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By Joan Akello NTV’s tight turf tussle has turned lenses on some unusual strategies When new NTV Uganda Managing Director Aggie Konde Asiimwe took over in February she told staff: “I am happy to join the leading TV brand in the country that has come through the years. “I am …

By Haggai Matsiko Gen. Biraaro joins renegades Sejusa, Besigye President Yoweri Museveni might face two retired generals in the 2016 presidential elections if word on the street proves correct.  Apart from retired Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu who is set to contest on the ticket of the biggest opposition party, the …

By Haggai Matsiko International body wants consumers to petition Coke, Pepsi A new report by Oxfam International has lifted the lid on how the ever spiralling demand for sugar and the overwhelming rush for land to grow it, is fuelling land grabbing. Oxfam’s new report, Sugar Rush: Land rights and …

By Independent Team and Agencies Kigali ready to consider Taylor’s request Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor has asked to serve his 50-year sentence for war crimes in Rwanda, rather than the UK.  In a letter sent to the court that convicted him, he says it would be easier – and less …

By Haggai Matsiko UNHCR , army, Prime Minister’s Office, sucked into ugly eviction of 60,000 residents When Mohammed Abdi Adar, the Country Representative of the United Nations Commission for Refugees heard what was happening near Kyangwali, one of the biggest refugee camps in Hoima district, southwestern Uganda, he instantly picked …

By Haggai Matsiko Apart from presidents Yoweri Museveni, Jakaya Kikwete, Paul Kagame and Joseph Kabila, also in attendance was South Sudan’s Salva Kiir, African Union Commissioner Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the UN Secretary General’s  Special Envoy to the Great Lakes region Mary Robinson, SADC Executive Secretary Stergomena Tax, and EAC Secretary General …

By Haggai Matsiko Museveni’s diplomatic coup as Kikwete, Kagame meet South African President Jacob Zuma has a chance to finally deal more directly with other leaders to resolve the decade-old DR Congo conflict, thanks to an unexpected outcome of a heads of state summit hosted by President Yoweri Museveni in …

By Angella Abushedde New report says country needs to attract more investment in technology to compensate for lost tariff revenue Uganda and other East African Customs Union states need to produce more of the goods they import from other trade blocks if they are to benefit more from integration and …

By Independent Team Kinshasa puts Blue-helmets in line of fire On August 28, the red line in the escalating conflict between the DR Congo government troops and the mutinous M23 rebels was crossed; a soldier fighting in the conflict under the UN flag was killed. When Maj. Hatim Shabaan Mushindo, …

By Stephen Kafeero Developers fleeing crowded and expensive Kampala hit Museveni’s backyard Who is Bob Kanabi? That is the question Vincent DePaul Kayanja, the mayor of the once quiet and cool Entebbe Municipal Council on the shores of Lake Victoria, has been asking a lot lately. The mayor wants to …