Kayihura in tight corner as Museveni demands progress On April 21, the Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, did something unusual. As highly anticipated by the general public, he presented to the Nakawa Magistrates Court in Kampala 13 suspects in the murder of the late force spokesperson, Assistant Inspector …
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What we know so far Friday, March 17 started like another normal busy day for Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP), Andrew Felix Kaweesi, one of the topmost officers of the force. His title was director Human Resource but, as spokesperson, he was the face of the force. Like many …
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In a Jan 9 reshuffle in the army, President Museveni replaced Gen. Katumba Wamala as the Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) with Maj Gen David Muhoozi, previously Commander of Land Forces. Wamala is now the new Minister of State for Works filling a vacuum left after Parliament’s Appointments’ committee threw …
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By Haggai Matsiko A spying operation by Uganda’s top security agencies that has since 2011 targeted and aimed to crush opponents of President Yoweri Museveni, a new report has claimed. The operation codenamed ‘Fungua Macho’ loosely translated as ‘open your eyes’ has involved planting surveillance tools in top hotels and …
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By the independent team In war, it is called a kill zone. A pre-selected area into which an enemy is lured before being mowed down. Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander Grace Turyagumanawe’s carefully selected kill zone for opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leader Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye was the …
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By John Njoroge In July 1987, President Yoweri Museveni while attending the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was asked by journalists why his government continued to torture opponents yet it claimed it had come to end torture. According to a report in the New York …
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