8 month agoPolice in Hoima have fired teargas at over 60 Special Police Constables, who today staged peaceful protests at delays in their pay. The constables had been contracted to support the electoral commission in overseeing the elections
8 month agoU.S. Ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown attempted to visit presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi at his residence on January 18, but was denied access by Ugandan security forces.
8 month agoIt has been 100 hours since Uganda imposed a nationwide internet blackout on the eve of elections. Service has not been restored and real-time network data show connectivity hovers at just 13% of ordinary levels
@HEBobiwine House remains surrounded by the military - "the presence has increased." The internet remains shut off, they are living in constant fear. Word also coming in that his colleague, MP @ZaakeFrancis, has been badly beaten
8 month agoCitizens remain offline without access to independent sources of information as Uganda announces election results; real-time network data show national internet connectivity hovering at just 13% of ordinary levels
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term as president, extending his 35 years in office. The 76-year-old won 58.6.% of the vote while his nearest rival Robert Kyagulanyi, known by his stage name Bobi Wine, took 34.8%, the election commission said
Ugandan opposition leader has reported that the military has taken control of his house as votes are being counted in the Presidential election
Bobi Wine: We are under siege. The military has jumped over the fence and has now taken control of our home
8 month agoReporting from the Electoral Commission, NTV Uganda reports President Yoweri Museveni has a wide lead over opposition leader Bobi Wine. Note that with the internet off, reporters are doing lives via phone. It's back to old school TV here in Uganda
8 month agoIt's now 6 pm in Uganda where vote counting is under way amidst a national information blackout. Real-time network data show internet connectivity at just 12% of ordinary levels, with poll results expected in 48 hours
10 candidates, including Bobi Wine, are seeking to end President Yoweri Museveni's 35-year-rule in Uganda
Uganda President warns that if the social media channels like @Facebook and @Twitter are not being friendly and equitable to some of the Ugandans, then there is no reason as to why we should have them operate here.
8 month agoSocial media and messaging restricted in Uganda as authorities impose internet gag order for elections; data show Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, Skype, Viber and some Google and Telegram servers impacted
Uganda regulator orders social media shutdown ahead of vote
8 month agoThe Uganda People's Defense Forces has launched investigations in the shooting of more than four people at Ganda in Nansana, Wakiso district by Lance Corporal Omara Awillo Denis before he was put out of action by an LDU officer in self-defense
Facebook says it has shut accounts of top Uganda officials
8 month agoSupporters of presidential candidate @HEBobiwine, moving with him from Mbale have been intercepted and arrested by the counter terrorism police at Kakoli, Budaka District. The vehicle in which they were travelling has also been impounded
Bobi Wine arrested again, police fire tear gas at protesters
8 month agoPolice in Busia have arrested a man suspected of attacking and cutting his two children. The incident happened in Mugungu village
8 month agoUganda: United Nations human rights experts called on Uganda to contain violent security forces and drop charges against political opponents and activists ahead of elections next month
Uganda: A journalist covering the election campaign of opponent Bobi Wine seriously injured on Sunday during clashes with the police near Masaka (South)
Ugandan official: 26 people die when a boat capsizes on Lake Albert
9 month agoHuman Rights lawyer, @nickopiyo who was arrested on Tuesday and detained at Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Kireka has been remanded after he was on Wednesday charged with money laundering
9 month agoPolice has confirmed that Human Rights Lawyer and Activist, Nicholas Opiyo is in their custody in Kireka.
9 month agoPolice destroy 69kg of narcotic drugs The commissioner anti-narcotics, Zarugaba Tinka who presided over the exercise said the exhibits aligned for destruction were seized from Entebbe Airport for a period of six months
9 month agoThe FDC presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat has promised to compensate the survivors and the families of those killed in the 1998 rebel attack on Kicwamba Technical Institute in Kabarole district, once he is elected president
9 month agoThere was heavy deployment of military and plain clothed security personnel around Nyamitanga Cathedral in Mbarara District where @NUP_Ug Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka @HEBobiwine attended mass this morning
9 month agoPolice block Amuriat's Mukono town campaign rallies. Police have severally accused Amuriat and National Unity Platform Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi of running defiance campaigns
9 month agoFDC President candidate @PatrickAmuriat gets off the ground where he'd been seated protesting against police blocking his Moroto-rally, walks barefoot & starts addressing children, all as security forces maintain a blockade
9 month agoMr Batte Ssesanga, a journalist attached to BBS TV displays an injury he sustained when @PoliceUg assaulted him as he tried to record a standoff between security operatives and presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi near Ngeta hill along Lira - Kitgum road Monitors
