By Bob Roberts Katende & Isaac Mufumba Kiboko Squad: Opposition prepare to fight back Group compared to Mungiki He moves with a swagger. Wearing dark eyeglasses, he keeps rubbing his clenched right hand fist that reveals heavily scarred knuckles against his left hand palm throughout the interview. Thats Juma Ssemakula …
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The Independent Team Forum for Democratic Change mobiliser Anne Mugisha who recently returned from exile in the United States talked to The Independent’s Bob Roberts Katende about her plans in the forthcoming general elect ions. Below are excerpts. What incident triggered your fleeing from the country and how did you …
Read More »Rising violence tests UPDF strategy in Karamoja
By Jocelyn Edwards Margaret Ngoya, 15, awoke in early hours of Mar. 7 to the sound of gunshots. The soldiers who had invaded her village in northern Karamoja yelled her family and their neighbours to come outside. When they brought us outside, I was beaten. They used the handle of …
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