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By P. Matsiko wa Mucoori & Odoobo C. Bichachi Was there an agreement between rebel leader Yoweri Museveni and Buganda monarchists in the bushes of Luwero as the two fought Milton Obote’s UPC regime in 1981-85? President Museveni rejects the existence of any such agreement. ‘When we triumphed in 1986, …

By Joe Powell & John Njoroge I understand that Green Futures is going to assist us in the city (Kampala) by providing one of their high-tech monitoring cameras in different strategic areas so we can see who may be misbehaving and causing trouble. Thank you for bringing these surveillance skills …

By Bob Roberts Katende It is common knowledge that the Kabaka is loved and revered in Buganda. But on Friday, September 18, the many people who turned out to welcome him were not just the usual crowds that line up the roads to wave at him during his visits. This …

By Guweddeko Fred Uganda has been thrown into a Mengo vs President Museveni rivalry, which elicits questions over the current and future peace between the different ethnic groups within Buganda and in other regions of the country. The crux of the crisis is Mengo opposition to Musevenis political move to …

By Odoobo C. Bichachi For three straight days, riot police and the military battled rampaging demonstrators  in Kampala and several parts of Buganda who were protesting the government’s decision to block Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi (king) from touring Kayunga district, where he was due to preside over Buganda Youth Day …

By Independent Team Members revealed Command structure Tactical base at CPS Sticks kept in UTODA, KCC outlets At first it was the Black Mamba. Then came the Kiboko Squad. When these two squads first unveiled themselves in 2005 and 2007 respectively, it was a puzzling experience. They emerged from total …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati & Bob Roberts Katende Claims of marginalisation and dispossession of the indigenous communities have intensified in Bunyoro over the last couple of weeks. As a panacea to the problem of domination of Banyoro indigenes by migrant Bakiga (Bafuruki), President Museveni prescribed what he thought would be …

 By Andrew M. Mwenda On June 25, fifteen companies submitted bids for a contract with the Electoral Commission (EC) to update the Voter Register. According to the bid documents, each bidder was supposed to submit three envelops: a technical proposal, a financial proposal and a third envelop was supposed to …

By Independent Reporter Is he simply the Trojan horse of yet unknown forces? The two-week whirlwind tour of the country by recently returned former UN under-secretary general Olara Otunnu is raising political temperatures in the country and worrying the NRM government in spite of the nonchalant attitude it has taken …

By Joseph Were New report reveals economic imbalance among Uganda’s tribes From a distance it looks like a giant quilt of different shades between brown and black spread on the side of the gradually slopping hill. Getting nearer, however, reveals tinny brown unbaked brick buildings, squashed next to each other …