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Freed Dove returns
to sit on Besigye's head
30th Jan '06
“Peace in Uganda, peace in Uganda,” Besigye said as he let loose the two passive birds.
There was excitement from the mammoth crowd as one of the birds flew back and settled on his head.
Organised coalition will save Uganda from dictatorship
30th Jan 06
George Bush’s multi-billion
dollar malaria initiative for Uganda
30th January 2006
Electoral Commission (EC)
and security forces block Besigye
30th Jan '06
FDC presidential candidate Kizza Besigye was on Friday blocked from campaigning on FM radios in Gulu. Besigye had gone to Gulu after addressing rallies in Lira and Apac districts, to see the injured Aswa County MP Reagan Okumu at Gulu Independent Hospital.
‘Serial killer’ just a common thief, Police say
January 30th 2006
Although he has caused untold suffering to the families of girls he killed ruthlessly, Baker Walusimbi is not highly rated as a killer by the security officers who apprehended him last week.
Rape case is a pile of lies - Besigye lawyer
30th January, 2006
“We submit that the only reason why (the President) was concerned about this allegation was because it was being made out against his main political rival,”
Survey ranks Uganda last in business confidence
30th January, 2006
UGANDAN business leaders are the most pessimistic about business prospects according to a new economic survey done in the last quarter of 2005.
UN raps Uganda, Rwanda over trade
30th January, 2006
Uganda is suspected of facilitating the illegal export of Congolese gold while Rwanda is believed to be helping smuggle out tin ore, but both countries provided erroneous information when asked about their activities, the experts said.
Military
Display Was Wrong
January 30, 2006
No doubt some were greatly impressed by the might of the Uganda
People's Defence Force [UPDF]. Others were intimidated by
the show of force, which was precisely what Gen. Museveni wanted to
accomplish.
I
can’t be toppled - Besigye
Sunday, 29th January, 2006
FORUM for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Col. (rtd.)
Dr. Kizza Besigye has dismissed threats of a military coup by the UPDF
if he is elected president. “The army cannot work to the contrary
if Ugandans have decided. It is not the army to give us power. The army
works for the people and anyone with such thinking is mistaken,”
Besigye said on a live talk show on Kiira FM in Jinja last week.
“Ugandans must know from today that it is not the army to govern
a country, but the people. Power is not in the tanks President Yoweri
Museveni is exhibiting in Kololo, but it is with Ugandans and no one
will divert from your decision come February 23 (polling day),”
Besigye said.
World
Bank gives Uganda $135m to fight poverty
In contrast to other Western governments, which have been suspending
or cutting aid to Kampala, the World Bank board approved the grant although
it said that the funds would be less than originally intended because
of ongoing budget concerns.
Museveni
Builds Schools in TZ
Presidential Press Secretary, Onapito Ekomoloit could neither deny nor
confirm this development when Daily Monitor contacted him yesterday.
"President Museveni has lived in Tanzania and has since been in
touch with the people there, he could have done this as a personal decision
or in joint partnership with other people." Onapito said yesterday.
UPDF
colonel dead
29th January, 2006
Lt. Col. George Magezi, the commanding officer of the 505th brigade,
has died. He died at Mulago Hospital on Wednesday but hospital authorities
were not readily available for comment on the cause of death. The Northern
Uganda Peoples Defence Forces spokesman, Lt. Chris Magezi, yesterday
refuted reports that Magezi had died of wounds inflicted on him during
an attack
by Lord’s Resistance Army rebels.
GMOs
threatening seed industry
27th January, 2006
Stakeholders of the Centre for Development Initiatives (CDI) of the
African Biodiversity Network of South Africa have expressed concern
about the likely extinction of the indigenous seeds if the country adopts
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
No
arrears, no votes, soldiers tell Museveni
Some 18 soldiers have been arrested in two barracks in northern Uganda
for putting up posters saying "no arrears, no votes". Twelve
of the soldiers were arrested on January 7 in Lira Barracks ahead of
President Museveni's visit to Lira District.
