NEWS ANALYSIS

By Independent Team   At 3pm on Saturday June 19, the Director General of National Security Services in Rwanda, Dr Emmanuel Ndahiro, was in a meeting with international visitors when he received a text message. According to sources in Kigali, the message was that Belgian intelligence had reported that former …

By Independent Investigations Team   A look at the relationship between Museveni and Amelia Kyambadde The Sunday Vision newspaper of June 6 announced a ‘reshuffle’ in State House. The story said that a re-organisation had taken place at the president’s residence which also houses his private office. The re-organisation, the …

By Isaac Mufumba Museveni’s electioneering at state of the nation address raises intriguing questions What do you say about a president who promises to increase the nations electricity power supply by 3,200 megawatts in five years when he has been in power for 24 years and, over that period, managed …

The Independent Team Following the flight of Rwanda’s former chief of intelligence services Lt. Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa to exile in February this year, The Independent sought out Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Uganda, Maj. Gen. Frank Mugambagye. Mugambagye was Nyamwasa’s Deputy Chief of Staff in the mid to late 1990s before …

By Independent Team The inside story How Kayumba escaped from Rwanda Details of his last meeting with RPF and RDF officials Kagame’s telephone calls looking for him Tumukunde, Biraro and Pecos Kutesa named in his case Early on the morning of February 28 a bus parked outside the ministry of …

By Isaac Mufumba Last month President Museveni issued two directives. First was the order to re-document former soldiers to enable government pay pension to them or their families in case of the deceased.The second was the directive to the Ministry of Public Service to lower the retirement age from 60 …

By John Njoroge The success of CHOGM [Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting] notwithstanding, I do not condone the actions of those public officials who abused procedures and mismanaged any resources allocated to them for the event. The Government will ensure that the necessary punitive action is taken against officials abusing …

By John Njoroge IGG says he is ready for the trial Three former health ministers Jim Muhwezi, Mike Mukula and Alex Kamugisha and State House aide Alice Kaboyo could be back in the dock following the Constitutional Court ruling that the Inspector General of Government (IGG) has powers to prosecute …

By Andrew M. Mwenda & Bob Roberts Katende   Her victory leaves Museveni  ahead of Besigye in Buganda She is diminutive in stature but firm in her devotion to Buganda kingdom, the Democratic Party and Catholicism. Her opponents discovered this combination can be devastating when Betty Nambooze, 43, or `madam teacher’ …

The Independent Team Attendance:  1.      Maj. Gen. J.B. Owoyesigire 2.      .Brig Samuel Turyagyenda 3.       Ag. Lt Col M.K. Bisaso 4.      Ag. Lt Col Geofrey Turuma 5.      Vladimir Rudenko- Rosoboronexport 6.      Anatly Mikityk – Rosoboronexport 7.      Andrey Kotsubinsky – Rosoboronexport 8.      Irina Potapova …