By Andrew M. Mwenda Inside look at how Museveni launched fight with former PM The first indication that something unusual was happening at State House Entebbe was when President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday Sept. 17 ended his meetings unusually early. The President retired for a quiet dinner with the First …

By Andrew M. Mwenda I spent the first week of this month in Dubai. Now I first visited Dubai in 1996. It was, I thought then, a big city. I have since visited this desert town almost every year since 2002. But compared to today, the Dubai of 1996 was …

By Ronald Musoke & Agencies With the spread of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa showing no signs of relenting, the World Bank is committing up to $400 million (over Shs 1 trillion) to help the worst-affected countries in West Africa address the emergency. Speaking on Sept.25 during a special …

By Ronald Musoke President Yoweri Museveni will on Sept. 30 launch a new ultra-modern broiler farm and chicken-processing facility in the Central Uganda district of Luweero. The farm believed to be the biggest in East Africa is nestled on 64 acres in Bulemezi, Semuto, about 50 km outside of Kampala …

By Patrick Kagenda  President Yoweri Museveni: Ngomulwanyi  simala gatomela, ( As a fighter I don’t just bump into things), this Kyabazinga issue has dragged on for years until today when I am sure this is the rightly elected Kyabazinga having been elected by a Lukiiko meeting the required quorum of …

By Patrick Kagenda Cheers and tears as Busoga becomes kingmakers’ arena Friday, Sept. 12 was a day like no other in Jinja, the main town in the Obwakyabazing Bwabusoga kingdom on the shores of Lake Victoria in central eastern Uganda.  The impending coronation of Prince Nadiope Gabula IV as king …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why American media should listen to the views of Rwandans about freedom in their country A month before the Africa-America Summit in Washington DC, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda shuffled his prime minister (who was from the same Rwanda Patriotic Front political party as the president) …

By Ronald Musoke John Patrick Amama Mbabazi who has been serving as Uganda’s Prime Minister since 2011 has been dropped from the cabinet, according to a statement sent from State House. The statement, dated Sept. 18 was signed by President Yoweri Museveni noting that Ruhakana Rugunda who has been serving …

By Julius Businge  Tomorrow [Sept. 18], UNICEF Uganda Country Office will mark International Day of Peace by holding a one-day pre-event in which the Office of the Prime Minister’s Platform for Conflict Prevention and Peace building and civil society youth groups and activists will attend. Speaking to journalists today [Sept. …

By Haggai Matsiko Prime Minister must make difficult decisions as he eyes President Museveni’s chair Huge pools of muddy water threaten the fading yellow fence wall of the ruling party, National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretariat headquarters on Plot 10 Kyadondo Road in Kampala.  On a street that is dotted with …