The Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Gen. Aronda Nyakairima has indicated that the Uganda Army will launch an investigation into the killing of 10 UPDF soldiers in Central African Republic (CAR) last week. The soldiers who are on the hunt down for Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels led by Joseph Kony […]
The government of the Republic of Kenyan has been asked to launch an extensive investigation into two explosions in Nairobi that left five people dead and several injured during a political rally in Nairobi. The two explosions ripped through Uhuru Park in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Sunday during a packed political rally killing five […]
The Judges in Uganda have asked Human rights defenders advocating for the abolition of the death penalty to petition Uganda Parliament to amend the law regarding death penalty rather than seeking the opinion of the Judges on this issue. The Judges revealed this on Monday during a round table discussion held in Kampala on sentencing […]
The Social Democratic Party has today joined the Inter party Coalition, a group of leading opposition political parties aimed at giving a joint challenge to President Yoweri Museveni’s National Resistance Movement in the 2011 general elections. SDP President Michael Mabikke who is the MP for Makindye East said his party had decided to support a […]
The Uganda Electoral Commission has extended the voter registration deadline to Friday June 19th to allow more Ugandan to register and be able to take part in the 2010 general elections. The Electoral Commission Chairman, Dr. Badru Kiggundu says the commission has decided to postpone the registration exercise following the hundreds of people who turned […]
The United Nation Development Programme has disassociated itself from a Ugandan drug dealer Anne Birungi Biraso that was nabbed trafficking drugs at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport recently. This comes after Biraso presented an identity card that showed her to be an employee of the UNDP. UNDP has said in a press statement that they […]
The women under the Inter-Party Coalition (IPC) have held yet another demonstration at Buganda Road Court, this time protesting against the continuous adjournment of their case. The women face charges of holding an illegal assembly, following an earlier protest that they held at the Electoral Commission offices, protesting against the leadership of Eng. Badru […]
The former Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda kingdom, Dan Muliika has said traditional leaders are human beings like others and are free to actively engage in active politics. Muliika was speaking in responce to advice given last week by the former Minister of Uganda for Local Government, Bidandi Ssali to persons to avoid engaging in […]
Thousands of Ugandans in different parts of the country have wake up today morning to go and register to vote in 2011 general elections. The exercise that kicked off on May 3rd ends today June 14, 2010. The chairperson of Electoral Commission, Eng. Badru Kiggundu says the commission will not extend the exercise. Ugandans in […]
The Uganda opposition has launched a new opposition pressure group called the National Alliance for Free and Fair Elections (NAFFE) to campaign for electoral reforms and the disbandment of the Uganda Electoral Commission. The Uganda opposition has for long been advocating for the disbandment of the current Electoral commission arguing that it is partisan. The […]