By J Tebyasa – From information supplied to Shout-Africa.com, it is rumoured that since the recent discussion the Uganda United Pro-democracy Forum (UUPF) in the Ugandans London open debate held on 11-November-2011 at Durning Hall, East London, the Uganda government has increased its investigation towards UUPF. This group which is widely known as an inter-party alliance and an advocate for democracy in Uganda is sending panic to the Uganda government. It is believed to have branches in other European countries. The UK branch being chaired by Moses Kiwanuka and other members include Salah Male, J Okech G Kawalya, Major Kigozi... Continue Reading
…. As they head to the polls tomorrow – By Sainey M.K. Marenah, Shout- Africa Chief Correspondent in The Gambia – A total number of 796,929 (Seven Hundred and Ninety Six Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twenty-nine) registered Gambian voters will tomorrow go to the polls to elect a President to steer the affairs of this country for the next five years. Three aspirants namely, incumbent President Yahya Jammeh of the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC), Ousainou Darboe of the main opposition United Democratic Party and Hamat NK Bah, an independent candidate standing under the banner of an opposition... Continue Reading
… – says IEC chairman as international and domestic observers are briefed – By Sainey M.K. Marenah – Shout-Africa.com Chief Correspondent In Banjul – The Gambia’s election system is very transparent, and one of the best in the world, Mustapha Carayol, chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), yesterday told international and domestic observers. Addressing the observers at a briefing session held at the Paradise Suites Hotel, Chairman Carayol explained that the IEC was established under chapter 5 section 42 of the constitution of the Republic of The Gambia, and its mandate under the constitution and electoral laws include the registration of... Continue Reading
By Jean-Paul Pougala – “Democracy is in no country in the world and has never existed. Each country according to its own history and to the level of arousal or innocence of its people they invent their own model. The countries that call themselves democratic know how to lie and lie to convince their people that they would be better off the planet, better flexibility to subdue and silence more and more. If people do not show it in the West, this not because they are happier, but they are just more reprimanded and do not dare do it. “When... Continue Reading
By Brigadier Peter Okuja – Before I highlight specific human rights abuses, it is of fundamental importance that I put the situation in Uganda in perspective. Some Democrats, News Media and academicians have gone through contortions and gyrations in order to portray Museveni as a Democrat, a human rights observer and a believer in transparency and accountability of Government, who has even according to them, appointed an Inspector general of Government to oversee and investigate corruption. Raphael Baku who headed Research at NRM secretariat cannot in all fairness oversee corruption and human rights abuse when he deserves to be investigated... Continue Reading
