By Independent Analysts Will Uganda become an open dictatorship in 2013? On December 12, 2012, President Yoweri Museveni was in Russia and met with President Vladimir Putin at the Novo Ogaryovo, the official residence. It was an interesting meeting because, although President Museveni has been in power for 26 years, …

By Julius Odeke The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission  (SRCC)  for  Somalia,  Ambassador  Mahamat  Annadif  has congratulated President  Hassan  Sheikh  Mahamoud,  his  government and  the  people  of  Somalia  on  the occasion of the 41st anniversary of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) and the …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The death of Nabenda and the attention it has attracted shows how distant from real issues our political discourse has gotten The death of the Woman Member of Parliament for Butaleja District, Cerinah Arioru Nebanda and the resultant hullabaloo around it reflects the crisis of the …

By Sarah Namulondo The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Hon Amelia Kyambadde has today said that the implementation of the pre-verification on conformity of imports (PVOC) date has been extended as a government decision to harmonise various technical and logistical requirements. The implementation which was set to begin on …

By Julius Odeke The former party president Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Dr Kizza Besigye warns that the current political faith by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party is likely to throw the country into political turmoil. Besigye points out the manner in which government handled the death of …

By Sarah Namulondo Police has this morning arrested Adam Kalungi the said lover of the late Hon. Nebanda after he was arrested and deported to Uganda by the Kenyan police. Kalungi who was reported to have been one of the last people with the deceased before her fateful death on …

By Julius Odeke A UPDF officer Capt Eliano Franco attached to the Chieftaincy of Production shot and injured one person over land wrangles in Bululu Sub County in Kaberamaido district. The suspect one Capt Eliano moved in company of an LC I chairman and other village mates to the Sub …

By Julius Odeke After two decades of the conflict in the history of Somalia, the year 2012 could be referred to as “the year of rich harvest” following the great strides towards stabilization that the country witnessed in the last 12 months. The Uganda Contigent Public Relations Officer for African …

By Sarah Namulondo UNICEF has today said that more than 300,000 children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been affected by the violence in CAR and its consequences. Credible reports were received by the UN that rebel groups and pro-government militias are increasingly recruiting and involving children in armed …

By Joan Akello Just hours into 2013, US congressmen had a burden on their shoulders during the festive season.  They had to either meet the Jan.1 deadline and save the economy or reject and drag the other world economies in a possible recession. Even the president Barack Obama had his …