Author: Citizen Editor

Cartoonist, activist and University Jim Spire Ssentongo has sent a cryptic message to government and politicians in the Museveni government over inhuman treatment of opposition politicians. His post came after news was shared that Kawempe North Legislator Muhammad Ssegirinya had died after a prolonged battle with illness. Minutes later, it was revealed that the legislator is critically ill at Lubaga hospital, he’s brain dead and all his body organs have shut. The hospital has in a statement declared that Honorable Ssegirinya is now dead. The management says he died at 12:10pm. Sending a veiled message to those who jailed Ssegirinya…

After trying their very best to bring to life Hon Muhammad Ssegirinya the Kawempe North Legislator who has battled sickness for close to three years, Lubaga Hospital has now declared the passing on the MP. News had spread in the morning that Ssegirinya had died but it was later revealed that he was brain dead, all his body organs had shut but had some little pulse in his veins. Only a miracle could bring him back to life. Speaking to journalists and politicians who had gone to check on the patient, Dr. Sr Grace Nanyondo the Medical Director at Lubaga…

Its a difficult situation for the family and friends of Honorable Muhammed Ssegirinya of Kawempe North who is half dead at the Lubaga Hospital. The Doctors are yet to declare him dead despite several of his body organs stopping to function. According to Bobi Wine the NUP principal, the parent is brain dead and all his other organs have failed and when his mum who has been by his bedside for the prolonged period he has been sick announced his demise but teams are at Lubaga hospital to monitor the situation. Speaking to friends and family including the Leader of…

In other update, Mr. Update Mohammed Ssegirinya who is Kawempe North Legislator is has not yet been declared dead by the doctors at Rubaga Hospital but experts say only a miracle can bring him back to life depending on the condition he is in. An update posted by the National Unity Platform (NUP) principal reveals that legislator is brain dead and all his vital body organs have shut down but the doctors are trying all they can to recover him by any chance. ADVERT: FOR THE BEST WEB HOSTING, WEB DESIGNS AND DOMAIN NAMES, CALL OR WHATSAPP +256758201313 Bobi Wine…

When the rubber meets the road, the ride will definitely be round just like it was for the two love birds whose names are yet to be revealed. What was definitely supposed to be a quiet moment turned into agony and public shame as the two sought help after getting stuck. The incident took place at Country Lodge in Kalagi trading centre in Mukono on the morning on Tuesday this week. In the video the woman who said she had just returned from Saudi Arabia from Kyeyo revealed she’s not married and was out to make herself happy. ADVERT: FOR…

In the news this morning, Kawempe North legislator Muhammed Ssegirinya is dead. His passing on has been confirmed by NUP party president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine via his socials. Ssegirinya has been bedridden since released from prison at the Aga Khan hospital in Nairobi, Kenya and other hospitals had been discharged after showing signs of healing and was even preparing to resume his parliamentary duties. Unfortunately this hasn’t happened. ADVERT: FOR THE BEST WEB HOSTING, WEB DESIGNS AND DOMAIN NAMEMS, CALL OR WHATSAPP +256758201313 He was jailed for over a year in Kitalya prison when the state accused…

By Oweyegha-Afunaduula I have lived in Uganda continuously since 1990. I was involved in the intellectual debates of the early 1990s, when soldiers and civilians would peacefully debate and clash on national issues, some political, some non-military, without civilians ever suspecting that they would be kidnapped or roughened up, ultimately getting incarcerated in Luzira or other centres of abuse of freedom of UGANDANs. We praised the government of President Tibuhaburwa Museveni for being an open-mind loving and listening institution. Many young people benefitted from the debates on the issues and got deeply involved in advancing ideas, some of which benefitted…

Kampala: The monthly Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which provides a measure of prevailing private sector outlook, dropped to 53.1 during December compared to the 55.7 reading posted in November. Christopher Legilisho, Economist at Stanbic Bank said, “Stanbic Bank Uganda PMI data for December reveals sustained strong private sector growth, with businesses budding in optimism about present and future economic conditions. Private sector business conditions expanded for the ninth consecutive month due to strong sustained customer demand resulting in an expansion in output and new orders despite a dip in employment for a second month in a row.” He said,…

Following his dramatic arrest today afternoon inside the General Court Martial as he had gone to represent his clients Dr. Kiiza Besigye and Hajj Obeid Lutale, Counsel Eron Kiiza has been sentenced to 9 months in Kitalya prisons. Eron Kiiza who was being blocked from taking a stand a lawyer tried to push his way and this is when chaos ensued leading to his dramatic arrest inside court by men in uniform and was instead pushed into the dock where Besigye and Lutale were standing. He was later whisked away from the courtroom and taken into detention, only to return…

Dr. Kiiza Besigye and his comrade Hajj Obeid Lutale were returned to court today but the Makindye-based court has turned into a theatre of drama. It started from denying many of Besigye’s supporters entry to the court. Another session of chaos ensued when the presiding judge ordered the arrest of lawyer Eron Kiiza who has been vocal in the military court and would take the bull by it’s horns without mincing his words. Eron Kiiza was grabbed by the collars by men in uniform inside court and they pushed him inside the dock where Besigye and Lutale were arraigned. The…