The London Evening Post

By Nkonge I Kaggwa in Kampala – Uganda Nearly 14,000 graduates are set to hit the streets of Kampala and neighbouring East African cities of Kigali, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, to hit the job market after graduating from one of Africa’s oldest and most prestigious centre of higher education, Makerere University Kampala (MUK). ‘The Hill’ as the MUK campus which sits on the outskirts of the Ugandan capital Kampala was the centre of tremendous activities this weekend as graduates celebrated their successes with a hope that perhaps their endeavours would bring them the joy of having a well-paid job. This was MUK’s 65th graduation day ceremony, producing a total … Continue reading →

By Nkonge I Kaggwa in Kampala – Uganda A Number of politicians and former abductees in Northern Uganda are falling over themselves to travel to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to give evidence in the case of former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen who has been handled over to the ICC after handing himself over in the Central African Republic early this year.  Addressing a press conference here in Kampala, the Chairperson of the Acholi Parliamentary group and Member of Parliament representing the Forum for Democratic Change in Aswa County, Gulu District, Mr Reagan Okumu confirmed that the people of Northern Uganda are now lining up … Continue reading →

By Nkonge I Kaggwa in Kampala, Uganda Ugandan journalists have held a two-day media blackout of police activities protesting against the continued police brutality on journalists while carrying out their reporting duties. The blackout followed an assault on two Ugandan journalists identified as Andrew Lwanga of Wavah Broadcasting Services TV and Joseph Ssettimba of New Vision Group working with Bukedde Television. They were assaulted by Joram Mwesigye, the Division Police Commander (DPC) at Old Kampala Police Station. The police officer was later arrested after he brutally clobbered the journalists using an electric cable while they were covering a protest by a group of youth calling themselves “The unemployed youth”. They … Continue reading →