By Own Correspondent, Dodoma – The draft Constitution Reform Bill, which caused debates across the country has now been officially removed from the Parliamentary process, Speaker of the House, Ms. Anne Makinda confirmed here. Earlier sources close to the government hinted that the government was forced to send it back to the chief drafter following massive resistance to the Bill in both sides of the Union-Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar Isles. The Bill which was under the parliamentary Legal, Constitutional and Public Administration Committee for internal deliberations, the information showed, will be sent back to the government in order to incorporate... Continue Reading
By Katongole Kiwanuka – Uganda capital city, Kampala has been rocked with teargas as Police was engaged in running battles with opposition leaders protesting escalating commodity prices in the country. In the same melee, three time presidential aspirant Kizza Besigye was reportedly injured by a bullet and rushed to a nearby hospital. Police and the military are giving conflicting accounts of the reported bullet that heat Kizza Besigye. Army Spokesman, Lt. Col. Felix Kulayigye, says Besigye was “not hurt at all”, though Police publicist Judith Nabakooba says “something else, not a bullet” glazed his finger. Doctors at Kampala Hospital however... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent, Dodoma – The National Assembly yesterday unanimously voted the Manyara Special Seats MP (rulling party CCM), Martha Umbulla to represent the House to the National Governing Council of the African Union’s governance body, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Tanzania chapter amid chaos and confrontations which ushered in the House between legislators from the ruling party, CCM and the main opposition Chadema, Shout-Africa reporter who attended the proceedings witnessed. The fracas started when the House was sitting to select representatives apart from the APRM five others to the Pan African Parliament and three members as House Chairpersons, leaving... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Kampala -Despite the arrest of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and several others on Monday charging them with inciting violence after they participated in the first “walk-to-work” as part of a campaign to highlight what they say are rising fuel prices and the cost of living in Uganda, Besigye and other opposition leaders of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) have called on another “walk-to-work” strike due on Thursday. The Rights groups, including Amnesty International, have called on the government to respect the rights of its citizens to demonstrate peacefully without intimidation. But, Internal Affairs minister... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent with Support from Joy News – Ivory Coast’s incumbent leader has been captured by French troops and fighters backing the country’s internationally recognized president. According to French military officials in Abidjan say incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo was captured at the presidential compound in the Cocody neighborhood after helicopter gunships attacked the residence Monday morning. The French ambassador here says Mr. Gbagbo was captured by fighters backing internationally-recognized president Alassane Ouattara. Those troops were backed by French special forces who used tanks to advance on the compound, where Mr. Gbagbo was holding out in an underground complex, refusing... Continue Reading
