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Bobi Wine Rallies Uganda Behind Dr Spire Ssentongo as Shs30 Million Court Bill Looms
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Bobi Wine Rallies Uganda Behind Dr Spire Ssentongo as Shs30 Million Court Bill Looms

A High Court contempt ruling has left Ugandan academic and social commentator Dr Jimmy Spire Ssentongo staring down a Shs30 million financial penalty. Now, a broad coalition of journalists, activists, and public figures including Bobi Wine is rallying to his side. The case raises sharp questions about the boundaries between court orders, free expression, and social media activism in Uganda.

Sent Back to Prison While Too Weak to Walk: The Battle Over Kizza Besigye's Medical Care
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Sent Back to Prison While Too Weak to Walk: The Battle Over Kizza Besigye’s Medical Care

A stark contradiction has opened up between official assurances and a wife’s anguished account. While Uganda’s Health Minister declared Kizza Besigye was ‘steadily recuperating’ at Mulago Hospital, Winnie Byanyima says he was bundled back to Luzira Prison that same evening unable to walk, speak clearly, or feed himself. The details are alarming, and the questions they raise are even more so.

Sword Play: Arron Banks Allegedly Turned Private Investigators on a Journalist Covering Reform UK
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Sword Play: Arron Banks Allegedly Turned Private Investigators on a Journalist Covering Reform UK

When a journalist starts asking uncomfortable questions about your political allies, most people reach for a press officer. Arron Banks, the Brexit financier and prominent Reform UK figure, allegedly reached for something else entirely. Reports now suggest he paid private investigators to look into the reporter who had been digging into Reform UK’s money trail.

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