Archive for May, 2011

Bukenya to be charged with CHOGM corruption

By Timothy Nsubuga

30th May 2011:

Left-Right: Indicted Ex VP Bukenya and His Highness the Kabaka

Former Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya has been indicted by the Inspector General of Government [IGG] on allegations of corruption related to the procurement of the executive cars and motorcycles for the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala.

According to the spokesperson of the IGG’s office (more…)


Regional Trade Union Chief tells Ugandans to ‘rise up’

By Our Online Team

30th May 2011:

Rise up against dictatorship, Atwoli says

A whopping 2million people from across East Africa could soon be mobilised to join the ongoing ‘walk-to-work’ and ‘hoot for change’ protests called by ‘Activists for Change’ if President Museveni does not “democratise Uganda”; East African Trade Union Chief Francis Atwoli has warned.

The Standard, a Kenyan newspaper, reported last week that Mr. Atwoli, who is the Secretary General of the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU), had said the crackdown on opposition leaders by President Yoweri Museveni was dictatorial.  “…Ugandans must rise up against bad leadership.  Museveni must democratise Uganda. He must (more…)


Deadly 1986 ‘plan to eliminate northerners’ revealed

By George Murumba

30th May 2011:

President Yoweri Museveni being sworn-in in 1986

Uganda Correspondent has landed on a deadly 1986 memo titled “Rethink” which, at face value, appears to suggest that there may have been a ‘plan to eliminate northerners’ from Uganda and re-draw the country’s national boundary.

Dated November 14th 1986 and referenced Sec/D.1/Pol.10, the deadly memo from someone who only identified him or herself as “Tremor 1”, possibly an alias or operational code name, (more…)


Museveni is an ‘enduring dictator’ – says CBS

By John Stephen Katende

30th May 2011:

Is this the face of an 'enduring dictator'?

President Yoweri Museveni, who has just embarked on a fresh five year term of office that will take his total tenure to thirty years, has officially joined the unfashionable club of the world’s most ‘enduring dictators’, the American CBS news has said.

The news organisation’s World-Watch series called “The world’s enduring dictators” was inspired by the revolutionary events in Tunisia and Egypt.  Through this series, (more…)


How NTV and WBS narrowly survived being closed

By Our Online Team

30th May 2011: WBS Television and NTV, the two leading local television stations in the country, narrowly survived being closed by the government at the height of the ‘walk-to-work’ protests last month; Uganda Correspondent can reveal. (more…)


72 year old victim of UPDF torture awaits justice

By Sam Orach

30th May 2011: Nwoya – Mzee Emilio Odong, 72, is not a happy man in his tiny village of Panguu in Alero Sub-County, Nwoya district.  Walking like a disabled man in pain, Mzee Odong says he is not yet ready to forgive.  Why? (more…)


Police gives tips on countering terrorism threat

By Dennis Otim

30th May 2011: The Director of the Counter Terrorism unit of Uganda Police Force Mr. Byakagaba Abasi, who is also an Assistant Inspector General of Police, [AIGP] has issued guidelines for countering terrorism threats in the country.  The guidelines, issued on 27th May, are (more…)


Al Shabaab has 100 reasons to kill Museveni, not Besigye

By Sam Akaki

30th May 2011: The announcement by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Maj. Gen Kale Kayihura that (more…)


The time for forceful action against Museveni is now

By Nathan Iron Emory

30th May 2011: The militaristic situation for control of political power in the country, especially by (more…)


Killing Besigye will only worsen anti-govt resistance

By M. Suleman

30th May 2011: As a result of the persistent and brutal attacks on Dr Besigye over the last few weeks, (more…)


2013/3/24

I will throw a hot stone behind CJ Odoki’s back
By John Baptist Oloka 25th March 2013:

The media broke news of More... (0)


2013/2/26

The late Mzee Kaguta was a naughty boy
By Lawrence Kasozi

25th February 2013: This is totally out of More... (0)


2013/2/26

Museveni is pathological hypocrite
By Norman Miwambo

25th February 2013: I don’t believe Museveni was More... (0)


2013/2/17

Obote is crying for his beloved country
By M. Suleman

18th February 2013: Uganda’s late president Dr Apollo More... (0)


2013/2/3

Wake up fools: Army took over long ago
By Bernard Ddumba

4th Feb 2013: Over the last two weeks, I seriously More... (0)


2013/2/3

NRM revolution is eating its own children
By Charles Businge

4th February 2013: In 1986, the new leadership promised More... (0)


2013/1/27

It’s lawful to resist coup plotters – let’s do it
By Elijah M. Tumwebaze

28th January 2013: In a powerful opinion article that More... (0)


2013/1/27

Our parliament only exists on paper
By M. Suleman

28th January 2013: Uganda is a country endowed with More... (0)


2013/1/22

Museveni is right to call NRM MPs idiots
By M. Suleman

21st Jan 2013: In the drama that followed More... (0)


2012/12/18

Isn’t Museveni a deranged psychopath?
By M. Suleman

17th Dec 2012: An emotional, grief-stricken, and More... (0)


 

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