By John Stephen Katende

24^th Oct 2011:

IGP Kayihura: Criticised by senior officers

He has been in post for over five years.  In that time, nearly all opposition political parties in Uganda have cried foul over his force’s brutality.  Independent civil society and human rights groups operating in Uganda have also spoken out against him.  The international community has faulted his heavy-handed policing tactics.

Now, and perhaps for the very first time, three senior officers  in Inspector General of Police (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

20^th Oct 2011

The end of the road for Gaddafi

Former Libyan Leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi, a man who ruled Libya with an iron fist for 42 years, has been killed in a fierce fire fight by forces loyal to the ruling Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) in his home town of Sirte.  Mobile phone images have appeared on the internet showing the bloodied body of the former Libyan leader being dragged on the streets of Sirte, the final humiliation of (more…)

By Sharon Tibenda

17^th Oct 2011:

File Photo: Besigye being arrested during first W2W

A combined force of police and military officers last evening changed tactics and decided to pre-emptively arrest key leaders of Activists for Change [A4C] ahead of today’s launch of the second phase of the ‘walk-to-work’ protest campaign against the NRM government’s failure to arrest runaway household commodity and fuel prices.

The arrests took place within hours of (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

17^th Oct 2011:

Mbabazi: Is he behind the NRM power struggle?

The ongoing oil corruption scandal involving three top cabinet Ministers that appears to be consuming the ruling NRM government is less about fighting corruption but about an internal NRM power struggle that President Museveni himself had bottled-up for nearly a quarter of a century, top NRM ideologues have said.

The Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa, and (more…)