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Court convicts president Museveni’s political opponents to 310 years

  The days the suspects in John Bosco Ariong’s death stayed in Luzira Upper Prison looked shorter than those I spent with Dr. Col. Kiiza Besigye in Nakasongola Prison because from day one prison official in Nakasongola switched off the electricity and Water. We would spend the nights on the watch therefore not sleep because […]

Breaking news: Court dismisses Ariongo’s murder suspects

  The Nakawa Magistrate court has dismissed all charges against the people who have been on remand in connection to the murder of the former inspector of Police, John Bosco Ariongo. Ariongo was hit with an object along William Street in Kampala and died on spot during a peaceful protest that was organised by the […]

Cardinal Wamala sends condolences to family of dead policeman

  In his capacity as the head of the Catholic Church and an African, Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala knows that sending condolences to the families of the people who die is a must. So we have been told that the cardinal has sent his condolences to the family of the police officer, Assistant Inspector of Police […]

Security beefed up in Kampala over growing opposition

  Security has been beefed around Kampala today as Uganda’s opposition leader Dr/Col. Kizza Besigye is anticipated to tour Owino (St. Balikuddembe) market. Yesterday Besigye appeared at Buganda road court to answer charges of violence that resulted into the murder of Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP) John Bosco Ariong last week. As he (Besigye) was […]

Kiiza Besigye, 14 others charged with staging unlawful assembly

  Uganda’s opposition leader Col. Kiiza Besigye and 14 other FDC leaders have been charged with staging an unlawful assembly last Wednesday in Kampala central business area that led to the alleged murder of an Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP) John Bosco Ariong. Besigye and 14 other suspects including FDC Women League leader Ingrid Turinawe, […]

Civilians besiege Buganda Road Court

People in their hundreds have besieged Buganda Road Court premises. The people stormed the court premises to hear by themselves the charges the government accuses opposition leader Col. Kiiza Besigye, Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, Kampala woman MP, Nabillah Sempala and FDC woman leader, Ingrid Turinawe. The government accuses Besigye and group of organising an […]

Civilians besiege Buganda Road Court

  People in their hundreds have besieged Buganda Road Court premises. The people stormed the court premises to hear by themselves the charges the government accuses opposition leader Col. Kiiza Besigye, Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, Kampala woman MP, Nabillah Sempala and FDC woman leader, Ingrid Turinawe. The government accuses Besigye and group of organising […]

Besigye, Lukwago appears at court amidst police deployment

  Kampalacity is on tension as the opposition leader, Col. Kiiza Besigye and the city Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago appeared at Buganda Road court on Wednesday amidst tight security to answer charges linked to the last Wednesday city violence in which the Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP) John Bosco Ariong was killed. Lukwago did not […]

Upcountry opposition supporters arrive in buses to witness the appearance of opposition and A4C leaders

  Upcountry supporters have started arriving in Kampala in various buses to attend a court session on Wednesday and witness the appearance of opposition leaders and Activists for Change (A4C). The president of FDC Col. Kiiza Besigye has kindly requested all those who would like to stand surety for the famous five plus nine FDC […]

Opposition members ask court to put police boss Andrew Kaweesi on charge sheet of Ariong’s murders

Soon and very soon the hunter might become the hunted. The members of opposition parties inUgandahave asked the High Court to put the Kampala Metropolitan police commander, Andrew Kaweesi on the charge sheet of people facing murder charges over the death of the former inspector of police, John Bosco Ariong. Ariong was killed last Wednesday […]