Ugandan security forces have arrested at least 60 people including a prominent TV presenter during a banned anti-corruption protests in the capital, Kampala. Lawyers said around 60 people were hurriedly brought before courts and remanded in custody following a march on the country’s parliament on Tuesday. Famous television and radio …
Read More »Three ruling party lawmakers charged with corruption in Uganda
Three Ugandan lawmakers, members of the ruling party have been charged with corruption for trying to influence a rights body to inflate its budget, Reuters reported. The three legislators – Mutembuli, Paul Akamba and Cissy Namujju Dionizia – were charged with corruption late on Wednesday at the High Court in …
Read More »Two tourists killed in Uganda park attack
Ugandan police are pursuing Allied Democratic Force (ADF) militants who are suspected to have shot dead two tourists and a guide at the Queen Elizabeth National Park. The three – a British citizen, a South African and a Ugandan guide – were killed in an attack on Tuesday evening while …
Read More »Uganda: destination of tortured author Kakwenza now known
Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, imprisoned and tortured for making unflattering comments about President Yoweri Museveni and his son on Twitter, fled the country a fortnight ago and arrived in Germany, his lawyer has told AFP news agency. “He arrived in Germany this morning,” Eron Kiiza, the lawyer, is quoted as …
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