By Agather Atuhaire Scholars warn of more protests if dialogue does not replace repression of opposition As hard economic times bite and it looks like President Yoweri Museveni has decided to become more repressive instead of trying to democratise a hungry nation, agitation is increasing for national dialogue. That is …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The folly and delusions of a nation that has forgotten the concerns of its ordinary citizens And so it was that on Nov. 4, I flew to New York City from London via Amsterdam. Upon landing at JFK International Airport, I entered the longest queue in …

By Haggai Matsiko American group shows how torturing Besigye could affect the President At 25 years in power, Yoweri Museveni is the fifth longest president in Africa and pressure is mounting on him to quit. In the latest salvo, a November 11 report by an American democracy analysis group, the …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How politicians and civil servants use Museveni as a cover to make payments to claimants from which they earn huge commissions At the height of his power, Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire appeared as if he was in complete control of the country and its …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The new rules are regressive because they do not seek to get money from the thieves per se, but to tax those thieves who want to invest In July this year, Uganda Revenue Authority introduced new rules on transferring or registering property (cars and houses). Under …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi and Agather Atuhaire Defending the Prime Minister may have left Museveni with a narrowing circle of allies. Is he worth it? NRM members unhappy with the way their chairman and secretary general are running the party voice one common grudge: their “leader is surrounded”. Ruling party …

By Agather Atuhaire Might they be the key to a new Reform politics? President Yoweri Museveni could not have foreseen the hostility he has faced so far with in the 9th Parliament – not when his National Resistance Movement (NRM) party owns more than half the seats in the house. …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi With NRM MPs reported to be poised to withdraw their support of the infamous oil resolutions, perhaps opposition MPs should have heeded their leader’s warning and stuck with the campaign that worked in the past On Oct. 21, the day Phase II of the Walk-to-Work protests …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Gaddafi’s pitiful death, the celebration of it, Obama’s speech and the looming tragedy of post “liberation” Libya Fate is a great joker, it always laughs last. And it did last week at former Libyan ruler Muammar El Gaddafi. He suffered a gruesome death at the hands …

By Haggai Matsiko When three of President Yoweri Museveni’s ministers appeared before the anti-corruption court in Kampala on Oct. 13, the who-is-who in the government showed up to show solidarity. But it was also not lost on many that dragging people who are in the inner core of Museveni’s government …