Police has fired teargas to disperse a group of people demonstrating at Kisekka Market. The group is demanding that Kampala central MPMohamed Nsereko be released. They had already started burning tyres when police swung in action. There is heavy deployment at the market to quell any more demonstrations. But there were reports that two women […]
Ugandan President Gen. Museveni Kaguta in his capacity as the commander in chief of Uganda armed forces has today sent 2,831 troops to Somalia to fight the Al Shabaab militants. The soldiers Museveni has sent to Somalia are to be deployed in battle group ten. Battle group 10 has replaced battle group eight. The […]
The Democratic Party (DP) candidate, Norbert Mao has castigated the heavy deployment of the police and army in Kasese district ahead of Wednesday’s woman MP by elections. Mao says that the deployment is meant to intimidate voters who cast their votes in favour of opposition. But he urges the voters in Kasese to follow […]
Police have increased deployment in Kiruhura, Mbarara, Bushenyi, Kabale and Rukungiri after the outlawed For God and my Country (4GC) pressure group launched its new phase of activities in the above mentioned districts. The 4GC formerly A4C (activists for change) have camped in westernUganda with the purpose of holding rallies in western Uganda for […]
Kampalacity is on tension as the opposition leader, Col. Kiiza Besigye and the city Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago appeared at Buganda Road court on Wednesday amidst tight security to answer charges linked to the last Wednesday city violence in which the Assistant Inspector of Police (AIP) John Bosco Ariong was killed. Lukwago did not […]
The police deployment at Old and NewTaxiParksin Kampalahas entered day three. This follows Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) took over the management of the taxi parks. The High Court in Kampala on Monday dismissed a case filed by Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association (UTODA) against KCCA on grounds that the case was wrongly filed. […]
Security is tight onKampala–Masaka road following an anti government rally organised by members of the ‘Action for Change” in Kyengera. The inspector general of police, Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura has confirmed the deployment and said it is there for the good of all Ugandans. When our informers made the tour of the road, they saw […]
Hundreds of students, pupils and general passengers have been seen stranded in taxi and bus parks across the country as heavy traffic jam affected the easy movement of vehicles. The situation was chaotic in Lango sub region. Most of the students and pupils from there who study in Buganda kingdom schools remained stranded atLiraBusParkas […]
There is still heavy police deployment around the farm of Uganda’s main opposition leader, Col. Kiiza Besigye in Kasangati. But this time the police are not in the compound of Mr. Besigye or toilets as it was the case last time. We have been told by the detectives that the police officers have been told […]