THE WORKERS EYE
By Daniel Bakalangudde. The death of former Army Commander and Security Minister Gen Elly Tumwine last year, left only eight of the original 27 fighters who were armed during the launch of the National Resistance Army (NRA) bush war in 1981 still surviving. Tumwine passed on in Aga Khan hospital in Nairobi from complications related […]
By Our Reporters. The Battle of Kampala was a battle of the Ugandan Bush War that took place from January 17 to 26 , 1986 in which forces of the National Resistance Army (NRA) attacked and captured the Ugandan capital, Kampala, from the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA). On February 6, 1981 Mr Yoweri Kaguta […]
By Our Reporter. As the Kampala city was being overrun by the rebels there were over 20 men of the National Resistance Army (NRA) and 80 Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) and Former Uganda National Army (FUNA) soldiers who were killed in the fighting. But there were also close to 3,000 UNLA soldiers who were […]
By Sarah Kibisi Acen. The Constitutional Court in Kampala has ruled that Section 25 of the Computer Misuse Act, 2011 which speaks about offensive communication contravenes the constitution and is therefore outlawed. In 2016, two people including lawyer Andrew Karamagi and Robert Shaka went to court to challenge that section of the law that they […]
By Zurah Nakabugo. AstraZeneca has announced a planned expansion of its access to healthcare programme, Healthy Heart Africa (HHA), to 10 more countries, starting in 2023. The programme, which is currently present in nine countries, is designed to contribute to the prevention and control of hypertension or high blood pressure and the burden of cardiovascular […]
By Sarah Kibisi. According to BCW’s Twiplomacy, a digital diplomacy initiative by the strategic communication agency, BCW Global in their 2022 World Leader Power Ranking report, Kenyan President William Ruto ranked 13 worldwide leads the pack in Africa and is closely followed by Cyril Ramaphosa, from South Africa and Museveni comes third and 29th in […]
By Dan Bakalangudde. Prime Minister Hon Robina Nabbanja, Deputy Speaker of Uganda Parliament Hon. Thomas Tayebwa and the leader of Opposition in Parliament, Mr Mathias Mpuuga met this month to discuss the alleged disappearance of Ugandans, especiaally supporters of the opposition, National Unity Platform (NUP).The meeting at Parliament recently was also attended by Information Minister, […]
By Our Reporter. The proprietor of Sir Apollo Kaggwa Schools – Haj Musa Ssewava, who died on December 15, 2022 was laid to rest in Buloba, 19kms west of the capital – Kampala.The late Ssewava died from a Kampala hospital where he had been rushed for treatment after suffering a stroke.Family friends revealed that Haj […]
By Our Correspondent. A demonstration was organised in front of the European Commission in Brussels on December 13th, 2022 by several European organisations in solidarity with the people of Iran .This follows executions of the two young protestors and iran protests after the death of Mahsa Amini and in parallel with the European Union summit. […]
By Our Correspondent. A conference organised in the Italian Senate on November 29th, 2022 titled “Iran protests :is it the beginning of the fall of the regime ” ,by EPP group in the European Union (EU) parliament and head of Forza italia Mep Martusciello together with MPs Rubano and Patriarca among many others who showed […]