Will Biden be better than Trump for human rights abusers? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven top to middle commanders of security forces in Uganda could soon find themselves on America’s list of Specially Delegated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN). This list has individuals targeted under various U.S. sanctions …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial in Makindye has reinstated the bail of former Flying Squad Commander Herbert Muhangi who is facing charges of failure to protect war materials and aiding and abetting kidnaps in Uganda. Muhangi was first granted a non-cash bail of ten million …
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Exposing the police boss’s biggest problem Seven months after his appointment as Deputy Inspector General (DIGP) of the Uganda Police, Maj. Gen. Steven Sabiiti Muzeeyi, was on Oct.15 put on the spot. President Yoweri Museveni ordered him to stamp out increasing urban crime in the Kampala Metropolitan Area, an assignment …
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Uganda’s Who-is-Who live in fear of US travel ban Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | As if U.S. sanctions slapped on President Yoweri Museveni’s former right hand man, Gen. Kale Kayihura for his role as Inspector of General of Police were not bad enough, another top government official, Pius …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Visa denied: Uganda’s Who-is-Who live in fear of US travel ban THE LAST WORD Lessons from Tunisia’s elections: Why her success at democratisation is a result of the absence of foreign interference in …
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Why we must see America’s summons to Uganda about human rights as an ideological weapon for domination THE INDEPENDENT | ANDREW M. MWENDA | When the US government sanctioned Uganda’s former Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, many Ugandans in opposition, traditional and social media and in “civil society” …
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MWENDA: Why we should be suspicious of America’s attempts to insert itself in our national politics THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Why did the United States sanction Uganda’s former Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, on allegations of violation of human rights, corruption and smuggling without providing …
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Who is next on sanctions list? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The most significant aspects of the sanctions the American government has placed on former Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura are two; the timing and their broadness. The timing of the American announcement is important; just 16 …
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How US government sanctions against Kayihura are a toxic mixture of ignorance, prejudice and hypocrisy THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | And so the United States Department of State has sanctioned Uganda’s former Inspector General of Police, Kale Kayihura. Henceforth, he, his children and wife will not …
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Museveni scoffs at opposition for jubilation over U.S sanctions against Kayihura Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has criticized the Ugandan opposition for celebrating sanctions imposed against the former Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura, by the American government. The United States of America- USA Treasury Office of Foreign …
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