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Joseph Kabuleta, the principal of the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) claimed that government has a group of people looking to turn Ugandans into slaves in about 3 decades from now. These remarks from Kabuleta followed comments from some westerners who dismissed a common narrative that the region is more privileged compared to others. According to Prossy Ayebare from Isingiro, ...

The Forum for Democratic Change party, FDC, has expressed concern over their women activists that Police arrested yesterday. These women were protesting skyrocketing prices of commodities and the long detention of their former party president Dr. Kizza Besigye. The women in question include; Soroti Woman MP Anna Adeke Ebaju, Kampala Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura and Margaret Wokuri, a woman ...

ISINGIRO: Police are holding a 20-year-old Abahe David in its custody for the murder of his younger brother Abasa Joshua aged 13. David is a resident of Omukihangire cell, Bungongi Parish, Nyakitunda cell, Isingiro district. David saw it fit to kill his younger brother Joshua after the latter demanded the former for his shs5,000. Apparently, the lending of the money ...

Police has this morning arrested Women activists over rioting in objection of high commodity prices. These women were led by Doreen Nyanjura, the deputy Lord Mayor. They were around Mulago-Wandegeya expressing their displeasure at the rising commodity prices and continued detention of Kizza Besigye. Last week, Police arrested Dr. Kizza Besigye for protesting over the same matter but up until ...

The Allied Health Workers under their Umbrella body, Allied Health Professionals Alliance have vowed to withdraw emergency services if government fails to address their demands as soon as possible. They also said that “government intimidation” will not scare them one bit. A week has passed since the workers under their umbrella body, the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) communicated ...