Military police beats up 8 journalists covering Bobi Wine at UN offices
February 17, 2021 One of the injured journalists
At least eight journalists from six media houses are nursing injuries after military police mercilessly pounced on them and beat them with batons near the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights offices in Kololo today.
The journalists were covering National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi, who had gone to deliver a petition to the UN over continued human rights violations in the country which include arbitrary arrests, murders, kidnaps among others
Among those most injured were NTV journalist, John Cliff Wamala who was hit on the head causing a deep cut. Others include; Timothy Mulungi and Henry Sekanjako of
7 UPDF soldiers jailed for beating journalists
February 18, 2021 Written by URN
Seven soldiers who were part of a group that assaulted journalists yesterday near the United Nations offices have allegedly been charged and convicted for conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF).
Seven journalists from different media houses are nursing wounds after military police personnel pounced on them and arbitrary beat them with batons as they covered National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi who was delivering a petition to the UN over increasing human rights violations in the country.
Among those injured were NTV journalist, John Cliff Wamala wh
Military Police in Uganda has beaten journalists who were covering National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wineâs petition to the United Nations (UN) this afternoon.
The affected journalists include NBS TVâs Josephine Namakumbi, Timothy Murungi and Henry Ssekanjako of the New Vision, John Cliff Wamala of NTV, Irene Abalo Otto of Daily Monitor, and Shamim Nabakooza of Record TV.
Speaking to Nile Post, NBSâ Namakumbi said that they were covering the incident where security forces blocked the roads leading to the UN Human Rights office in Kololo, before military officers started beating them.
Namakumbi says that many of their colleagues have been left bleeding.
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Sheila Nande, 10, is a Primary Four pupil, uncertain, just like other children, of when government will reopen school for lower primary school children to return to class.
A government plan released on February 11 indicates that P.1, 2 and three will resume classes on June 7 and study for eight weeks, until July 24, then take a break for unknown number of weeks.
For the moment, Nande and about 10 other children have the streets as their learning ground.
“Sometimes a customer takes the onions and throws the money while the car is moving. It is difficult to pick the money with moving cars and motorists from all directions. Sometimes you risk and run to pick it, other times you slide and fall in the trench as vehicles begin to move,” Nande narrates to Daily Monitor.