It is time to wake up about what is going on in Uganda. Prior to the last presidential election, suddenly there were shadowy groups causing unrest in the capital city - and bombs were being thrown from boda-boda's in the city - something totally unique which had rarely happened before or since. But the government "knew" who did it - and made it quite clear that more unrest would occur if the status quo were not maintained. Below you will find a January 2001 report from CNN.com that gives the facts related to these "attacks" - but given the way CNN has created a major conflict of interest regarding their coverage of issues in Uganda - it will be the responsibility of new media bloggers to connect the dots regarding what motivates unrest in Uganda. Or to put it quite plainly: no one is going to fall for the "shadowy splinter group" spin if bombs are (once again) going off in Kampala just in time for this year's election. Because all eyes are on State House, President Yoweri Museveni, and his tactics. Expect to hear more about the Allied Democratic Forces as the election draws closer - what we need now is balance, and for news media to cover the real story about what is going on between Uganda and the situation in the Congo. Because it too points back at Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
Uganda blasts injure six
January 29, 2001 Web posted at: 5:45 AM EST (1045 GMT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (Reuters) -- Six people were injured in three separate bomb attacks in the Ugandan capital Kampala, a police spokesman said.
"The bombs went off nearly at the same time, at about 8 p.m. (1700 GMT) on Sunday," police spokesman Asuman Mugenyi said.
"All we know right now is that they were home-made devices."
The first two bombs went off near the city's main bus terminus while a third exploded in a southern suburb.
Among those injured were two drivers of motorcycle taxis who were hired unknowingly to transport the bombers, police said.
The bomb attacks were the first in Kampala since October when unknown assailants threw a grenade into a market killing one woman.
In 1999 at least 11 people were killed and 73 injured in a spate of bombings in Kampala which security officials blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) group.
The ADF, which has bases in the Rwenzori mountains of western Uganda and across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been fighting the government of President Yoweri Museveni since 1996.
Museveni is the front runner in presidential elections scheduled for March 6.
Mugenyi said police had no information about who carried out Sunday's attacks.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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