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How Kagame hunts down political dissidents

KAMPALA: For years now Rwanda's president Paul Kagame has been accused of hunting down political dissidents with the aim of killing them or throwing them in jail. In neighbouring Uganda, it is no secret that Kagame had recruited a number of security personnel to help him hunt down such dissidents and deport them only to meet various forms of death. It is a common truth that Kagame worked with both the Inspector General of Police, the commander of police's Flying Squad as well as the head of the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence to forcibly deport Rwandans. Kayumba Nyamwasa Late Patrick Karegeya Most of those who were deported were reportedly killed under unclear circumstances. Others, including Patrick Karegeya, a former spy chief, were traced up to South Africa, where he was assassinated by unknown assailants in 2014.South African police reported that […]

admin February 16, 2024

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Perspective

Open to Mr Robert Kyagulanyi

My Greetings to you and the entire country from Mulindwa Andrew. This letter is addressed to both Mr. Kyagulanyi the NUP president and all NUP supporters across the country. Mr. Kyagulanyi, few days back, you and other top opposition activists held a joint press conference at Katonga, which sign thought us that at least opposition is determined to work as a team without fronting individual interests as it was before. I have no doubt that where Dr. Besigye, Erias Lukwago, Bayiga Lulume, Robert Kyagulanyi, Gen. Muntu and other party leaders form a joint coalition, Ugandans shall be eased from hardships of making debate on who they should support. However, under a coalition, party interests are succeeded and taken over by a common interest for all, in brief, the Coalition supersedes the party interests. Mr. Kyagulanyi, as a party president , […]

admin February 15, 2024

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Ugandans lose appetite for passports

BY URN KAMPALA. The ministry of Internal Affairs has reported a significant drop in the number of applicants for Ugandan passports. Internal Affairs spokesperson Simon Peter Mundeyi said the Covid-19 pandemic saw an increase in the number of Ugandans applying for passports, prompting them to upgrade their system, in anticipation of an increased number of applications. “We anticipated big numbers to go above 3,000 passport applications per day but, to our surprise, the number has reduced to less than 1,000 applicants per day,” Mundeyi said.According to the ministry, express passport applications are now disposed of in two days with applicants receiving their passports while ordinary passport applicants get theirs in 10 working days.“If you apply for an express passport, you will be given an appointment in the next 30 minutes," Mundeyi said. "I therefore call upon Ugandans to desist from […]

admin February 14, 2024

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AU condemns use of children in armed conflicts in Africa

BY Xinhua The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts in Africa and called for an end to such practices. The call was made in line with the International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers, which is annually commemorated on Feb. 12. The statement, which was attributed to Bankole Adeoye, AU commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, and Jainaba Jagne, permanent representative of the Gambia to the AU, in their capacity as the co-chairs of the Africa Platform on Children Affected by Armed Conflicts (APCAAC), called for concerted efforts against the scourge. The AU encouraged its member states to take systematic and targeted steps to protect children against violations of all their rights, especially the recruitment and use of boys and girls in conflict situations. It called on African countries […]

admin February 14, 2024

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Uganda’s Somalia adventure

BY ANDREW MWENDA On May 26, 2023, Al Shabab attacked a UPDF base in Somalia with devastating effects. UPDF said 54 soldiers were killed while Al Shaba claimed to have killed 137. I had grown wary of our mission and sought to understand the experience of similar missions elsewhere. That is how I came to read The Afghanistan Papers, an insightful book by Craig Whitlock. Whitlock’s book found me thinking about how futile UPDF’s mission in Somalia is. I have visited Somalia thrice and been impressed by the performance of our troops. In 2012, UPDF mounted a campaign to kick Al Shabab out of Mogadishu. It was the most ferocious campaign it ever fought. Al Shabab contested every inch of ground. Like the battle of Stalingrad, UPDF had to fight for every street, every block, every floor of every block […]

admin February 14, 2024

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Ugandan Justice Sebutinde elected vice president of ICJ

