By George Murumba

30^th January 2012:

File photo: Trigger-happy security chap

The Minister of State for Internal Affairs Mr James Baba has said the government has found no evidence to suggest that police officers tried to assassinate Daily Monitor Photo Journalist Isaac Kasamani last week as he covered the fracas that ensured during the walk-to-work protests of last week.

Minister Baba, who addressed a press conference with the Inspector General of Police [IGP] Lt General (more…)

By Sharon Tibenda

30th January 2012:

The new British High Commissioner

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office [FCO] in London has announced the appointment of a new Ambassador to Uganda.  In a statement issued last week, the FCO said Ms Alison Blackburne will be the new British High Commissioner to the Republic of Uganda.

Ms Blackburne will take over from Mr Martin Shearman in August 2012.  According to the FCO, (more…)

By Dennis Otim

30^th January 2012:

Two days of bloody ethnic clashes have killed at least 18 people in the remote north Kenyan region of Moyale, residents said on Friday, January 27, 2012.  “…We have collected 18 dead bodies from the scene of the clashes,” sa (more…)

By Sharon Tibenda

30^th January 2012:

The British Council, through the International Inspiration programme, held a mini-sports festival in Mukono district on 19^th January 2012. The festival was held at a local primary school with (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

23^rd January 2012:

Challenged: UFA Boss Kamya

The opposition Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] Party President Dr Kizza Besigye has taken serious issue with the assertion by Uganda Federal Alliance [UFA] Party President Betty Olive Kamya which seems to suggest that a federal system of governance is the solution to all Uganda’s socio-economic and political problems.

In an article sent to this newspaper in which he (more…)

By George Murumba

23^rd January 2012:

Security officers quelling protests with teargas

US-based human rights watchdog Human Rights Watch [HRW] has said that firm and consistent international support for peaceful protesters and government critics is the best way to pressure autocrats to end abuses and enhance basic freedoms.

In its 676-page World Report 2012 which reviewed human rights practices and in particular abuses in over 90 countries around the globe, HRW (more…)

By John Stephen Katende

23^rd January 2012:

Gen Kayihura: Accused of rights abuses

In this third and final part of our [three part] serialisation of Charles Ochen Okwir’s book Portrait of a Despot, we bring you this slightly edited exerpt from Chapter Three [See: A Modern Despot’s Alfa Tool of Oppression] in which the author talks about how President Museveni’s government has restricted the enjoyment of fundamental human rights in Uganda.  The author says:

One of the most fundamental benchmarks by which (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

23^rd January 2012:

Judges at the opening of the Kwoyelo trial

Legal and organizational issues that have emerged during Uganda’s first war crimes prosecution pose challenges for Uganda in seeking to ensure justice for victims of the most serious crimes, Human Rights Watch [HRW] said in a briefing paper released last week.

The report partly reads:  “…Uganda’s early experience may provide relevant information to other countries seeking to (more…)

By George Murumba

23^rd January 2012:

Uganda's AMISOM troops prepare for war

Ugandan troops who are part of the AMISOM peacekeeping mission in Somalia launched a fierce offensive over the weekend to dislodge the insurgent Al Shabab militants from the outskirts of the war-torn Somali capital Mogadishu.

According to reports coming out of Mogadishu, the AMISOM troops faced (more…)