By Sharon Tibenda

Walk-to-Work: There could be more of this on the way

9^th May 2011: All the major opposition parties in Uganda have called for a fresh wave of protests against the NRM government’s violent, and in some cases, brutal crackdown on peaceful ‘walk-to-work’ protesters, civilians, and opposition leaders.

In a joint statement issued in Kampala on May 7^th by the Forum for Democratic Change (more…)

By Julius Odeke Onyango

9^th May 2011:

Anne Mugisha at Nairobi Hospital doing the interview

Nairobi-President Yoweri Museveni is believed to be in a state of panic after several Heads of State whom he had invited to attend his fifth swearing in ceremony scheduled to take place on 12^th May at Kololo Airstrip turned down the invitation.

The developments have come in the wake of the on-going walk-to-work demonstrations that have (more…)

By George Murumba

9^th May 2011: Hundreds of ‘Activists for Change’ [A4C] protesters who have been engaged in the ‘walk-to-work’ campaign against the high cost of living in Uganda may have already hatched a plan to (more…)

John Stephen Katende

9^th May 2011: The United Nations human rights chief has urged Ugandan authorities to immediately halt the use of “excessive” force (more…)

By Sharon Tibenda

Bed ridden but still Defiant: Besigye at Nairobi Hospital yesterday

2^nd May 2011: FDC’s party President Dr Kizza Besigye, who is currently hospitalised at Nairobi Hospital for treatment, has vowed to re-join the ‘Walk-to-Work’ demonstrations taking place in Uganda as soon as he recovers and returns to Uganda.

The FDC leader told Journalists gathered at Nairobi Hospital yesterday that he is determined to (more…)

By George Murumba

Overwhelmed: Besigye collapses behind police truck

2^nd April 2011: The government’s use of extreme force on the 28^th of April as it brutally arrested an already injured opposition leader and Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] Party President Dr. Kizza Besigye has elicited widespread anger that not only triggered protests on Friday 29^th but has also forced some ‘online Ugandans’ to start thinking of acquiring guns as a means of “confronting violence with violence”. (more…)

By Sharon Tibenda

UK Ugandans protesting Besigye arrest in Manchester

2^nd May 2011: A group of Ugandans living in Manchester – United Kingdom have protested against the government’s violent arrest of Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] Party President Dr. Kizza Besigye and its brutal crackdown on ‘Walk-to-Work’ demonstrators as a whole.

The UK demonstration, which, as the picture shows, appears to have included a little toddler, was staged on Saturday 30^th April outside (more…)