The President was in Lira to close a weeklong retreat by delegates of
the Uganda National Students Association at former NTC Ngetta. Mr Museveni
pumped Shs16 million into the retreat at which the association elected
new leadership. The soldiers thought the NRM presidential candidate
was in the area to seek votes and therefore sought to send him a clear
message. Museveni, however, will officially campaign in Lira next month.
The soldiers are demanding pay arrears dating back to 2000, when the
military leadership raised salaries by 10 percent. A private in the
army earns about Shs150,000 a month.
Pastor
to bless only NRM fans
PASTOR Godfrey
Lule of the Lords' Blessed Temple in Nakulabye has vowed not to
bless members of his congregation who support the opposition presidential
candidates.
New
petition filed against Dr Besigye’s candidature
27th Jan '06
BARELY a week after lawyers distanced themselves from the petition,
the two men challenging Dr Kizza Besigye's candidature now want to block
the inclusion of the FDC leader's name and photo on the ballot paper.
Mr Asol Kabagambe and Mr Abdullah Faraj, whose standing in society is
not publicly established, but describe themselves as registered voters
of sound mind in the court papers, bounced back to the Constitutional
Court with an amended petition and an application for an injunction.
Opposition
leader's wife to stand trial for libel
Concern
at Uganda crackdown
26 January, 2006
Reporters Without Borders has warned the Ugandan government about its
hardline approach to journalists covering the 23 February presidential
election, according to a release. "If nothing is done to ensure
the press is free to do its work, these elections will take place in
a climate of intimidation," Reporters Without Borders said. "If
the government wants the world to say the elections were free, fair
and transparent, it should heed our call for a change in attitude. The
Media Centre recently set up to monitor and punish the foreign press
is utterly illegitimate and should be disbanded."
See also: Uganda
targets foreign journos
Iganga
fans rally Besigye
26th January, 2006
Excitement engulfed Iganga town as FDC presidential candidate Col. Kizza
Besigye arrived in the town for a campaign rally on Tuesday.
Museveni
marked 20 years in office
26th Jan 06
After MiG21 jets and helicopter gun ships flew overhead and tanks and
other military vehicles roared in a military parade at Kololo Airstrip
in Kampala, Mr Museveni said the army had built its capacity to defend
Uganda. "That is why I agreed with the army leaders to put up this
parade so that all Ugandans are assured that there is no threat of any
type to our country," he said. "We are so organised now that
anybody who tries to destabilise Uganda will regret forever."
Uganda`s
Democracy Monitoring Group calls for disbandment of all paramilitaries
26th Jan 06
Citing rising concerns over voter intimidation by armed paramilitary
youth groups, Uganda`s Democracy Monitoring Group has called for the
disbandment of all paramilitaries in advance of the country`s March
general elections.
State
is not fair to Besigye, says judge
January 24, 2006
JUSTICE John Bosco Katutsi, who is presiding over the rape case against
Dr Kizza Besigye, has said the prosecution is being unfair to the Forum
for Democratic Change leader by failing to produce its witnesses.
Kenyans
attend Museveni campaign rally in Busia
January 24, 2006
Hundreds of Kenyan nationals crossed to Uganda to attend President Yoweri
Museveni’s campaign rally in Busia. The Kenyans from Busia (Kenya)
side and Bungoma on Sunday braved the scorching sun to listen to Museveni’s
address, which ended at 5p.m. Peter Cherotik, a resident of Bungoma
said, the proximity of Uganda to their locality made them cross to Busia.
NRM
Under Inquiry Over Besigye's Torn Posters
January 24, 2006
THE Forum for Democratic Change has complained to the police in Mbale
that supporters of the National Resistance Movement are tearing down
their leader's posters for the presidential campaigns.
