Kampala, 1 December 2015 – Over the last 4 days, 13 civil society members have been arrested in Wau, South Sudan. The order of arrest was issued by the Mayor and the Governor of Wau, although no official charges have been brought against the activists. They have been accused of being allies of rebel groups […]
Some of the Member of Parliaments say that the withdrawal of UPDF from the South Sudan has been long overdue because they did not support the deployment. Commander of the Armed forces Gen Katumba Wamala announced Monday that Uganda’s army will leave neighbouring South Sudan by first week of November. Busia Municipality MP Kevina Taaka says the Army […]
Government said that the UPDF troops will continue to be in South Sudan despite Members of Parliament’s fresh demand for the withdrawal of the troops. Ugandan troops were deployed to South Sudan in December 2013 but on several times have ignored pleas from MPs, mediators and the international community to withdraw its troops from the conflict. […]
The chairperson of the Forum for Parliamentarians Uganda chapter Onyango Kakoba calls for a neutral force to achieving peace recovery in South Sudan. Speaking to the press Kakoba said that the parties involved in the conflict in South Sudan lack a neutral army in their country which is causing continued conflict in this young country. He said that UPDF […]
The leader of opposition, Philip Wafula Oguttu, says that President Yoweri Museveni must explain to the nation the reasons for keeping Ugandan troops in South Sudan. Wafula says that the country is tired of spending its resources on the troops in South Sudan when there many items benefiting Ugandans which are not funded in the national budget. He […]
In February 2015 the Kenyan government implemented the biometric registration system for all citizens 12 years and above. This system was meant to help prevent the duplication and mismanagement of funds for social services. In a follow-up step His Excellency the president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyata, launched the Integrated Population Registration System (IPRS) on 11th […]
The governments of Uganda and South Sudan are to form a joint permanent commission to deliberate on the key issues that concern both states. This follows a newly acquired status for South Sudan as an independent state. The Permanent secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs, Ambassador James Mugume says that Uganda had signed numerous […]
Many people across the world have expressed mixed reactions about the content of the video about LRA war and its commander Joseph Kony being played in USA and Europe. Some Ugandans and Africans have welcomed USA’s interests in ending the bloody LRA war. But others complain that when Joseph Kony was maiming people in […]
After the down fall of the greatest son of Africa and Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gadaffi, the republic of Uganda now is walking in his former foot steps with a plan to establish the United States of Africa (USA), Walakira Nyanzi reports. We are told that Uganda wants to use the eight member states of […]
A man believed to be an Arab from Khartoum (Northern Sudan) has killed over 40 people in Southern Sudan. There are fears that the dead might include Ugandans operating in Southern Sudan. The Interior minister in Southern Sudan, Manani Magaya told the press that the people killed were from the cattle corridor of Warrap state. […]