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By Jocelyn Edwards Which company has the President’s blessings? Experts ask why President has locked out Parliament The wrangle over who will win the right to develop Uganda’s oil has turned from a tussle into an all-out brawl in recent weeks, with the Ugandan government at the centre. Multinational oil …

By Independent Team On October 16, 2009, University of Oxford’s Prof. Paul Collier in a public address at Serena Conference Centre in Kampala on the prospects of an oil windfall for Uganda criticized the decision making. ‘Avoid awarding oil contracts through secret negotiations because this increases the wall of suspicion. …

By John Njoroge How would Uganda handle an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude? When the 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the strongest felt in the western hemisphere since 1965, ripped through Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on Jan.12, it devastated its infrastructure and destroyed the lives of thousands of its inhabitants. Up to 90 percent …

By Bob Roberts Katende A Buganda region reconciliation meeting that was convened by the National Executive Committee at Pope Paul in Ndeeba raised more questions than answers about a possibility of the two DP factions working together any time soon. The participants, mainly district chairpersons thought they would resolve the …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati In February 2009, Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu attempted to unseat the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President Kizza Besigye during the party’s Delegates Conference at Namboole Stadium in Kampala. He failed. On Jan. 21 he launched his campaign to woo FDC members to vote him instead …

By Patrick Kagenda The Uganda People’s Congress last week welcomed the US congressional directive on Uganda`s 2011 election. In a statement the UPC said the Congressional directive to the American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to closely monitor preparations for the 2011 elections in Uganda and to actively promote in …

By John Njoroge How they plan to beat police with new ‘guerrilla-style’ protests ‘Surprise’ is their weapon of choice Lumbe! This is to remind you of the Thursday 14th meeting at Christ the King; 8am please come with a list of your ’10’. Lumbe oye, Lumbe no change.’ This is …

By John Njoroge Can it succeed where others failed? The Independent’s John Njoroge spoke to Anne Mugisha, FDC’s Deputy Secretary International and Regional Affairs. Putting into consideration the Jan.18 anti-Electoral Commission demo, how and why have demonstrations evolved over the years? There have been different types of non-violence action in …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Inside NEC Dokolo MP Okot Ogong had 100 percent no chance of defeating President Yoweri Museveni in a democratic contest for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party presidential candidate in the 2011 election. So why was his motion to stay the endorsement of President Museveni as …

By Bob Roberts Katende The path to the Democratic Party offices on William Street in the heart of the city is not inviting, to be honest. The scene doesnt match headquarters of the countrys oldest political party. One has to snake through cooking stoves with people seated on either side …