NEWS ANALYSIS

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Massive reshuffle looms as ambassadors’ contracts expire On June 20, Henry Okello Oryem, the Foreign Affairs State Minister, complained to the Parliamentary Foreign budget Committee that low funding had left Uganda’s embassies and foreign missions broke, giving the country a bad international image. But Oryem’s frustrations …

By Andrew M. Mwenda On June 17, President Yoweri Museveni visited the family of his arch-rival, the late former President Milton Obote, and held talks with the widow, and former presidential candiate Miria Obote. This visit has since been a source of speculation. What has not been said is how …

By Independent Reporter Study in Rakai shows HIV infected individual catches new viruses at higher rate HIV superinfection, when a person with HIV could acquire a second, new strain of HIV, may occur as often as initial HIV infection in the general population in Uganda, a study suggests. Since researchers …

By Rukiya Makuma Renewed hope for patients as Mulago gets better heart machines Alvin Olum barely looks his age. At four years, he weighs only 14 kgs instead of at least 20 like his age mates. He was diagnosed with a heart problem when he was one week, which explains …

By Agather Atuhaire Private sector hails new budget but worries persist over poor implementation For the first time in many years, the private sector has welcomed the new budget, saying it was what the country needed to revitalize it battered economy. At a post budget meeting in Kampala on June …

By Haggai Matsiko Fears of popular resistance fueling army, intelligence deployments In less than a month, the UPDF top brass and top spies have held two unusual security meetings in the oil region. During one of the meetings, on May 5 Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) …

By Rukiya Makuma NRM gets a poor report card on democracy and governance The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) government’s performance in the first year of its fourth elected 5-year term has inspired public indictment, with many saying that it was not on track to meet the promises it made …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Constitutional Court ruling could bar Mulyagonja from taking office Justice Irene Mulyagonja Kakooza may never take up her appointment as Inspector General of Government (IGG) because a Constitutional Court ruling that President Yoweri Museveni seems not to have been aware of at the time he appointed …

By Agather Atuhaire No good news, no new promises expected in new budget President Yoweri Museveni has been forced to face the 9th Parliament twice in seven days – a situation he would have been glad to avoid if he had a choice. On June 7, he was reading a …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Executive Director in midst of several legal and personal battles In an attempt to stamp her authority on matters at City Hall, critics are accusing Kampala Capital City Executive Director (KCCA) Jennifer Musisi of using unorthodox means. Complaints have as a result been made to the …