By Gerald Businge on June 8, 2011
Activists for Change, Mathias Mpuga, Uganda budget 2011/2012, Uganda protests
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Activists for change A4C has put their walk to work campaign on hold for two weeks as they review the new budget to ascertain whether it caters for the main issues of public demand. The National coordinator A4C Mathias Mpuga Nsamba told the media in Kampala that for the last three months of their campaign […]
By Gerald Businge on June 2, 2011
Action for Change, Nobert mao, Uganda protests
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Action for change (A4c) a pressure group has devised other means of demonstration against high fuel and commodity prices rather than walk to work and hoot and sound campaign. For the last one month the opposition A4c a pressure group staged demonstrations by walking to work and hooting and making sound for five minutes at […]
By Gerald Businge on June 1, 2011
Beatrice Kiraso, Deputy Secretary General, East African Community, Uganda protests
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The Deputy secretary general of the East African Community, Beatrice Kiraso is challenging the Ugandan government to address people’s needs which have led nationals to hold weekly riots in different parts of the country. Speaking at the opening of the 4th meeting of directors of CID and registrars of motor vehicles in the region, Kiraso said that all what […]
By Gerald Businge on May 31, 2011
Nobert mao, Uganda opposition, Uganda protests
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The opposition political parties in Uganda have called off the walk to work protests citing the dangers protests pause to their supporters. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Wafula Ogutu says that the demonstrations have cost lives of many Ugandans in the scuffles between the security operatives and the unarmed civilians and opposition leaders do […]
By Gerald Businge on May 30, 2011
Uganda opposition, Uganda protests, Wafula Ogutu, walk2work to
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For the past two or so weeks, we haven’t seen any of the popular walk to work protests that had come to characterize every Monday and Thursday of the week. The leaders of the Activists for Change who led the protests have been insisting they are still going on but we haven’t seen much since […]
By Gerald Businge on May 30, 2011
Christian Lawyers Association, free legal services, Uganda protests
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Christian lawyers in Uganda have promised to provide free legal service to all suspects who were detained in connection with last month walk to work protest against skyrocketing prices of food, fuel, and other essential commodities. Last month the country was rocked by protest which left at least five people killed and scores injured or […]
By Gerald Businge on May 20, 2011
Bank of Uganda, Dr. James Mugume, Uganda inflation, Uganda protests, walk2work
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The Bank of Uganda has expressed concern at the surging inflation rates in the country which have now reached 14.1% from 11.1% in the year ended March 2011. The Director, research at BOU, Dr. James Mugume notes that annual core inflation nudged to 9.7% for the year ending April 2011 from 7.8% in the year ending March 2011. Mugume also says that inflationary rate […]
By Gerald Businge on May 20, 2011
uganda musicians, Uganda protests, walk2work to, Zacharia Tiberindwa
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We can talk n talk but can we do the walk? You must have heard of that song in which some musicians claim mbu some people in this country will talk n talk…and that some people talk but they can’t do the walk? There is a way I believe some of our brothers in the […]
By Gerald Businge on May 19, 2011
Fred Ruhindi, Homosexuals in Uganda, Uganda protests
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The Newly Elected MP Nakawa Division Fred Ruhindi has asked the opposition to desist from demonstrations that result in chaos and death. He has been addressing his constituents at Nakawa Division Headquarters during the victory party shortly after swearing in as MP. Ruhindi says the opposition should stop misleading the youth to engage in demonstrations […]
By Gerald Businge on May 18, 2011
Activists for Change, John Kazoora, Mathias Mpuga, Uganda protests, walk2work to
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Activists for change have launched a series of new campaigns to follow the walk to work, walk to pray campaign which was launched earlier geared at informing the government of the issues affecting Ugandans. Speaking at a press conference today in Kampala, the national coordinator of A4C, Mathius Mpuga says they are starting with prayers on […]