Category: Uganda
Uganda: Ministers Suffer Shock Defeat
KAMPALA (HAN) February 19, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Several Ugandan government ministers have lost their parliamentary seats to opposition, partial results from Thursday’s vote show. According to State-owned New Vision newspaper, 17 ministers and junior ministers have lost their seats. These include: Defence minister – Crispus Kiyonga Justice minister – Kahinda…
Uganda: Presidential Challenger Besigye Driven Home After Standoff with Police
KAMPALA (HAN) February 18, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Uganda’s top presidential challenger Kizza Besigye on Thursday evening stormed a house in Naguru, Kampala which he and his Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party alleged was being “used by the Uganda Police and the military for pre-ticking ballots, manipulating election results, and…
Uganda: Temporarily Blocks Social Media, Mobile Money Over ‘National Security’
KAMPALA (HAN) February 18, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Ugandan authorities blocked social media platforms and mobile money networks on Thursday as voting in the General Election got underway. The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) said access to social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook via mobile phones and the popular mobile money…
Uganda: President Museveni Seeks Fifth Term
KAMPALA (HAN) February 18, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Ugandans across the country have turned out Thursday to vote in presidential elections, with the incumbent Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his 30-year rule. Seven opposition candidates are hoping to become the country’s next head of state in a race widely seen as…
Uganda: Kampala Goes to the Polls Gripped by Fear of Political Violence
KAMPALA (HAN) February 17, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Fear of violence hangs over the Ugandan capital Kampala as the country heads to polls on Thursday to decide whether to re-elect as president a man who has held power for 30 years. President Yoweri Museveni faces challenges from his former personal physician…
Uganda: Rivals Hold Final Rallies Before Presidential Polls
KAMPALA (HAN) February 13, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Uganda’s presidential contenders held their final rallies Tuesday, a day after opposition supporters clashed with police leaving at least one dead. Key opposition candidate Kizza Besigye, a three-time loser who was briefly detained by police in chaotic protests on Monday, said he was…
Uganda: Key Dates Since Independence
KAMPALA (HAN) February 13, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Uganda, which won independence from Britain in 1962, has a long history of dictatorial rule and violence. For the past three decades it has been under the strong-arm rule of President Yoweri Museveni, who hopes to be re-elected for a fifth term on…
Uganda: Museveni Hits out at ICC as he Attends Televised Debate
KAMPALA (HAN) February 15, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Uganda’s veteran ruler Yoweri Museveni, who is standing for re-election on Thursday, has said he is in favour of his country pulling out of the “partisan” International Criminal Court based in The Hague. Museveni, who came to power in 1986, made the remarks…
Uganda: Top LRA Commander Captured in CAR
KAMPALA (HAN) February 11, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. A commander in Uganda’s notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) captured by rebels in the Central African Republic has been identified as Okot Odek, a key figure in the group, a local police source told AFP Wednesday. “We have a list of LRA chiefs…
Uganda: Police buy Anti-riot Gear Ahead of Elections
KAMPALA (HAN) February 9, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Uganda has bought anti-riot gear ahead of a February 18 election in a move which police say will bolster security during voting but which critics say aims to intimidate opponents of President Yoweri Museveni, who is seeking to extend his 30-year rule.…
