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Sad: Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata Breathes His Last

Sad: Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata Breathes His Last

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By Keefa Nuwahereza Shocking news that has reached this website indicates that popular Muslim cleric Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata Batte has passed on today Friday, December 4, 2020. Muzaata had been bedridden at  International Hospital Kampala (IHK) where he had been admitted for a week after he developed for several abdominal  complications. Bobi Wine's condolence message to Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata's family Muzata's brother, Siliman Ssemakula told this reporter that he had been admitted at IHK for two weeks. "He has been my best friend as well. He died from here (IHK) where he has been for two week," Ssemakula said. Kawempe North MP Latif Ssebagala said Friday that Sheikh Muzaata will be remembered as a person who fought for Islam and stuck by the truth. National Unity Platform &...
Gov’t Moves To Deport All NGO Bosses Supporting NUP Presidential Candidate Bobi Wine

Gov’t Moves To Deport All NGO Bosses Supporting NUP Presidential Candidate Bobi Wine

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By Keefa Nuwahereza The government of Uganda appears to have embarked on a move to deport all heads and foreign officials of several Nongovernmental Organisations (NGOs) in Uganda suspected to habour support for National Unity Platfrom (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. According to media reports, at least two heads of United States and European Union funded non-governmental organisations in Uganda have been deported in the past few days over accusations of pursuing and or supporting an agenda for regime change. The first person to be deported was Mr  Simon Osborn, who was picked up from his apartment in Nakasero in Kampala, detained briefly and later bundled onto a plane back to his home country. Osborn had worked in Uganda for seven years as c...
Police Arrest People Power Coordinator, Warn Politicians Who Plot To Destabilise Country

Police Arrest People Power Coordinator, Warn Politicians Who Plot To Destabilise Country

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By Our Reporter The Uganda Police have arrested the National Unity Platform (NUP) coordinator for Karamoja region over allegations of being in possession of military attire, which is tantamount to abuse of government offices.   According to ACP Polly Namaye, the deputy police Publicists, on  November 05th, 2020, at about 07:14, a joint security intelligence-led operation succeeded in arresting one suspect identified as Angulo Andrew Lokong, the NUP coordinator in Karamoja. The operation was carried out in the area of Camp Swahili South division in Moroto municipality. Namaye said that; “This follows a series of videos that were seen making rounds on social platforms this week, showing youths dressed in clothes similar to government stores (military attire). The suspe...
MP Nabilah Naggayi, Several Others Arrested For Protesting Police  Brutality

MP Nabilah Naggayi, Several Others Arrested For Protesting Police Brutality

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By Keefa Nuwahereza Kampala Woman Member of Parliament Nabilah Naggayi Ssempala and several other people were arrested on Tuesday for staging protests against what they termed as police brutality in Uganda. Naggayi had led a group of protesters who included Kawempe North Councillor Muhamad Ssegirinya and others to Lubiri Mengo, where they had staged a sit-down strike outside the Kabaka’s palace at Bulange. MP Nabilah Naggayi before the arrest They were protesting against among others, the police’s acts of violently dispersing several members of the Mbogo Clan who had convened for a meeting over the weekend in Mityana District over the weekend, where they were teargassed and clobbered by the police as they dispersed them. They were also expressing their dissatisfaction at go...
2021 Election Race: Nambooze, 8 Other DP MPs Join Bobi Wine’s NUP

2021 Election Race: Nambooze, 8 Other DP MPs Join Bobi Wine’s NUP

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By Our Reporter The race to the 2021 elections has heated up after several Democratic Party (DP) Members of  Parliament on Thursday August 13th, 2021 decided to quit their party and joined the National Unity Platform (NUP), led by  Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. Some of the MPs that were unveiled at the NUP headquarters in Kamwokya include; Betty Nambooze (Mukono Municipality), Allan Ssewanyana (Makindye West), Moses Kasibante (Rubaga North), Medard Sseggona (Busiro East), Mathias Mpuga (Masaka Municipality), among others. Robert Kaygulanyi aka Bobi Wine after unveiling musician Jose Chameleone before the National Unity Platform (NUP) members Another key political contender in the 2021 election is musicians Joseph Mayanja aka Jose Chameleone, who ...