Museveni to IGG: Back off soldiers.

By Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1223 EAT on Wednesday 22nd March 2023. President Museveni has urged the inspector general of government (IGG), Beti Kamya Turwomwe, not to compel soldiers and other security personnel to declare their wealth publicly under the Leadership Code of 2021, no matter what the law says. The president said in a…

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Journalist hunted, flees into exile.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1210 EAT on Wednesday 22nd March 2023. When journalist Lawrence Kitatta covered a demonstration in Nakasero at the home of then deputy speaker—now speaker of parliament—Anita Among last year, little did he know that would be the end of his journalism career. Before the Nakasero incident, Kitatta, 32, had…

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Polio emergency declared in Burundi.

By Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2331 EAT on Tuesday 21st March 2023. Burundi has declared a national public health emergency after polio was detected in a 4-year-old and two other children who had been in contact with the child. The polio outbreak is Burundi’s first in more than 30 years. The landlocked African country is…

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Ethiopia, Eritrea say US allegations ‘inflammatory’, ‘defamatory’.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2134 EAT on Tuesday 21st March 2023. Ethiopia’s government has accused the United States of taking a “partisan” approach by alleging that its forces, and Eritrean troops, had committed war crimes during the two-year conflict in Tigray. “The US statement is inflammatory,” the foreign ministry said in a statement…

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Robbery: Japanese national testifies against Sipapa.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe 0937 EAT on Tuesday 21st March 2023. A Japanese national Waada Atsushi has testified against aggravated robbery suspect Charles Olimu alias Sipapa. In addition to the charges of robbery of up to Shs 1.6 billion and jewellery from a South Sudanese official, for which he was committed to the High…

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South African police, soldiers deploy over opposition-led protests.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0913 EAT on Tuesday 21st March 2023. Police and soldiers deployed across South Africa today Monday as the country braced for protests after a left-wing party called for a “national shutdown”, sparking fears of a repeat of the unrest that turned deadly two years ago. There was a heavy…

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Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia as China’s top oil supplier.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1732 EAT on Monday 20th March 2023. Russia overtook Saudi Arabia to be China’s top oil supplier in the first two months of 2023, according to Chinese government data, as buyers snapped up sanctioned Russian oil at steep discounts. Arrivals from Russia totalled 15.68 million tonnes in January-February, or…

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Tear gas as Kenya opposition protests over inflation.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1710 EAT on Monday 20th March 2023. Kenyan riot police fired tear gas today Monday to disperse demonstrators gathered in Nairobi for a day of action called by the opposition to protest the country’s punishing cost of living crisis, AFP correspondents said. The government of President William Ruto has…

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