Mr
Reagan Okumu & wife in car accident
January 24, 2006
The Aswa County mP, Mr Reagan Okumu, and his wife, Ms Jane Atim, were
injured in a car accident on Gulu-Kampala Road yesterday. The two were
travelling from Gulu to Kampala at 12:30
Uganda
: Col Besigye rallies north
23rd January 06
DC presidential candidate Col. Kizza Besigye spent the weekend campaigning
in Acholi where he visited several camps for internally displaced people
(IDPs).
Military
hands over 36 armed men to Congolese authorities
23rd January 06
In a statement on Sunday, UNHCR said its staff had reported that some
15,000 Congolese refugees were staying in the open at an airfield in
Kisoro, while another group of about 5,000 was in Uganda's Kanungu district,
at the border hamlet of Ishasha.
Situation
in north "extremely grave", says UN official
13 Jan 2006
"There is violation of human dignity in the camps,"
Arbour said. "People complained about lack of access, violations of
their rights, and said they were their denied health and economic rights."
Imminent Downfall of an African Dictator?
Friday 20th January 2006
Following his aquittal on politically-motivated charges of murder, Ugandan MP, Michael Ochula is back as Director of Elections for the FDC party, now aiming to unseat President Museveni from his 20 year reign --at elections scheduled for March, 2006.
Michael Ochula joins Fintan Dunne live from Kampala to discuss the future for Uganda; the challenges of campaigning in the face of intimidation; his party's election platform; and his hopes for the Gulu area of Northern Uganda, which he represents.
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War has
raged in northern Uganda for the past 20 years
Interview with Fr John Guiney, regional director of the Jesuit refugee
service, spoke to Roisin Duffy for RTE, Irish National Radio, about life
under President Museveni, and the campaign of rebel leader Joseph Kony
of the Lord's Resistance Army.
Besigye
case hits snag, court petition a forgery
THE treason trial of opposition leader Kizza Besigye and the 22 men with
whom he is jointly charged hit an early technical hitch yesterday, forcing
the High Court to adjourn it to January 25. At the same time, Daily Monitor
has reliably learnt that the constitutional petition that was filed on
Thursday challenging Dr Besigye’s candidature was forged.
Clamp
down on foreign scribes scares local press
January 22 - 28, 2006
The honeymoon between the international media and the Ugandan government
seems to be over. On January 9, the director of the Media Centre is said
to have met foreign journalists and revealed new accreditation regulations.
According to press reports, the foreign journalists would first seek clearance
from the Media Centre to move beyond a radius of 100 kilometres from Kampala.
Ministers
used GF money on campaigns
THREE ministers, in the health ministry “borrowed” Shs7.1
million from Global Funds monies to carry out referendum campaigns on
the change of politicalsystems, last year.
Otunnu,
Tinye and the genocide in Acholiland
January 18 - 24, 2006
An entire society is being systematically destroyed - physically, culturally,
socially and economically - in full view of the international community.
There
is Genocide going on in Northern Uganda
22nd January 06
Response to an article, which appeared on the Daily Monitor of 14.01.2006,
said to be from Johan Van Hecke, some Belgian who happens to be a member
of the European Parliament. The article carried the title “I say,
Olara Otunnu is a disgrace”
Uganda
worst place on earth for children
10 November 2005
“An entire society - the Acholi - is being systematically destroyed
–physically, culturally, socially and economically – in
full view of the international community. This has been going on non-stop
for almost 20 years but Western governments have turned a blind eye
to a pliant regime and dictatorship under President Museveni that practices
genocide,” Mr Olara Otunnu, former UN Under-secretary-General
and special representative for Children and Armed Conflict, on the occasion
of the award of the Sydney Peace Prize for 2005
Army
kills seven people...
Dec 27th 05
While the rest of us were celebrating December 25 with lots of eats
and drinks, our unfortunate folks in Gulu were being "crushed" by our
very own Ugandan soldiers.
Redemption
Songs
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