The cost of the two hydro-power dams that the government is building at Karuma and Isimba could rise beyond control unless a recent directive by President Yoweri Museveni is implemented cautiously. Ministry of Energy Permanent Secretary (PS) Kabagambe Kaliisa issued the warning in reply to queries raised by Keith Muhakanizi, …
Read More »Coup threats and the arrests
Dodgy intelligence, local interests, international backers Monday June 6: Soldiers of the Special Forces Group which falls under President Yoweri Museveni’s son, Maj. Gen. Muhoozi, are on a mission near Kampala city in Kyengera town in Wakiso District. They are moving in four pick-up trucks. The target is suspected recruits …
Read More »Mbabazi petition drama
By Haggai Matsiko Behind the scenes manouvres at the Supreme Court The courtroom, which sits about 200 people, was packed. It was a few minutes to 1:00 O’clock. Severino Twinobusingye, one of Mbabazi’s lawyers – a lanky man who wears an angry look like a badge of honour – was …
Read More »Petition games
By Haggai Matsiko Break-ins, ambushes, and strategy Leading constitutional law expert Wandera Ogalo in January lost a case in the Constitutional Court which he says touches on the ongoing petition in the Supreme Court in which former Presidential Candidate Amama Mbabazi seeks to annul President Yoweri Museveni’s win of the …
Read More »Besigye, Museveni talks
By Haggai Matsiko What next after Gen. Biraaro makes break through? Calls for talks between President Yoweri Museveni and his main opposition challenger, Dr Kizza Besigye, have gained momentum since the Feb. 18 elections ended in dispute. However, despite each agreeing in principle that they are open to talks, it …
Read More »Ghetto President Bobi Wine
By Haggai Matsiko And why the urban poor hate Museveni Sebataka Mulyamenvu’s home in Kisenyi I village in Kamwokya, a Kampala suburb, is just a few metres off Kira Road; the neat duo-carriage city road lined with beautiful storied bungalows, flower gardens, and paved walkways. If you go to one …
Read More »Museveni’s toughest election moments
By Haggai Matsiko The story hidden behind the numbers President Yoweri Museveni won the Feb.18 elections but he is still bristling with campaign trail frustration. The President, who won with 61% of the vote, has said publically that international election observers, who announced that he did not win fairly, are …
Read More »EC’s Kiggundu under pressure
By Haggai Matsiko Big money deals loom over election The general elections of Feb. 18 must not only be free and fair, they must be seen to be free and fair. That is the higher bar imposed on the Electoral Commission by numerous challenges leading into the elections; including procurement …
Read More »Sejusa’s arrest
By Haggai Matsiko What Museveni camp feared The Jan. 31 arrest of Gen. David Sejusa, the former coordinator of intelligence services, is connected to President Yoweri Museveni’s fear of the Feb. 18 ballot. At least that is the line being pushed to the press by his lawyers. His lawyer Laudislus …
Read More »Museveni’s billions dominate 2016 campaigns
By Haggai Matsiko People’s donations to Besigye promote political accountability, experts Mbabazi’s election spend falling Kiiza Besigye, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has collected over Shs100 million worth of donations from supporters during this campaign, estimates indicate. On average he has been collecting Shs1.5 million per rally according to …
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