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Kampala traders demonstrate over power

Traders in Kampalaoperating along Kampala-Gayaza Roadtoday brought work to a standstill as they closed the Road in protest over load shedding.   The angry demonstrators smashed vehicles while police looks on for sometime. However the police later acted when it gained the numbers of policemen it needed to take action. The problem with Ugandan demonstrators […]

Police keeps guard of Turinawe’s home

Police are still surrounded the home of FDC women league chairperson, ms Ingrid Turinawe checking every one who enters and exits it. The policemen under the command of the Operations commander Kampala North Metropolitan, Sam Omara stormed Turinawe’s home in Canaan Sites Estate, Nakwero village located along Kampala Gayaza road on Monday. The same police […]

Police re-arrests FDC iron lady Ingrid Turinawe

The head of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Women League, Ingrid Turinawe has been rearrested and detained at Kasangati police station. Ingrid Turinawe was arrested near her home on Gayaza road on suspicion that she was preparing to prelaunch ‘walk to work’ protests. The police officers who arrested her were commandeered by Sam Omara, the […]

Traders strike in Uganda enters day two

 Hundreds of shops in Kampala, Mityana and Masaka are still closed for a second day as thousands of traders remain seated on the verandas of their closed shops. The security in Kampala as usual is tight and the policemen are going on to arrest the people they suspect to be mobilizing traders to become violent. […]

President Yoweri Museveni’s 2012 new year message address

Fellow Ugandans,   I congratulate you all, upon the completion of the year 2011 and wish you a prosperous 2012.   I wish to convey my sympathies to all who have experienced losses and misfortunes during the course of the year.  We thank God for all the successes we have had as individuals and as a Nation.  I congratulate […]

Two Uganda Policemen killed on road

At least six people including two policemen have died in a motor accident today on Kampala Gulu highway. The place of the accident is Kalule near Wobulenzi town council. The accident involved a Gaga bus Reg No UAL 158Z that rammed into a stationary truck with aSudan’s number plate CE 998b killing the six people […]

Police again searches Turinawe’s house

We have been told that the police have again searched Ingrid Turinawe’s house despite the fact that she was recently remanded to Luzira prison over treason charges and she is now out on bail.  Turinawe is the head of the Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC) Women’s League. Ingrid was arrested on Monday in connection with […]

Mbidde’s Escalades runs out of fuel

 It looks now DP’s vibrant legal advisor, Mukasa Fred Mbidde is out of pocket as his Escalades registration number Mbidde 4 ran out of fuel in the middle of Entebbe road. The credit crunched Mbidde was left cursing the NRM government for failing to subsidize fuel prices. As if this was not enough, Mbidde who […]

Kyadondo East MP Ibrahim Semujju not to seek re-election

 Unlike manyUganda’s MPs who want to stay in parliament until they die, the Kyadondo East MP Hajji Ibrahim Semujju says he doesn’t want another term in the August house. Semujju has told his political pals at parliament that he wants to retire from politics and concentrate on managing his businesses including the weekly observer newspaper […]

Apollo Kasami’s ex in fist fight

URA’s Apollo Kasami’s ex-girlfriend, Grace Katima is involved in a deadly family conflict. The conflict started a couple of weeks back when Kasami made a deal with her young brother Ronald Mugasa in which the brother was to receive 10m and instead brought him 3m. We are told by a family pal that immediately after […]