Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Speaker Anita Among has tweeted for the first time since May, confirming reports that she is now free from house arrest and will not face criminal charges. She said she will soon be back in parliament. “I take this opportunity to thank …
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Transition to Muhoozi’s UPDF generation nearly complete Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Nineteen generals of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) retired from active service on August 20 in what is likely one of the army’s biggest senior-level retirements in recent years. It also marked the end …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) says investigations into the closure of Nation Media Group (NMG) Uganda are still ongoing, urging the public to wait for the outcome of what it describes as a security inquiry amid growing speculation that the media house could soon resume …
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How Beijing is changing Kampala’s security architecture through equipment transfer, defence technology, professional education, and military training COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of Defence Forces, welcomed executives from the Chinese defence giant Aerospace Long-March International Trade Co. (ALIT) to Fort Portal State …
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How ordinary Ugandans in security forces and the judiciary are the quiet levers of the Machinery of Injustice COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | Anybody of a clear conscience must have felt a sense of personal torture the night we saw images of Eddy Mutwe (Edward Ssebuufu), the former …
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Entebbe, Uganda | URN | Col Chris Magezi, the military assistant to the Chief of Defence Forces UPDF, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has released a statement, indicating that Nation Media Group (NMG) management is “committing to adopting a more patriotic, balanced, and objective approach to their journalism moving forward.” In his statement, …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Efforts are underway to reopen Nation Media Group Uganda’s television and radio outlets after a security operation that forced NTV Uganda, Spark TV, Dembe FM, and KFM off air, with government officials and allies of Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba indicating that discussions are ongoing. Journalist Andrew …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Residents and small business operators around Nation Media Group (NMG) offices in Namuwongo have described scenes of fear and uncertainty after armed soldiers mounted an overnight operation that shut down the Daily Monitor newspaper, KFM and Dembe FM Sunday morning. The same operation also …
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NMG Staff Stranded As Security Forces Seal Offices, Shut Down Stations Kampala, Uganda | URN | Employees of Nation Media Group (NMG) Uganda woke up to restricted access and disrupted operations on Sunday morning after security forces moved into the media company’s offices in Kampala, leading to the …
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A wave of opposition arrests, military detentions and treason charges signals a deepening political crisis COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Uganda’s security agencies’ continued abduction and torture of political opponents, with Erias Lukwago, former Kampala Lord Mayor and lawyer to the incarcerated Dr Kizza Besigye on …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
