VIDEO: The internal affair minister, Gen Jeje Odong has condemned the recent killings in the Rwenzori region saying such killings are saddening because they take the country back. The minister equally condemned the Saturday killing of UPDF Major Mohammed Kigunddu by unknown assailants. He made the remarks while officiating at the …
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Kampala, Uganda | AFP | The death toll has risen to 62 from weekend clashes in a traditional kingdom in western Uganda, which pitted security forces against royal guards accused of belonging to a separatist militia, police said Monday. The streets of the western town of Kasese were empty a …
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Breaking the norm, symbolism, and escapism Critics are always praising works of art for being urgent, challenging, disturbing, and provocative and so forth. But is that what people actually want from the art? It is well known that most (visual) art produced nowadays exists almost entirely to allow the …
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COMMENT:By Winnie Brenda Watera Prejudices hinder progress on a law that could improve the lives of women The Sexual Offences Bill, 2015 was finally presented to parliament for the first time on April 14, 2016 by Kumi District Woman MP, Monica Amoding, as a Private Member’s Bill. Before this, the …
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Intelligence body’s annual wages are only Shs. 38 billion For the last six months intelligence operatives working for the Internal Security Organisation (ISO) have not received salaries and the agency is stuck with no operations’ money, raising concerns in the security establishment, an investigation by The Independent reveals. Officials had …
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Museveni’s new team at Electoral Commission in trouble even before it starts work When outgoing Electoral Commission Chairman Baddru Kigundu announced the Presidential election results on Feb. 20, there was a sizable backlash from a cross-section of Ugandans. Many of them did not believe the results were a true reflection …
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Why the police can’t win Since Nov.12, when Mathew Kanyamunyu; a young flamboyant businessman in Kampala City and a female companion, Cynthia Munwangari, were arrested as suspects in the death of a young man called Kenneth Akena, Jinja Road Police Station where investigations into the case are centred has become …
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Uganda’s Timothy Toroitich continued his preparations for the World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017 by winning Sunday’s 35th Cross Internacional de la Constitución (Alcobendas) on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain. Toroitich’s victory in the second leg race of the 2016-17 IAAF Cross Country Permit series, was his second race win of …
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Wesley Mumbere arrested after clashes kill 55 Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan police stormed the palace of a tribal king and arrested him Sunday after fierce clashes between security forces and a separatist militia they believe is linked to him killed 55, police said. Heavy fighting broke out Saturday …
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Major Suleiman Kiggundu, husband to popular traditional healer Sylvia Namutebi aka Mama Fina, was at about 6am today shot dead by assassins moving on a boda boda (motorcycle) around Masanafu in the suburbs of Kampala. His bodyguard, Steven Mukasa, was also shot dead. Sheikh Maj. Kiggundu has been one of …
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