The lawyers told the media in Kampala that they want the prohibition and prevention of Torture Bill once passed into an act to punish both state actors and private persons who violate peoples’ rights.

The ‘Learned Friends’ also demand that the people whose rights have been violated by the state and private actors be compensated.

Uganda is one of the countries in the world which tortures suspects in order to obtain information.

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As a result of the recent hikes of interest rates in the market, many corporate businesses are encountering difficulties in paying back the loans they have acquired from the commercial banks.

A couple of weeks back, the traders in Uganda through their umbrella association of ‘Kampala City Traders Association’ staged a sit-down strike protesting against the high interest rates charged on bank loans. The traders claimed that many of them have had their businesses collapse due to high interests charged on bank loans.

The good news however is that Uganda Development Bank has come out to save the traders especially at this time when the country is undergoing into an economic crisis.

The Director of Uganda Development Bank has told the members of the press that they have the lowest interest rates in town and that the bank is committed to a long term relationship with the traders and all Ugandans at large.

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The commercial banks operating in Uganda charge over 27% on loans. Our reporters in Mityana, Kampala and Mubende among other districts have told us that most of the shops in Kampala and other districts have not opened today amidst the government requests to them to open the shops.

The spokesman of Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), Issa Sekitto has told us that they will continue with the strike for the next three days until the government directs commercial banks to reduce the interest rates. The government deployed soldiers to threaten traders not to open shops in vain.

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The commercial banks operating in Uganda charge over 27% on loans. Our reporters in Mityana, Kampala and Mubende among other districts have told us that most of the shops in Kampala and other districts have not opened today amidst the government requests to them to open the shops.

The spokesman of Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), Issa Sekitto has told us that they will continue with the strike for the next three days until the government directs commercial banks to reduce the interest rates.

The government deployed soldiers to threaten traders not to open shops in vain.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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 We are told by one of Rwandese that they hope to meet Museveni this month under their umbrella association of ‘Umubano.’ However the preparations for the meeting have turned controversial because some Rwandese security operatives inUgandahave started calling Umubano members not to attend any meeting with the head of state.

President Museveni

A source in security says thatKigalidoesn’t want Umubano meeting to take place inKampalabecause its main agenda is not known. Another source in Umubano tells us that once the meeting takes place they will have to go because they are not ruled byRwandabutUganda.

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Uganda Police Chief, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura

Intelligence reports indicate that many rich people in Kampala are secretly funding the activities of A4C.

The latest CID report our writer has seen indicates that the organisers of A4C are using the money they collect from donors and tycoons in town to recruit hooligans who participate in riots.

According to security sources, the people who will be arrested will be charged in courts of law. Recently the inspector general of police Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura said that many thugs hide under the umbrella of A4C and snatch peoples property and phones.

Security sources say that they have heard that A4C has recruited many people who they pay 50,000 shillings every month on assignment of spreading information about the intentions of A4C.

By Doreen Nyanzi

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