By Andrew M. Mwenda What does it mean for Museveni? Sometime last year, the then Libyan strongman, Muammar El Gaddafi sent an emissary to President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. According to sources inside State House, Gaddafi’s messenger carried an ultimatum to Museveni: if you do not support my project of …

By Andrew M. Mwenda I hope that my prediction is wrong because future generations of Libyans will be happy that I was wrong. I am writing this column on the morning of Monday August 22nd. By the time it is read, Libyan leader Muammar El Gaddafi might no longer be …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Somalia war enters new phase after Mogadishu is captured On the night of Saturday August 6, the al-Shabaab fled the Somali capital Mogadishu under the cover of darkness. Witnesses described truckloads of heavily armed Shabaab fighters driving away under the cover of darkness and the beleaguered …

By Andrew M. Mwenda In an ethically diverse state, change in government is not change in governance; it’s replacement of one looting coalition by another. A lot of studies show that societies, nations and communities that have high levels of ethnic, racial or religious diversity tend to be poor at …

By Andrew M. Mwenda  Politics everywhere tends to be rigged in favour of the powerful. But in Uganda it has been made worse. Last week, the mass media reported that the vast majority of rural Ugandans are at risk of malnutrition, especially in the northern region. It was a simple …

By Frederick Golooba-Mutebi Unravels the mystery of cattle kraal diplomacy As soon as it was announced in print media in both countries, President Yoweri Museveni’s recent visit to Rwanda became the focus of attention for journalists and watchers of the two countries and the Great Lakes region in general. It …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The only difference between our politicians is one of power, not policy; eating, not serving Last week, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) held a meeting to discuss whether its members of the 8th Parliament who took the Shs20m “bribe” from President Yoweri Museveni to pass …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Parliament rebels, Muhoozi not in control of army, no bail law for opponents Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi usually prefers to be the perfect picture of calm even at his most harassed moments. So a few eyebrows went up when the dapper NRM-strongman, on the afternoon of …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The benefits of high food prices go to the rural poor (the majority) while the costs are incurred by urbanites, a minority. As I write this article, food prices in Uganda are falling rapidly. For instance, the farm-gate price of a kilogram of maize in Kiryandongo …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Should government borrow Shs 350bn to pay off unclear debts? Irene Nafuna Muloni, the new Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources was only 26 years old when President Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986. Museveni has now handed Muloni a task he has failed to …