Hanoi, Vietnam | AFP | A Vietnamese court has jailed nine people for “attempting to overthrow the state”, official media reported Friday, the latest heavy sentence doled out in a harsh crackdown this year against activists in the one-party state. Communist Vietnam routinely jails its critics, but 2017 has been …
Read More »
Cairo, Egypt | AFP | A gunman opened fire on a church south of Cairo on Friday, killing at least nine people in the latest apparent jihadist attack on Egypt’s Christian minority. The attacker targeted the Saint Mina Coptic church in the district of Helwan, just south of Cairo. Health …
Read More »
YEAR IN REVIEW: December 2017 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Oct.03: That is when Raphael Magyezi, the Igara West MP, finally tabled the Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2017, that sought among other issues, to scrap from the Constitution Article 102 (b). The article barred anyone aged below 35 and above …
Read More »
YEAR IN REVIEW: October 2017 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Oct.24: Two senior commanders in the Uganda Police Force are arrested and interrogated, and detained by the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) causing panic and tension in the Uganda Police Force. A day later, more officers attached to the …
Read More »
YEAR IN REVIEW: August 2017 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | August saw a harrowing increase of killings of young women in Entebbe and Nansana. The number of women killed reached 20 sparking general fear and helplessness as the murders of mainly young women was happening not far from State …
Read More »
YEAR IN REVIEW: June 2017 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | June 29: Popular singer Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine romps to victory in a by-election for the Kyadondo East seat. Running as an independent, Kyagulayi trounced NRM and FDC candidates. His victory caused excitement as it opened up …
Read More »
YEAR IN REVIEW: June 2017 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | June 8: This is traditionally the budget-reading month and Matia Kasaija, the Minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development read a Shs29trillion National Budget. The government increased budgetary allocations to the Science and Information Technology sectors. Earlier on June 6, …
Read More »
YEAR IN REVIEW: May 2017 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The year 2017 has been bitter for sugar consumers in Uganda. In a trend set in December 2016 when it hit Shs5000, the price of sugar for home consumption continued to climb and his Shs7000 per kilogram – a new …
Read More »
YEAR IN REVIEW: May 2017 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Today, when many Ugandans hear the word ‘Nalufenya’, torture is what quickly comes to mind. Nalufenya – the special investigations center of the police is located at the River Nile breach crossing in Jinja, eastern Uganda. It mostly handles suspects …
Read More »
YEAR IN REVIEW: April Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | April 24: There had been a spate of violent break-ins and attacks in Kampala city suburbs and Greater Masaka sub-region. So the Inspector General of Police chief, Gen. Kale Kayihura, moved to get to the bottom of it. He headed to …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
