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…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

2^nd May 2011: Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] Party President Dr. Kizza Besigye has had to undergo urgent reconstructive surgery (more…)

By Dennis Otim

2^nd May 2011: The British government yesterday expelled the Libyan Ambassador to the United Kingdom and gave (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

26^th April 2011: There appears to be confusion over Wednesday’s scheduled court appearance of the jailed Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] President Dr. Kizza Besigye. (more…)

By George Murumba

President Museveni: Is he still a sane man?

25^th April 2011:  Time Magazine, one of the world’s most influential publications that is known for its global personality ratings and foreign policy issues, has, in a subtle way, drawn attention to President Museveni’s sanity by saying he is increasingly issuing “bizarre” statements.

In an article published on the 23^rd of April under the title “Deadly crackdown on Uganda’s walk-to-work protests”, the author Ioannis Gatsiounis starts by (more…)