Namayingo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nathan Wekesa, an officer from the Ntoroko based commando battalion of the elite Special Forces Command-SFC has survived lynching after resorting to force to resolve a marital dispute. Trouble for Wekesa started when he stormed Busiro village in Banda sub county, Namayingo district on Wednesday …
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Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A soldier from the elite Special Forces Command-SFC has taken his own life after shooting dead his girlfriend. The deceased is Dickens Nuwamanya, 27, from the Special Forces Command 5th Brigade in Ruhegyere, while the girlfriend is Patience Kamarembo. The shooting took place on Tuesday …
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What next after Rwanda re-opens border? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The latest attempt at improving Uganda Rwanda relations registered some significant steps forward with Rwanda re-opening its border to Uganda on Jan. 31 nearly three years after it was closed. In addition, Uganda replaced Maj. Gen. Abel Kandiho, …
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Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commander of Land Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has returned to Kampala from a successful trip to Kigali, where he held talks with Rwanda President Paul Kagame. “We held very cordial and in-depth discussions about how to …
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Why torture, harassment of opposition is failed strategy Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | On October 21 unknown attackers using sharp objects slashed the tyres of a car belonging to Kampala Woman MP Shamim Malende of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP), the bubbling new party pushing for a new …
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Opposition fear foreign-based critics could become new targets of government following disappearance of notorious Turkey-based vlogger Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The Independent recently held a very revealing interview with the Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, on the whereabouts of Fred Kajjubi Lumbuye; the missing critic of the government and …
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Should he retreat to save lives or protest and draw the wrath of the state? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine once again found himself in the shoes of former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye this week: how to deal with the aftermath of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Mukono North Member of Parliament, Rev. Peter Bakaluba Mukasa has put to task the government to have the State Minister for Water, Ronald Kibuule investigated and prosecuted for using the Special Forces Command (SFC) officers to tarnish the image of the SFC as …
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Bad news for Bobi Wine supporters Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | What should be the main takeaway from President Yoweri Museveni’s Dec.16 re-appointment of his son, Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to head the Special Forces Command and Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech to be the deputy inspector general of police …
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✳ Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba Comd SFC/presidential adviser on security ✳ Maj Gen Paul Lokech -Deputy IGP ✳ Maj Gen James Birungyi to South Sudan for Special assignments. ✳ Maj Gen Sabiiti Muzei returns to UPDF General Hqtrs. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President and Commander In Chief Gen …
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