By Julius Odeke Onyango

13^th June 2011:

Tree planting in Bulucheke Sub-County

BUDUDA – The minister of Water and Environment M/s Maria Mutagamaba has said the government of Uganda will soon enforce existing laws to ensure that people grow more trees as a means of conserving environment and boosting the economy.

In a speech read for her by the Director of Environment Mr Gashom Onyango at Bulucheke Sub-County on Monday to commemorate World Environment Day, the minister said, “…Uganda has laws that government agencies are mandated to enforce but the agencies have relaxed to an extent that it now seems as if the country has no binding laws for its people to observe”.

That, according to Water and Environment Minister Maria Mutagamba, is why so many wetlands and national parks have been encroached upon by squatters.  This year’s World Environment Day celebrations were launched under the theme (more…)

By Dennis Otim

13^th June 2011: Dadaab, an umbrella refugee complex comprising of three separate camps of Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo in north eastern Kenya, has run out of space, (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

6^th June 2011:

Injured Besigye. Are his men killing Museveni's govt from within?

One of the ruling party’s [NRM’s] rising cadres who has just been appointed Minister of State by President Yoweri Museveni has admitted for the first time, on condition of strict anonymity, that secret agents from the opposition Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] party are working “quietly from within” to lure Museveni’s government into FDC’s traps. (more…)

By Julius Odeke

6^th June 2011:

Museveni with a gun after the Bududa madslides

The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has issued a warning to the government to get ready to handle deadly landslides, mudslides, and flash floods in the Elgon region, saying they might occur at any time.  Speaking to this reporter last Friday, Uganda Red Cross Society’s Regional Programme Manager Mr. Stephen Wamukota said, “…a deadly catastrophe is likely to strike in the Elgon zone anytime”.

Mr. Wamukota added that (more…)

By Sharon Tibenda

6^th June 2011:

Freeman Mbowe: Is he now Tanzania's "Besigye"

The Tanzanian government has arrested the country’s main opposition leader.   Mr. Freeman Mbowe, who is the leader of the opposition Party for Democracy and Development [CHADEMA] was arrested by police over his involvement in a protest earlier this year, the party’s Spokesperson Mabere Marando has said. (more…)

By John Stephen Katende

6^th June 2011:

W2W Activists: Are they being blocked from the internet?

An independent United Nations expert on freedom of expression has warned that governments are increasingly restricting the flow of information on the Internet due to its potential to mobilize people to challenge the status quo.

Frank La Rue, a Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, told the UN Human Rights Council in (more…)

By Sharon Tibenda

6^th June 2011:

Yemeni protesters celebrating the departure of a despot

Thousands of people in Yemen, including soldiers and policemen, are celebrating the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh who has been in power for 33 years.  President Saleh left on Saturday for Saudi Arabia to be treated for injuries he sustained in an attack on his presidential compound last Friday.

Many celebrated in the capital, Sanaa’s (more…)

By Dennis Otim

6^th June 2011:

The deadly Apache combat helicopter

The deadly British Apache combat helicopters have destroyed a radar station and a military checkpoint held by Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s forces near Brega in their first mission over Libya.

Launched just after midnight last Friday, the British Apaches helicopters flew stealthily under the cover darkness from Britain’s aircraft carrying vessel HMS Ocean that is stationed off the African (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

30^th May 2011:

Left-Right: Indicted Ex VP Bukenya and His Highness the Kabaka

Former Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya has been indicted by the Inspector General of Government [IGG] on allegations of corruption related to the procurement of the executive cars and motorcycles for the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala.

According to the spokesperson of the IGG’s office (more…)

By Our Online Team

30^th May 2011:

Rise up against dictatorship, Atwoli says

A whopping 2million people from across East Africa could soon be mobilised to join the ongoing ‘walk-to-work’ and ‘hoot for change’ protests called by ‘Activists for Change’ if President Museveni does not “democratise Uganda”; East African Trade Union Chief Francis Atwoli has warned.

The Standard, a Kenyan newspaper, reported last week that Mr. Atwoli, who is the Secretary General of the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU), had said the crackdown on opposition leaders by President Yoweri Museveni was dictatorial.  “…Ugandans must rise up against bad leadership.  Museveni must democratise Uganda. He must (more…)