Month: January 2016

Human right activists and entrepreneurs, including Mo Ibrahim, have urged the African Union to urgently resolve the conflict in South Sudan and Burundi. They made the call in an open letter addressed to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. The letter was signed by the former […]

Outspoken Fr. Geatano Batanyenda, the Parish Priest for Kitanga Catholic Church has blessed Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye on arrival at Kitanga play ground in Rukiga county before he addressed a rally. Fr. Batanyenda has asked Besigye to always remember Lord even after being elected […]

The Uganda Women Network has handed a peace candle to the NRM Secretary General Richard Todwong. According to UWONET Executive Director Rita Aciro, the candle is meant to symbolize the call for peace from all presidential candidates as the country prepares for the February elections. The women argue that since […]

The ruling NRM party has defended the Electoral Commission chairman over the decision not open a consignment of ballot papers for verification. Representatives of the opposition and independent presidential candidate Amama Mbabazi who witnessed the arrival of the first consignment of presidential and parliamentary ballots at Entebbe International Airport yesterday […]