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By Andrew M. Mwenda & P. Matsiko wa Mucoori Was the opposition planning to use him in post-election uprising? The government intelligence alleges that renegade Col. Edison Muzoora who died mysteriously on or around May 27 this year, was at the centre of an opposition plan to create post-election violence …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi UPC me off MP Betty Amongi walks tight rope between two party camps Shortly after the February presidential which he lost, opposition Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) President, Olara Otunnu, summoned Betty Amongi, who had won the Oyam South MP seat. Otunnu’s intelligence had alerted him that …

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 Mubatsi Asinja Habati Demand for sugar to hit 700,000 tonnes in 10 years. Only 350,000 tonnes are being produced today. If President Yoweri Museveni gets his way, one-third of the 30,000 hectare Mabira rainforest will be mowed down to give way for the Mehta Group to plant sugarcane. If …

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 …

State House fails to show degraded part of Mabira forest After claiming that President Museveni wanted to give out the degraded part of Mabira forest for sugar growing expansion, State House officials  were yesterday evening dumb-mouthed as they could not locate and show to a team of journalists that part of the …

By Julius Businge Parkyard vendors stare into an uncertain as government insists on relocating them It was 2:20 am on Sunday morning when Chief Fire Officer Simon Peter Musoke of the Uganda Police received the first call. “Owino is on fire,” the voice on the other end of the phone …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi When the Court of Appeal last month struck out a notice of appeal filed by Norbert Mao and his Democratic Party (DP) leadership to protect Mathias Nsubuga’s 2008 election as Secretary General, it appears to have thrown him to the wolves. “The ruling has cast aside …

By Peter Nyanzi Isaya Mulondo worked as a mechanic for construction firms in Kampala for 20 years before he retired at 54.  Eight years earlier, he had lost his first wife with whom he had three mature children.  He married again and bore two more children. On retiring, he got …

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 …