Tag Archives: Haggai Matsiko

By Haggai Matsiko Can MPs’ petition to EAC court stop Museveni, Muhoozi? The decision by some MPs to sue President Yoweri Museveni in the East African Court of Justice over the army promotions announced on May 24 and 25 has raised question over what it seeks to achieve. Nicholas Opiyo, …

Lessons from Aronda, Muntu, Muhoozi promotions ANALYSIS | HAGGAI MATSIKO & IVAN RUGAMBWA | Recent promotions in the army have re-ignited the continuous debate of how President Yoweri Museveni uses the forces to stay in power.  Hundreds of low rank officers, from 2nd Lieutenant to Major, were in May promoted …

By Haggai Matsiko What next after Museveni militarises cabinet? Even as the Appointments Committee sat on July 15 to deliberate, for the third time, on whether or not to approve the former army boss, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, as new minister of Internal Affairs, the decks were staked in his favour …

By Haggai Matsiko FDC leaders face tough choices on Muntu On May 8, a top ring of supporters of Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President held a very special meeting at an undisclosed place in Kampala. The meeting was exclusive to strictly top Muntu supporters because …

By Haggai Matsiko Election case haunts President’s party On Friday October 22, 2010, President Yoweri Museveni held a heated meeting at State House, Entebbe, with a little-known former aide of his, Capt. Daudi Ruhinda Maguru. Present at the meeting was Adolf Mwesige, who was then-minister in the Prime Minister’s office …

By Haggai Matsiko & Ronald Musoke Good news: Why the minority private sector is praising it Bad News: Why the majority poor are cursing A day after Finance Minister Miria Kiwanuka presented 2013/14 FY budget, a meeting of the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU) on June 14 praised her …

By Haggai Matsiko It was in the last part of his speech to the UPDF High Command, but President Yoweri Museveni’s comments about his son, Brig. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, have become the talking point among the officers that The Independent has spoken to since. On May 22, just a day before …

By Haggai Matsiko Making resource rich regions become food poor Deep in Bukuya Sub County in Mubende district, a gold-mining company, AUC Mining Ltd owned by the British and some influential Ugandans, evicted about 400 peasants. At the gate to the mining company, one finds not ordinary security guards but …

By Haggai Matsiko Costs continue to soar as NSSF, PPDA, IGG haggle over procurement rules In NSSF’s current advert running in the media, the bespectacled managing director Richard Byarugaba says: “So every time you think of NSSF, think of it as a promise to remain true to you,” to which …

By Haggai Matsiko International civil rights activists unanimous in condemnation of media rights violations against media and journalists For the first time in decades, newspaper stalls and vendors did not have three prominent newspapers. The Daily Monitor, Red Pepper and Kamunye were not printed because police raided the two media …