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President Museveni condoles and assures the family of Kenneth Akena of justice in the Lugogo shooting case President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday visited the family of the late Kenneth Watmon Akena and expressed his condolences over the passing on of their son, who was shot in November last year. Museveni …

Muntu group wants Besigye to show results of 2016 elections It is just a few months to elections for party president and the war between supporters of different rivals for leadership in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has intensified. “I feel horrible about the goings on in my party …

Police officers suspects, main investigator was sidelined by Kayihura Grace Akullo, the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) faces the toughest assignment of her career; finding the masterminds of the worst murder to rock Uganda Police. As head of the Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Directorate (CIID), Akullo has been charged …

Mityana district was the latest stop in a campaign aimed at land rights awareness rights started by opposition leader Kizza Besigye. Dubbed ‘My Land, My Life’ campaign, Besigye says the move is meant to mobilise Ugandans to resist all forms of land grabbing by the Museveni regime and its agents. …

The ever ongoing succession debate inside NRM and the country is fast gaining momentum with more regime insiders pronouncing themselves on the issue. President Museveni’s son in law Odrek Rwabwogo has called for dialogue on the issue that is rarely discussed formally in internal party structures. Although some low ranking …

In The Independent this week: COVER STORY Kaweesi case divides police, CIID, CMI, ISO: Main investigator was sidelined by Kayihura NEWS ANALYSIS Motor vehicle inspection deal: Is the mandatory vehicle inspection exercise manned by multinational company, SGS worth it for Uganda? THE LAST WORD Africa through North Korean eyes: Why …

The extraordinary Nile Council of Ministers (Nile-COM) meeting in Entebbe has rejected demands by Egypt for greater control of activities related to the flow of the river Nile. Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and Sudan were unanimous on Monday in seeking a revision of  proposals that Egypt, led by …

Human Rights activists, diplomats call for probe in the wake of new HRW report. Pressure from human rights activists, critics and the diplomatic community is mounting on government to act on the disturbing revelations about last year’s Kasese killings detailed in a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). This …

The March 17 killing of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP), Andrew Felix Kaweesi, one of the topmost officers of the force is the latest case to put the government and specifically police on the spot. By striking successfully again, the assailants are proving that they have capacity to snatch …

Refugees not the problem, wrong ideology is – Museveni tells summit on Somalia President Yoweri Museveni in one of his most radically candid addresses on refugees has told a special IGAD summit on Somalia at the weekend that refugees are not the problem but the wrong ideology of sectarianism where …