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Uganda: Besigye Calls for Mass Protests
Observer, 15 January 2014
Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President Kizza Besigye used the funeral of the political comedian Paddy Ssali 'Bitama' to solemnly declare that mass protests were the… Read more »
Former Ugandan Opposition Leader Calls For Mass Protest
Former president for Forum for Democratic Change Kizza Besigye has declared mass protests as the only way to bring about political change in the country.
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Uganda: Drama Follows Bitama in Death
Observer, 15 January 2014
Last Saturday, Uganda lost a popular entertainer in the names of Patrick Ssali aka Paddy Bitama, who spent 17 years making people laugh. Read more »
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Uganda: Without Besigye, Who Will Dare Museveni?
Observer, 12 January 2014
With Col Dr Kizza Besigye having said he would not engage in elective politics anymore, it leaves an opening for an abrasive, strong-minded politician like him to step up and take… Read more »
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Uganda: Opposition Also Rigs Elections - EC
Observer, 12 January 2014
In the last one week, the opposition has levelled harsh criticism at the Electoral Commission for its handling of past elections which they say were stolen by the ruling NRM. Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda On Course to Become a Total Dictatorship
Observer, 12 January 2014
Late last year, Prof Joe Oloka Onyango, from the school of Law at Makerere University, presented a paper at the Buganda Convention at Hotel Africana. Read more »
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Uganda: Can Museveni Be Defeated?
Independent (Kampala), 10 January 2014
Politically speaking, 2014 has started on a very quiet note; and that is very bad for opponents of President Yoweri Museveni in a year that must set the pace for the outcome of the… Read more »
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Uganda: Opposition Leaders Face Violence Charges
VOA, 9 January 2014
Uganda opposition leaders will be charged Friday after they were arrested for unlawful assembly and inciting violence in the capital, Kampala, according to Ibin Ssenkunbi, Kampala… Read more »
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Uganda: Opposition - Yes We Can't Beat Museveni
Observer, 9 January 2014
Key opposition leaders were on Wednesday drawn together by their mutual support for Col Kizza Besigye's belief that they can't win an election under the ruling NRM. Besigye, a… Read more »
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Uganda: Col Besigye - I Am Talking to Sejusa
Observer, 7 January 2014
In his 13th year of active opposition to President Museveni, Dr Kizza Besigye, a three-time presidential candidate, has insisted that he can no longer offer himself as a candidate… Read more »
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Uganda: Besigye - Opposition Can't Win Elections
Observer, 7 January 2014
Whether united or not, you cannot dislodge Museveni through an election he organises, supervises and controls. Read more »
InFocus
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Journalists and radio stations in Busoga region are apparently under pressure from the government to drop a popular campaign by supporters of Parliamentary Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, ... Read more »
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Police have arrested Forum for Democratic Change leader Kizza Besigye after he allegedly "escaped" from his Kasangati home following the deployment of police at his home. Read more »
