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 TUMWINE: The face of UPDF violence Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Uganda’s Minister of Security, General Elly Tumwine, is famed for having fired the first bullet that set the war that brought President Yoweri Museveni to power. For 30 years he has been perpetually representing the country’s military, the …

Bombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Defence spokesperson Brig. Gen Flavia Byekwaso has dismissed reports on social media that the military has put in place a day time curfew ahead of the visit to the areas of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. “There is no …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Security Minister Gen Elly Tumwine has praised security forces for the decisiveness with which they quelled what he called a pre-mediated riots across the country last week. Over 40 people are said to have died, many of them shot by security officers, after protests …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The death toll from protests over the arrest of Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi has risen to 49. According to records at Mulago Hospital, 37 bodies were brought to the mortuary from different hospitals, while 12 are patients who died at Mulago Referral Hospital on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) army has occupied a portion of Sango bay, in Kakuuto county and established a 305th battalion. According to Brig. Gen. Flavia Byekwaso, the army spokesperson, the battalion is simply meant to beef up security in Kyotera, Mutukula, Rakai and …

How the president, the security services and the opposition are beneficiaries of this political pathology THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Election season is with us and the police are in overdrive to beat the hell out of opposition candidates. The leading and perhaps most popular opposition presidential …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human rights activists have cautioned members of security forces to desist from making statements that undermine the ongoing electoral process. In an interview with URN at his offices in Nsambya, renowned human rights defender, Dr. Livingston Ssewanyana said statements such as “we can’t hand over …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two suspected Turkana warriors were killed and another injured during a cattle raid at Lochom in Kaabong West in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The injured also succumbed to the gunshot wounds hours later. Kaabong Resident District Commissioner, John Rex Achilla says the two …

So why does President Museveni ignore it? Uganda, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Since scenes of violence being meted out in broad daylight against the most prominent presidential candidates challenging President Yoweri Museveni, most commentators and analysts have said the violence sets stage for the 2021 elections. Presidential nominees …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has today commissioned the newly built headquarters of the Special Forces Command. It is named the General Yoweri Museveni House. Museveni hailed the army for using their own expertise to build the house, stating that they had saved close to sh6 billion …