Several students from Makerere and Kyambogo universities have been arrested by police following protests over rising commodity prices . The students who chained themselves before marching to parliament were stopped from accessing the parliamentary grounds .
Food and other commodity prices have shot-up causing anger among the population . Government is yet to intervene saying the factors responsible for the skyrocketing prices are global.
Although Ugandans have been advised to start eating cheap Cassava instead of expensive wheat products in these days of rising commodity prices, this was about cassava strictly grown in their gardens or sold in credible markets. Already, over twenty hungry people in Kotido district have died in less than a…
When an MP during an official parliamentary hearing, tells a minister of security to stop reminding Parliament of his bush war sacrifice , you get the feeling that in addition to doing security work, the leaders on both sides need a change of mindset if they are to promote peace…
Peace-loving Ugandans are getting concerned at the habit of police officers at traffic and security checkpoints begging for “water” which may expose them to the danger of being poisoned by broke motorists. Earlier this week, there was panic among Moroto police leadership when two constables were found unconscious at the…
