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Daily Monitor
Monday May 17 2021
Armed men in plainclothes patrol downtown Kampala on November 19, 2020 as protests broke out for the second day following the arrest of Bobi Wine in Luuka District PHOTO/STEPHEN OTAGE
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29 people gunned down in Kampala; eight at CPS Kampala, seven in Katwe, six in old Kampala, three in Kawempe, while five were shot in Wandegeya.
In Wakiso, 13 people were killed, five in Nansana, three in Kira Division, two in Entebbe, one in Wakiso, and two in Nsangi.
“A stray bullet does not amount to a crime. If I am targeting somebody for a justification, and the bullet hits a person who is not my target, that is not an offence,” CID spokesperson, Mr Charles Twine, CID spokesperson
Daily Monitor
Monday May 03 2021
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Snatching of mobile phones is most common along Norhern Bypass, Entebbe highway, followed by a stretch between New Taxi Park and Busega Township, Bombo Road, and Gayaza Road.
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The theft of mobile phones is the biggest crime committed in Kampala and the surrounding areas, according to authorities.
Police say the theft of mobile phones is the work of petty robbers who are tapping into the lucrative second-hand phone market.
Victims
Most people fall victim to thieves when they are inside vehicles and cannot get the time to pursue the criminals or seek help instantly. Even those who have attempted to chase the thieves end up being assaulted by the same criminals.
Daily Monitor
Sunday April 11 2021
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Uganda had been liberated – the last liberation. At the time, Gaddafi’s Libya was considered the most powerful militarily on the continent (outside apartheid South Africa) and the loud Amin, considered himself the second most powerful.
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On April 11, 1979, a combined force of Tanzania People’s Defence Forces (TPDF) and Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), in an operation that shook the African continent at the time, saw the official collapse of Idi Amin’s regime when then Lt Col David Oyite-Ojok announced on Radio Uganda that the regime of murder and terror was no more; Kampala had fallen and Amin and his henchmen - backed by Gaddafi’s Libyan mercenaries and machinery - were on the run.
Federation shouldn’t be reduced to historical events or power contestation
March 17, 2021 Written by DAVID F.K. MPANGA
History is a compulsory subject right up to O-Level in Uganda. Most practising lawyers study history up to A-Level before undertaking a bachelor’s degree in law.
History was one of my favourite subjects and I remain an enthusiast, often reading history books and watching history documentaries in my spare time. My enthusiasm for history has caused me to take an interest in how it is taught, consumed and used in our daily lives and led me to a sad conclusion.
Very unfortunately many people view history merely as an examinable subject. They study history but treat it as little more than an a