KAMPALA: Ugandan Justice Julia Sebutinde has been elected as vice president of the UN-backed International Court of Justice (ICJ). This was announced in a Tuesday press release by the ICJ, exciting millions of Ugandans. "Judge Julia Sebutinde (Uganda) was today elected Vice-President of the International Court of Justice by her peers, for a term of three years," ICJ announced. "Vice-President Sebutinde has been a Member of the Court since 6 February 2012. Before joining the Court, Vice-President Sebutinde was a judge at the Special Court for Sierra Leone from2005 to 2011." Sebutinde was recently bantered over her ruling in a landmark judgment in a case of South Africa against Israel regarding the war in Gaza. In a minority ruling Sebutinde disagreed that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza. She also recommended that the situation in Gaza was a political one […]

admin February 7, 2024

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Denes Sekabira, John Dillinger and Al Capone are public enemies

BY RONALD NDAULA Opinion: John Dillinger was a celebrated public enemy and the media printed exaggerated accounts of his bravado and colorful personality, and J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), used Dillinger as a rationale to evolve the BOI into the "Federal Bureau of Investigation" (FBI), developing more sophisticated investigative techniques as weapons against organized crime. After evading police in four states in USA for almost a year, Dillinger was wounded and went to his father's home to recover. When he returned IN chicago he hid in a  brothel owned by Ana Cumpănaș, who later informed authorities of his whereabouts. On July 22, 1934, local and federal law-enforcement officers closed in on him and was shot. When he was cornered, he wrote a letter and said " inside me is a weary heart that could hurt no man and "this is what […]

admin February 7, 2024

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Kyabazinga wedding suit: Things turn against lawyer Mabirizi but he remains defiant

BY URN JINJA. Controversial lawyer Male Mabirizi has vowed to defy police summons requiring him to appear before the criminal investigations department (CID) over his recent bigamy case against Busoga king William Nadiope. "I will not attend because the takeover of my criminal case by Jinja resident state attorney was premature and unconstitutional which will be set aside," said Mabirizi. Mabirizi last year on November 20 instituted private prosecutions against Kyabazinga, his wife Jovia Mutesi and some of the people who witnessed his wedding on November 18, 2023. According to Mabirizi, on the said date, at Christ Cathedral Bugembe being the scene of crime now, Nadiope, Mutesi, Archbishop of Church of Uganda Stephen Kazimba Mugalu and Buganda kingdom queen Sylvia Nagginda participated in, officiated and witnessed a ceremony of marriage well aware that it was invalid, criminal and void. This, he states, […]

admin February 6, 2024

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Court stops Lawyers’ meeting to discuss Museveni letter to Chief Justice

BY URN. KAMPALA. Uganda Law Society (ULS) Extra Ordinary Meeting due this afternoon has been stopped by The High Court in Kampala. The order issued by Civil Division’s Justice Musa Ssekaana follows a successful application by one of the members of Uganda Law Society Brian Kirima against his professional body where he said he was going to suffer irreparable damages if the meeting goes on. This the second time the High Court is blocking an extraordinary general meeting called by Uganda Law Society in this year 2024. Last month, the same Court issued an order blocking them from convening to sit and discuss issues related to the management and conduct of Hoima High Court Judge Jesse Byaruhanga Rugyema in the Tilenga Oil Case. Further, this is the third order being issued against Uganda Law Society by the same Court in […]

admin February 6, 2024

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Education

Ministry closes two medical schools in Luwero over expired licences, extortion

The Ministry of Education and Sports has closed two health training schools in Luwero over expired licences. St. Denison Health Training School and Luweero School of Clinical Officers were closed with immediate effect. This was done after the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Sports suspended their licenses until further guidance is given. The Ministry's action followed investigations by the Anti-Corruption Unit of State House and Luwero Police that revealed among others that the schools' provisional licenses expired in 2013 and 2017, respectively, and had not been renewed to date. The schools were also involved in admission of non-qualifying students who are extorted in the process and issuance of fake academic papers.

admin February 6, 2024