ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Julius Odeke Pundits say kinship could trump party loyalty President Yoweri Museveni understands the famous saying that in politics there are no permanent friends or enemies but permanent interests; in this case, the interests of NRM. The President was in Butaleja recently campaigning for Florence Nebanda Andiru, another daughter …

By Julius Odeke Superstition reigns as candidates jostle for favours from the dreaded medicine-men, the batuusa Picture this scene from late November 2010. Nominations of parliamentary candidates for the February 2011 election have just ended across the country. In Butaleja East constituency, the incumbent Emmanuel Dombo who is seeking his …

By Julius Odeke Its three days to elections in Butaleja district where electorates shall go to polls to vote for the woman Member of Parliament filling the vacant post that was left empty after the death of Cerinah Nebanda. The electoral Commission has slated February 11 to be the day …

  By Haggai Matsiko Maverick army general’s letter divides army Gen. Muntu, Maj. Kazoora, Col. Kulayigye, Col. Mwesigye react It’s difficult to guess what Gen. David Sejusa aka Tinyefuza, the maverick Coordinator of Military Intelligence and Senior Advisor to President Yoweri Museveni, is thinking. But you can bet anytime that …

By Andrew M. Mwenda An examination of the growing power and tyranny of international human rights organisations International human rights groups largely founded and financed by the West have increasingly become powerful voices shaping politics in Africa. Their voice is respected by governments and mass media in the West. Given …

By Kavuma Kaggwa How he put politics aside, to concentrate on industrialization, farming and building Uganda economically In the last fifty years of Independence, Uganda produced one great man, James Senkali Mulwana, who had exceptional natural intelligence and `political smartness’. James Mulwana was a fountain of knowledge in industrialisation and …

By Taeho Bark WTO can help governments achieve their two entirely different objectives; growth and distributional fairness If you chase two rabbits at once, the old saying goes, both will escape. And yet this is precisely what many governments are required to do: pursue both growth and distributional fairness. The …

By Julius Odeke Badru Kiggundu has been chairman of the Uganda Electoral Commission and managed national elections in 2006 and 2011. He spoke to The Independent’sJulius Odeke about why he is `as white as a white cock’. Butaleja is set for the woman MP by-election; will it be free and …

By Feliciah Kanyesigye The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) released the Uganda Certificate of Education results on Feb. 7 at statistics house in kampala. According to the UNEB executive secretary, Matthew Bukenya, the UCE examinations were conducted successfully with no leakages and few cases of malpractice. Statistics indicate that of …

By Sarah Namulondo President Museveni has responded to the Sunday Monitor Feb 3rd published interview of Dr. Besigye. In his letter “clarifications of Besigye’s lies” he said Dr Besigye submission that the NRM has failed the economy by not living up to the point number five of the NRM programme …