By Cedrick Mwesigwa December Monday 8th Bukedde TV 1 political talk show Akabbinkano turned rowdy after the prime minister Robinna Nabbanja lost the discussion and resorted to quarreling on the National TV which is followed by millions of watchers. The show which is moderated by the soft and slow speaking Charles Matovu Sserugga was featuring four panelists; MP Richard Sebamala (DP), MP Elias Nalukoola (NUP), the Uganda Human Rights Commission’s head of legal affairs Pauline Mutumba Nansamba, and prime minister Nabbanja who joined in through a telephone link up. Its main discussion was focused on the prevailing electoral violence against…
Author: Blazer News Times Reporter
At least 10 people have been confirmed dead in a tragic road accident that occurred at Busowa Town Council along Bugiri–Tororo highway this afternoon. This happened when a speeding commuter taxi, reg number UBN 817H, traveling from the Busia–Iganga direction, lost control and rammed into a stationary trailer, reg UA 647BA which had parked on the roadside, leaving to instant deaths. The eye witnesses said several passengers died abruptly while, survivors sustained serious injuries. It has emerged that the taxi was moving at a terrific speed as its driver tried to overtake but failed and bumped into the trailer head…
Neighboring Tanzania: Tanzania imposed strict security measures and banned planned protests over its disputed October election, with authorities warning that any demonstrations would be treated as a coup attempt. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa urged non-essential workers to stay home on Independence Day, while public transport was halted and major cities saw heavy police and military patrols. Activists had called for nationwide protests after the ruling party claimed a landslide victory in a vote widely contested by the opposition. Hundreds were killed and more than 2,000 arrested in earlier post-election crackdowns. On Tuesday, roadblocks were set up around key government sites,…
Gladys Mukisa. New details have emerged on why the celebrated radio journalist Meddie Nsereko Ssebuliba a.k.a Jjogo Musajja Wakakaba left CBS FM which he has worked with spanning to 29 years. News reports had earlier indicated that Nsereko Ssebuliba career at the Buganda Kingdom’s radio station had recently ended when its management arrived on the decision of dropping him, despite his perennial service there. However, Blazer News Times has exclusively established from insiders who preferred to speak on condition of anonymity that, Ssebuliba is in Canada on “Kyeeyo”, literally to mean casual work, from which he will now be earning…
The country’s human rights watchdog; Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) wants the identities of security operatives that were seen frogging the supporters of NUP president supporters Bobi Wine during his December 6 campaign in Gulu city, be disclosed. Several people while in a procession with Bobi Wine to one of his agreed rally venues were attacked by the uniformed and uniformed Police, UPDF officers wielding long sticks and guns, leaving them badly wounded from the indiscriminate beating which has ever since sparked public condemnation. Most of the beater’s faces were hidden and covered with masks and cloths, which left various…
NUP president Bobi Wine has moved to report what he has called the persistent torture of his supporters by the police and military during his ongoing presidential campaign to the international community in search for lasting solution against the same. This move follows the December 6th belligerent frogging of his supporters in Gulu by the UPDF and Police uniformed personnel, leaving several nursing injuries. Most of the officer’s faces were hidden with masks and cloths coverings, which has since then left various stake holders questioning their intention. Now according to Bobi Wine, they have reported the security operative’s actions to…
By Gladys Mukisa The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag bearer for 2026 Kawempe South parliamentary seat Hajjat Madinah Nsereko has broken silence, defending herself over the accusations of plotting to rig the election that are placed on her. Hajjat Madina Nsereko’s response stems from the November 25, breaking exclusive story by this Website, showing a leaked plan by her party to grab the Kawempe South and North constituencies respectively, come 2026 election. In that news article it was reported from insiders that, a high-level engagement between some senior party members and Electoral Commission (EC) officers was held recently…
US President Donald Trump has said he does not want Somali immigrants in the US, telling reporters they should “go back to where they came from” and “their country is no good for a reason”. “I don’t want them in our country, I’ll be honest with you,” he said during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Trump said the US would “go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country”. His disparaging comments came as immigration authorities were reported to be planning an enforcement operation in Minnesota’s large Somali community. Officials in the state have condemned the…
Vladimir Putin struck a defiant tone earlier on Tuesday when he warned Russia was “ready right now” if Europe wanted a war. Vladimir Putin has rejected the latest iteration of Donald Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine – and told Europe that Russia is “ready” for war. US special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were involved in the five-hour discussion at the Kremlin, which came days after separate talks were held with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida. But following the meeting, Mr. Putin’s foreign policy adviser warned a compromise is yet to be found – and “there’s…
Sudan’s military authorities have offered Russia a 25-year cooperation agreement that would allow Moscow to establish a military base on the Red Sea coast in exchange for weapons, according to The Moscow Times on December 1. The proposed deal, which Sudanese officials communicated to The Wall Street Journal and which The Moscow Times cited, would permit Russia to deploy up to 300 service personnel and station as many as four warships, “including nuclear-powered ones,” at a facility to be built either in Port Sudan or at another, as yet unnamed, location on the Red Sea, the outlet reported. From Port…