Cheptegei goes into self-isolation after returning
Joshua Cheptegei who on Friday shattered the much-vaunted 16-year-old 5,000m world record at the Monaco Diamond League, has returned. He returned through Malaba border at around midday on Sunday escorted by the officials from Uganda’s High Commission in Kenya and was officially received by Ugandan government officials led by the Tororo Deputy Resident District Commissioner, […]
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17 coordinators of Gen Tumukunde’s platform arrested
Security forces have arrested 17 coordinators of Renew Uganda, a political platform headed by Gen Henry Tumukunde, a presidential hopeful. They were arrested during a meeting in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman, Mr Patrick Onyango said the detained coordinators were violating guidelines that were announced by the government to control the spread […]
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How Bobi boxed DP MPs into National Unity Platform
They are the archetypal political journeymen, always on the move once the political season kicks in. In 2011, when some of them cut their political teeth, they were part of Ssuubi 2011, an informal grouping of pro-kingdom Baganda politicians who supported Dr Kizza Besigye’s bid for the presidency despite professing to belong to the Democratic […]
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