By Flavia Nassaka From Oct 19 to 23, Uganda will be hosting the annual land conference which has seen land actors under their umbrella the International Land Coalition (ILC) Africa Regional Assembly attending. This conference takes place at a time when the country is experiencing an increase in land conflict …

By Haggai Matsiko Museveni safe if voters punish `confused’ opposition in 2016 A day after The Democratic Alliance (TDA) failed to agree on a single joint presidential candidate, a top Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) official swore that if confidantes of presidential aspirant Amama Mbabazi wanted to fight, the FDC …

By Haggai Matsiko A spying operation by Uganda’s top security agencies that has since 2011 targeted and aimed to crush opponents of President Yoweri Museveni, a new report has claimed. The operation codenamed ‘Fungua Macho’ loosely translated as ‘open your eyes’ has involved planting surveillance tools in top hotels and …

Uganda People’s Defence Forces on 13th of October began its phased withdrawal from South Sudan. 2,500 Ugandan soldiers had been deployed in South Sudan following the conflict in the new African nation between the President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar. The first phase of the withdrawal will be complete by …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How Uganda’s elite pundits are misunderstanding the election dynamics and why Mbabazi should worry There is a widespread perception among a large section of the Ugandan elite class that former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has overtaken Kizza Besigye as the main opposition candidate for next year’s …

By Ian Katusiime Most turning points historically occurred at election time Among the five East African nations of Uganda, has arguably had the most turbulent political history since it attained independence in 1962. As it celebrates its 53rd independence anniversary – with the 2016 general elections three months away, political …

By Haggai Matsiko The implications for 2016 elections The Sept.29 ruling by the Constitutional Court that put an injunction on election of special interest groups’ legislators has created excitement amongst sections of political pundits – just months to the 2016 polls. It is being viewed as a pointer that the …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Besigye’s messiah complex and the triumph of power over values in The “Democratic” Alliance For most of the last week of September, leading opposition figure, Dr. Kizza Besigye, was a subject of vitriolic attacks by many of his former admirers. All because he refused to endorse …

By Agather Atuhaire Just six years ago, Henry Peter Mayega was a member of the opposition Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party. Then he switched sides to the ruling NRM party. Today he is Uganda’s ambassador designate to the Peoples republic of China. At any time these days, Mayega is all …

The German development agency, GIZ, together with Uganda’s Ministry of Water and Environment will within a year establish a hydrological yearbook for the country. The yearbook will essentially have a compilation of data on Uganda’s water resources such as the quantity of water available in Uganda’s water bodies; river discharges …