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MPs express concern over security agencies’ arrest of individuals

MPs express concern over security agencies’ arrest of individuals

Some Members of Parliament have expressed concern  over government Security agencies which arrest supporters of the opposition parties aligning them as rebels who want to overthrow the government. The issues were been raised by Serere district Woman MP Alice Alaso during a plenary sitting chaired by the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga. She says there is no […]

Concern rises over Kanungu Kibwetere inferno report

Members of the parliamentary committee on defense and internal affairs have expressed concern over the failure by security agencies to come out with a report on the Kanungu inferno. This was after interfacing with a group of people claiming to have lost their relatives petitioned parliament asking for its intervention into the matter. The group […]

‘Violent solider’ named to head human rights commission

  Human rights reports have been indicating that the security agencies in Uganda have been taking a centre stage in human rights violations in Uganda. But this evening President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Col. Stephen Basaliza, a soldier as one of the commissioners of the Uganda Human Rights Commission. The colonel would be assisted by […]

FDC recruits youth to burn markets

  Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has reportedly recruited youth with a purpose of burning markets, parishes of kingdoms and other places of public interest. The security agencies also allege that FDC has recruited youth who are undergoing a military training in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The aim of the garrison being trained […]

Al Shabaab rebels plan to bomb taxi parks

Latest intelligence reports in East African country of Uganda indicate that the blood thirsty Al Shabaab rebels of Somalia are planning to bomb Old and New taxi parks in Uganda’s capital city Kampala. The Uganda Government is already prepared for Al Shabaab. Uganda’s security agencies are all on high security alert. A source in the […]

Cameras spying on Col. Kiiza Besigye’s home

  Security agencies in Kampala are reportedly spying on Col. Kiiza Besigye’s home in Kasangati, in Kampala, headquarters of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), and Besigye’s up country home in Rukungiri. Besigye is the president general of FDC and he has contested for president thrice and lost the polls. A source in security tells us […]

Democratic Party organising secretary Sulaiman Kidandala swears in as Kampala Deputy Mayor

The Deputy Lord Mayor of Kampala Capital City Authority, Sulaiman Kidandala has been sworn in today despite complaints from the minister for Kampala Kabakumba Masiko. The KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi and other council technical officers failed to block his swearing in ceremony. Kidandala was sworn in amidst heavy police deployment and harassing of his […]

Journalists protest failure by Uganda Human Rights Commission to hear their case

Hearing of case lodged with Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC)  Court four years ago by journalists has failed to take off under unclear circumstances. A case in which journalists protested brutal attacks by police and other security  agencies had been fixed for hearing on  December 9th 2011 at 9 00am local time at the Commission premises on Buganda […]