Less than two months after the Lord Mayor ofKampala, Erias Lukwago appointed Kawempe Male councilor, Sulaiman Kidandala as his deputy; problems have sparked off for councilor Bernard Luyiga fromMakerereUniversity. The students say that on Wednesday this week when Lukwago was addressing a meeting of councilors, Bernard Luyiga’s body guard attempted to sassinate Lukwago. It should […]
Police have deployed over 5,000 troops in Kampala district to keep law and order during the ongoing three day traders strike. The strike started today across the country. The deployment follows intelligence information that members of opposition were reportedly planning to cause bodily harm to NRM supporters during the strike. Sources in Uganda police force […]
Things are getting worse forUganda’s opposition politicians and parties every day that passes. At first the police halted them from holding political rallies at Kampala City Square grounds, as if that was not enough, the same police has directed that any political gathering organised by the opposition has to first get clearance from Uganda Police. […]
The list of candidates vying for the 9 Uganda slots in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) which most parties have been keeping as a top secret has been revealed now. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has three candidates in the race: Salaam Musumba, former MP for Busongora South, Christopher Kibazanga and former Lead […]
Guys in opposition politics, it is now official, Ms Naluyange Jamila of DP belongs to Sheikh Ibrahim Kasozi of FDC. The arguably FDC’s richest youth has been in love with Naluyange (LC3 councilor at Lubaga division) on credit for a long time and the two opposition politicians even have two kids together. And in a […]
The army and police are probing reports that FDC and other opposition parties are secretly recruiting people into rebel activities. This follows intelligence reports last week that led to arrest of two opposition cadres in Nansana who had been reportedly recruited into rebel activities. Sources in CMI have told us that they have recruited some […]
Uganda is planning to start police courts to check on the growing rate of domestic violence in Buganda Kingdom and across the country in general. The courts will handle mostly rape, defilement, murder and attempted murder cases among married persons. The police courts are coming into force soon after Uganda’s president, General Museveni advised […]
We have heard that the former mayor of Kampala Hajji Nasser Sebaggala is preparing to get back into the Democratic Party. May be he has realised that he is not relevant to NRM, lost his political weight and had no capacity of driving opposition members to NRM. With most of his political capital already spent, […]
Uganda’s main opposition party, FDC has got 2.5 million US dollars from Norway to run its anti government activities. The detectives at CMI have told us that the money was wired to FDC accounts in centenary bank on Saturday. A source at the FDC villas in Najjanankumbi has also confirmed that they have got the […]
Members of opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) have split over who is who at the party’s Kampala district offices located on city house building. Living Stone Kizito, the FDC chairman, Kampala district says that he wants their city offices closed because they have been entrenched by spies. Kizito says that many NRM spies camouflage […]