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Ugandans, especially the youth, must know the personalities who spearheaded the independence struggle. One of them is Kavuma Kaggwa. The events here below are narrated by Kavuma Kaggwa, an elder from Kyaggwe, Mukono District. “The origin of the struggle for Uganda’s Independence was the founding of Uganda’s first political party, the Uganda National Congress (UNC) on March 2, 1952. UNC, which spread the gospel of nationalism and fought for Uganda’s Independence, was founded by Ignatius Kangave Musaazi (Buganda), Abubakar Kakyama Mayanja (Buganda) Stefano Abwangoto (Bugisu), Ben Okwerede (Teso), Yekosofati Engur (Lango), and S.B. Katembo (Tooro). Musaazi was the founding president general and Mayanja was the founding secretary general. The other four automatically became chairpersons in ...

Shock and fear has engulfed the Mukono Municipality member of Parliament Betty Nambooze Bakireke after being attacked by unknown assailants while she was preparing to go to the parliament. It is alleged that the Honourable Member of Parliament made an alarm and her husband Bakireke came to her rescue by grabbing the man pushing him outside. The suspect later escaped and jumped onto a motorcycle waiting for him outside as witnessed by some neighbours. “There have been lists moving around with my name on it. People have been killed and the government is not sending any police to come and guard me until this moment.” She says “I was preparing to head to Kampala for a shadow meeting this morning when an unidentified man came standing in my bedroom and ordered me to say my last prayer as he had...