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Opinion: let’s save Our Elephants
By Julius Odeke
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in conjunction with Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in 2015 conducted an aerial surveys of elephants in Uganda‘s national parks, the results of the survey projected that their…
NRM Supporters Remanded over Assault on Journalists
Entebbe, 9th August 2016; Chaos broke out at Entebbe Magistrates Court on 8th August 2016 when five ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party mobilizers accused of assaulting and damaging journalists’ gadgets were remanded to Kigo…
Two Journalists Detained
Nateete-A Delta Television journalist Jamil Mukiibi has been attacked by boda boda motorcyclists during a scuffle between two rival cyclists' associations. He sustained several injuries and lost his property in the Sundayafternoon attack at…
Rights Body Urges Journalists to Defy Uganda Media Council
Journalists have been urged not to accept to be licensed by the Media Council because it is illegitimate and pushing for unclear agendas, saying that all such acts are on the wrong side of history.
“Don’t surrender your rights to a body…
Telecom Companies Cheating Clients
Telecom companies usually put up advertisements to lure customers to use their services with promises such as buying a bundle at only 300 shillings to surf the internet for a whole day.
But the moment one loads the bundle it gets blown…
Museveni’s Speech Angers Jews
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s reference to Isreal as Palestine during commemoration to mark the 40th anniversary of the Israeli raid on Entebbe has caused uproar among a section of Jews.
President Museveni repeatedly…
Response to IGP Kale Kayihura
By Richard Musaazi
In his recent address to detectives, IGP Kale Kayihura noted that most detectives lacked commitment and Prosecution fails to convict criminals because of sloppy investigation, he complained.
Previously I discussed…
Revisiting 1999 Karamoja Valley Dam Development Scandal
By Joseph Elunya
Though with a population of 988,429 people, according to the National Housing and Population Census 2014’s report, Karamoja, the semi-arid region badly needs water to boost its farming activities such as rearing of…
Corruption scandals that have rocked Uganda during NRM regime
Corruption scandals that have rocked Uganda during NRM regime
1998- Supply of four M1-24 Junk attack helicopters scandal to the ministry of Defense worth 11 billion shillings
1998 Uganda Commercial Bank Scandal of the attempted…
Kenyan Police Beat up Protesters
A leading rights group has accused Kenyan police of using "gruesome violence" to break up an opposition protest in the capital on Monday.
Protesters were beaten up even after being "subdued", said the Kenya National Commission on Human…