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Teenage girl insists on release of her defiler boyfriend

Gerald Businge — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:24:22 +0000

Drama ensued at Mityana police station this afternoon when a 15 year old girl handed herself to the police, following the arrest of her boyfriend.

Nakato Mary has asked police to arrest her with Wassajja Hassan, who had been arrested for defiling her.

The police say they rescued the girl from Wasajja home, at Ttamu village where she had eloped with a man.

Phillip Mukasa the central western police spokesperson says the investigations into the matter are going on but the suspect will sent to court to answer charges of defilement.

He adds that, the victim will be handed to parents and counselors but if it fails, she will be sent to Kampiringisa remand home.

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MPs cry foul over arrest of their colleagues

Gerald Businge — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:00:02 +0000

A group on members of parliament has started collecting signatures to recall parliament from recess.

Led by Masaka Municipality MP Mathias Mpuuga the MPs say they want to compell the speaker to recall the house to deliberate on what they call attempts by the executive to overtake the powers of parliament.

Referring to the arrest of three of their colleagues currently in police custody Mpuuga says it is unfortunate that MPs are now being summoned and held without clear charges being preferred against them.

He says the process of collecting signatures started this afternoon.

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DP condemns arrest of UYD members

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:29:53 +0000

The opposition Democratic Party has condemned the arrest of its youth leaders who were protesting this morning.

8 youth members were arrested as they tried to match to the office of the prime minister calling for the resignation of the permanent secretary Pius Bigirimana.

Party secretary general Matthias Nsubuga says that the youths have a right to demonstrate to express their dissatisfaction.

Nsubuga says such walks will continue until abuse of public funds stops.

Meanwhile the Kampala metropolitan police spokesman Ibin Senkumbi says the youths are to be charged with holding unlawful assembly and inciting violence.

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Suspected rebel injured city protests

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:28:52 +0000

A suspected rebel who was injured by a teargas canister is still undergoing treatment at Mulago referral hospital.

The suspect indentified as Moses Kamuswaga is a resident of Kanyange LC1 zone Maganjo in Kawempe division.

His arrest comes after a teargas canister went off prematurely at night in his room.

On search police recovered four bullets, six unexploded tear gas canisters and pepper spray.

Kamuswaga who has refused to talk to the media is being guarded by police and has no attendant.

His arrest brings to 11 the number of people in custody linked to Revolutionary Force for the Liberation of Uganda rebel group.

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MPs condemn violent arrest of Kizza Besigye in Kiseka market

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:18:27 +0000

Some Members of Parliament have condemned the brutal manner in which opposition leader Col. Warren Kizza Besigye was arrested this morning.

This follows the brutal arrest of Forum for Democratic Change leader, Dr Kizza Besigye this morning amidst chaos at Kisekka Market, in Kampala.

Besigye had gone there as part of the renewed “For God and my Country” (4GC) country-wide processions that were announced on Saturday by various opposition activists.

Western Youth MP Karuhanga Gerald says that Col Besigye is man of integrity and whose right has been abused in a way that portrays a bad image of the Nation.

Tororo County Member Geofrey Ekanya Says they have already sent all these photographs of the torture of opposition activists to the international criminal court as evidence of brutality against the FDC Party President.

“This time should the freest period till 9^th October, as people celebrate their Jubilee they should be allowed to express their joy for achieving 50 Years of Independence instead of unnecessary arrests to disturb the freedom of expressions,” says Obongi County MP in Moyo District Hassan Kaps Fungaroo.

Besigye was later released and escorted to his home in Kasangati after he was held and interrogated by police.

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Salaam Musumba arrested over election malpractice

Walakira — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:53:06 +0000

The Vice president of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Salaamu Musumba has been arrested and detained in Kasese district over reported election malpractices in Kasese district woman parliamentary by-elections.

Musumba was arrested on Wednesday midday after she went to the police to visit FDC supporters’ police arrested on Tuesday for ‘supporting the FDC candidate in the race, Winnie Kiiza.’

The police also impounded Musumba’s car registration number UAR 614Q. The FDC secretary general, Alice Alaso confirmed the arrest and said that the police were demanding money to release her.

The Kasese District Police Commander, Jonathan Baroza has also confirmed the arrest of Musumba and other FDC supporters saying that the arrest was lawful.

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US forces arrest Joseph Kony

Gerald Businge — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:17:36 +0000

It sounds unbelievable but it is true. The most wanted man by the US garrison and Uganda soldiers is about to be arrested. Sources in Uganda’s army, the UPDF tell us that using technological help from the US, the army has relocated the place where the LRA leader Joseph Kony is hiding in the Central African Republic.
What is remaining now is how Kony can be captured alive without injuring the children and women he surroundings himself with.
Intelligence briefings indicate that Kony is surrounded by very powerful bombs, arsenals and with very many young children.

The US soldiers helping Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and the Central African Republic to hunt Kony would have bombed the place where Kony is hiding but doing this would lead to death of many people he is surrounded with.

A source in the UPDF further tells us that US wants to have Kony arrested alive such that he is taken to the International Criminal Court.

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Besigye is again under preventive arrest

Gerald Businge — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:41:02 +0000

Uganda’s leading opposition leader, Dr. Col. Kiiza Besigye is again under preventive arrest at his home in Kasangati on Kampala Gayaza road. His home is surrounded by dozens of policemen and army soldiers in police uniform.

Besigye, also a member of Activists for Change (A4c) was suspected by the government to have had plans of addressing a press conference on police brutality at his offices on Katonga Road in Kampala.

The sources in police told journalists that the force feared that Besigye and his cohorts were going to expose cases of police brutality in which tens of Ugandans reportedly lost their lives. The sources said exposing such information to the public raises peoples’ emotions. However, the police worked on wrong information because the said press conference was set to be addressed by the A4C coordinator MP Mathias Mpuuga but not Besigye.

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HIV positive thief rapes woman, children

Gerald Businge — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:22:48 +0000

Tears rolled down the faces of a woman and her daughter when the police medical report revealed that the man who raped them on Wednesday was HIV positive.

The thief broke into their room on Wednesday and tied her on the bed she was sleeping on and raped her. The thief then turned to her 10-year-old daughter and gave her two times as the terrified mother looked on.

The thief afterwards walked away with the woman’s money and mobile phone. The police detectives visited the home of the victims after the woman reported the matter to aKampalabased police station.

The police investigations led to the arrest of the woman’s neighbour, Robert Niyonzima. The suspect confessed having rapped the woman and her daughter while claiming that he acted under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

However the woman broke down and cried bitterly after the man who raped them was discovered to be HIV positive. The doctors who tested the woman and her daughter said that the thief might have impregnated them because the woman and her daughter were found ripe to be pregnant.

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HIV positive thief rapes woman, children

Gerald Businge — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:09:22 +0000

Tears rolled down the faces of a woman and her daughter when the police medical report revealed that the man who raped them on Wednesday was HIV positive.

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