By Onghwens Kisangala Finance Minister Ezra Nsuruma on December 4 suspended the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Managing Director David Chandi Jamwa and his deputy Prof. Mondo Kagonyera. No official reason was given. The woes of NSSF leadership started when The Independent magazine broke the story about a deal between …
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By Obed K. Katureebe & John Njoroge Museveni grills security chiefs Just a few hours before President Yoweri Museveni flew out for a two-day state visit to Nigeria on November 20, he called all the security chiefs to an emergency meeting at State House Entebbe. In attendance were Inspector General …
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By Steven Kibuuka & Onghwens Kisangala Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) held its delegates conference three weeks ago, agreeing to change the party constitution to enable early replacement of current party president Miria Obote after five years instead of seven. By contrast, the Democratic Party (DP), like Forum for Democratic Change …
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By Onghwens Kisangala Three weeks ago the minister of Water and Environment, Hon Maria Mutagamba announced plans to set up tight security to curb environmental crime in Uganda. She said her ministry, in conjunction with that of Defence have designed a White Paper to be presented to the cabinet for …
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By The Independent Team Abel Katembwe May 1998: NSSF board dismisses demands by parliament to send Katembwe on forced leave. NSSF initially resists and board chairman Sam Rutega defends him before parliamentarians as a hard working manager. But eventually Katembwe is sacked. Katembwe’s woes started after he bought a house …
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By Independent Reporter Members of President Yoweri Museveni’s party, the National Resistance Movement, arrived in droves for the funeral of Ms Gertrude Kabwasingo, the wife of the prominent politician, Mzee Boniface Byanyima. Among them was Minister Urban Tibamanya, Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura, State House officials Grace Nyakwenegura and …
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By Patrick Kagenda Big money, greed, poor policy causing shortages Uganda’s petrol czar, Mr. Ivan Kyayonka, possibly does not know how it feels to drive into a fuel station and find no fuel. He has been the chairman of Uganda’s top fuel dealership, Shell, for around two decades and refills …
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By Bob Roberts Katende As Muslims we cannot continue to have a liar as our leader Imam Kasozi was quoted as saying after the judgment. Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar (God is great,God is great) at least justice has been done, Mubajje’s supporters chanted with clenched fists in the air as …
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By Melina Platas Traitor or a survivor? Many believe that Ssekandi will not be remembered for his objectivity, as Nsibambi suggests, but rather as the Speaker who made the most controversial decisions. Get me the Speaker,’ Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi demands, and then hangs up the phone. A few …
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By Independent Team On the evening of Wednesday October 29, Adolf Mwesigye, the minister of State for General Duties in the Office of the Vice-President, led a group of MPs to Buziga Country Resort in Kampala. The MPs had earlier attended a meeting at Security Minister Amama Mbabazi’s Akii-Bua Road …
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