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Uganda: Opposition Leader Arrested As Police Fire Teargas to Disperse Supporters
Monitor, 6 November 2017
Police in Mbale Town have arrested the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate, Patrick Amuriat Oboi on allegations of holding an illegal assembly and inciting… Read more »
Ugandan Opposition Leader Held as Police Teargas His Supporters
Police have arrested Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat Oboi on allegations of holding an illegal assembly and inciting violence. Amuriat, who had been scheduled to address his supporters, was kicked by police during the arrest, witnesses said.
Police arrest FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat in Mbale Town on Sunday.
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Uganda: MP Injured During Age Limit Consultative Meeting
Monitor, 5 November 2017
Police in Amolatar District on Saturday fired live bullets to disperse a group of people who allegedly attempted to lynch Kyoga County Member of Parliament for promoting the… Read more »
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Uganda: How Opposition MPs Used Age Limit Cash
Observer, 6 November 2017
Manjiya MP John Baptist Nambeshe finds himself thrust into unwelcome spotlight for quietly withdrawing the Shs 29 million he publicly handed over to a district hospital to purchase… Read more »
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Uganda: Minister Ecweru Attacked for 'Creating' Age Limit Support
Observer, 6 November 2017
Relief and Disaster Preparedness state minister Musa Ecweru has been accused of using secondary and technical school students to back up his claim that majority of the Amuria… Read more »
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Uganda: Why Kadaga Letter Worries Age Bill MPs
Observer, 6 November 2017
Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga's letter to President Museveni seeking an explanation to the invasion of Parliament by security agents and arrest of opposition MPs on… Read more »
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Uganda: Kadaga Presided Over the Digging of Uganda's Grave, Says MP Mafabi
Monitor, 5 November 2017
As Speaker Rebecca Kadaga waits for an explanation from President Yoweri Museveni on the circumstances surrounding the raid on Parliament on September 27; a Member of Parliament… Read more »
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Uganda: Kadaga Must Apologise for Our Torment - MP Kaginda
Observer, 6 November 2017
ROLAND KAGINDA MUGUME is the MP for Rukungiri municipality and deputy opposition chief whip. An outspoken opponent of the age limit bill removal in parliament, he also returned the… Read more »
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Uganda: Government Can't Sponsor Constitution Amendment As It's Not Party to It
Monitor, 6 November 2017
The tumult and riots, which have characterised the debate on removal of the presidential age limit from the Constitution, suggest that we have not internalised the principles of… Read more »
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Uganda: Crisis of the State in Uganda
Independent (Kampala), 6 November 2017
Police recently raided the offices of some Non-government Organisations (NGOs) including Action Aid Uganda and Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies (GLISS) and froze their… Read more »
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Ruling party leaders have questioned the credibility of the 1995 Constitution during an appearance before a parliamentary committee which is looking at a bill which seeks to lift ... Read more »
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The Uganda Medical Association plans to set up a team to conduct research on whether a person who is 75 or older has the physical and mental abilities to be president. The ... Read more »
