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Action for Transparency to use technology tools against corruption in Uganda and Zambia

A new project has been initiated to enable citizens in Uganda and Zambia to report suspected corruption and misuse of public funds using web and mobile tools. The Action for Transparency (A4T) Project has built an app and website that gives the opportunity for anyone who can connect to the Internet to report on suspected corruption […]

Gen. David Sejusa hits at President Museveni in BBC interview- Listen

After the government managed to ensure he does not appeal on a local radio show on KFm, Gen. David Sejusa was this evening hosted on BBC focus on Africa and he wasted no time in lambasting his bush war colleague as a dictator, anti people and man pushing an “unconstitutional” project of life presidency and […]

Red Pepper statement on police closing and deployment at offices

When the Police raided our offices on Monday May 20th, they had a search warrant demanding that we hand over a press release from General Sejusa’s lawyers which we had published the previous week.   We gave them the press release they had asked for but despite that they have continued to search our offices […]

List of Uganda Permanent Secretaries announced May 2013

1. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Katuramu Deborah 2. OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER Guwatudde Kintu Christine 3. MINISTRY OF FINANCE, PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEV’T Muhakanizi Keith 4. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Byengoma Rosette 5. MINISTRY OF AGRICULUTRE, ANIMAL INDUSTRY & FISHERIES Rubarema Vincent 6. MINISTRY OF ENERGY & MINERALS Kabagambe Kaliisa Fred 7. MINISTRY OF WORKS […]

General David Sejusa’s military profile

Gen. David Sejusa has been the man in Ugandan news of recent after his controversal letter on the Muhoozi project. Since then, it has been highly suspected that the General will be arrested on his return from a trip to United Kingdom. It said the General has been reminding those who care to listen that […]

Uganda government condemned for closing newspapers and radio stations in latest media attack

There will be no Daily Monitor or Red Pepper on the streets on Tuesday.  Neither are Ugandans able to listen to Nation Media owned Kfm and Dembe fm radio stations. These media houses were today shut down. Journalists and human rights activists have today condemned the action by the government to close down two newspapers and […]

Uganda should investigate and carefully handle Kibaale Bunyoro bafuruki issue

This was first published in August 2009 as a comment on this article http://rosebellkagumire.com/2009/08/14/ugandans-consider-a-mufuruki-t-shirt-or-make-one-to-show-unity/ I’m very disappointed at how many people (led by journalists and editors) are taking this Banyoro-Bafuruki issue. First, the derogation added to the word Mufuruki or Bafuruki is very regrettable. You and me know that Mufuruki or Bafuruki is a simple […]

We dont want more heroes- Nobert Mao Continues his criticism of Kizza Besigye

Nobert MAO Continues Assault on Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye. Below is his latest utterances: – “There are two tendencies in the opposition today. There are those who believe that political parties are irrelevant and we should embrace a personality driven struggle and not bother with the agenda we seek to achieve. Then there are those […]

Francis Ayume’s family, 8 years later, not given his death report

  It is eight years now since Ugandans woke up to the sad news that the former Attorney General, Francis Ayume had died in a motor accident. On the morning of Tuesday, May 18, 2004, the people of Uganda woke up to the sad news of a grisly accident that had claimed the life of […]

Besigye predicts Museveni’s political downfall

Uganda’s opposition leader, Col. Kiiza Besigye has again predicted the political downfall of Uganda’s president, Gen. Yoweri Museveni. Besigye has told the leaders of Activists for Change (A4C) today at Katonga road that Museveni’s term of office may last for the next two years. Besigye says he recently interacted with an old man on Entebbe […]