People Power Asili group have been arrested on allegations of inciting violence. The four, Webster Lukiya, Jennifer Namboozo, Godfrey Ouma and Stephen Okabale allegedly staged an unlawful protest and had planned to march to parliament. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The former National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has rallied Ugandans to protest peacefully, saying it is their constitutional right. Kyagulanyi who addressed a press conference on Facebook viewed by at least 23,000 people on Sunday evening said that although they had gone …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people are in police custody in Amuru district for staging a protest against the operations of Zongmei Construction Company, which is undertaking road works in Gulu city. The suspects are residents of Pakiri hill in Lamogi sub county where the Chinese firm operates a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Foreign Correspondents Association of Uganda – FCAU, an umbrella body of foreign and Ugandan journalists working for the international media has petitioned the government over the continuous threats and attacks on journalists by security agencies ahead of 2021 general elections. In a petition …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Angry youth have launched a protest against the Uganda Police force accusing it of brutality. This  follows the fracas during the presidential nominations that ended on Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday during the second day of the presidential nominations, there were a number of beatings and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Ugandans who returned into the country have called off their protest against spending more than 14 days in institutional quarantine. The returnees had planned to stage protest until they are discharged from quarantine. Among the planned actions for the protest included …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested Dr. Stella Nyanzi and two Makerere University students for staging a protest near the gate of parliament demanding answers for the death of Emmanuel Tegu. The former second year veterinary student at Makerere University breathed his last at Mulago National Referral …