By Our Reporter – Nigerian government denied reports that President Goodluck Jonathan convoy was stoned at on his way to Entebbe International Airport, 40 kilometers south of capital Kampala. President Jonathan’s Spokesman, Ima Niboro, is quoted by the Nigerian newspaper, Daily Trust implying that there was no attack on the presidential convoy. “There was no attack on the president [Jonathan] in Uganda,” the newspaper quotes, the spokesman. Mr. Niboro added: “We only passed by opposition elements whose leader returned to Uganda today, during a peaceful procession on our way to the airport.” The reaction followed a comment made by the... Continue Reading
By Katongole Kiwanuka – Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was on Thursday 12 May sworn in for the fourth time as the Head of State, at a colourful ceremony in Kampala, amid post-election tensions with the opposition. But as his supporters cheered and ululated, the opposition expressed concern over the state of democracy in Uganda, where opposition politicians have in the recent past been subjected to violence and brutality. In Kampala, thousands of people, both the young and old, had thronged the Kololo ceremonial grounds to witness the swearing-in ceremony that was also attended by several African heads of state,... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera – THERE are indications that leaders in Tanzania are now losing the speed that the incumbent president Jakaya Kikwete had earlier promised due to lack of preparation in the top managerial capacity. In 2006 President Kikwete met with cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries and their deputies to chart out what they should do in order to support him in his first five years, but the drastic fall from the over 80 percent of the cast votes in 2005, to 61 percent of the presidential votes during the last year’s General Election sent a strong message that things did... Continue Reading
It has officially been established the first Ivorian President, Felix Houphouet-Boigny, who ruled Ivory Coast from independence was a royal of Nsuta in the Sekyere Central District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Some Ivorian refugees fleeing the political conflict, who claim to be descendants of Houphouet-Boigny have been tracing their roots to the town about 45 kilometers from Ghana’s second capital, Kumasi. Paramount Chief of Nsuta,a traditional ruler, Nana Adu-Agyei Bonsafo III confirmed the late Ivorian leader, his mother and other relatives migrated, on a date he (the chief) cannot readily remember, to Sakassou in the Vallee Bandama... Continue Reading
Nangayi Guyson In Kampala Uganda – NAIROBI– Uganda main opposition Dr Kizza Besigye’s return from Kenya shakes national security as his return is blocked. Dr Kizza Besigye, is stuck at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Kenya after he was stopped from boarding a Kenya Airways flight to Uganda Wednesday morning. The Kenya airline’s officials told Dr Besigye that they were informed by Ugandan authorities that if he was on board the morning flight the aircraft would not be allowed to land at Entebbe International Airport, 40 km outside Kampala but the Ugandan government has denied that they had no authority on... Continue Reading
