By Julius Odeke As the World commemorates the World Press Day Uganda’s practicing journalists have registered their dissatisfaction with President Yoweri Museveni’s comments that ‘minimum wage is not a priority for Ugandans’. They say, president Museveni is not mindful about the living conditions that journalists in Uganda are facing saying, …
Read More »President Museveni hails late Mallinga for his hard work
By Julius Odeke President Yoweri Museveni has described the late minister for Disaster Preparedness Steven Mallinga as a hardworking man. The President was speaking on Thursday as the chief mourner during the funeral ceremony of the Late Minister Mallinga in Butebo where thousands of people from the country and beyond …
Read More »What keeps Museveni in power
By Andrew M. Mwenda How the President’s success in retaining power rotates around his obsessive focus on all threats to it. A friend recently sent me a text message saying: “Man, what’s up with the Mbuya and Bombo attacks and an attempt on Kale. Ankunda’s answers in the Observer and …
Read More »Tullow’s alleged bribe to Museveni
By Andrew M. Mwenda It is very unlikely that Museveni would trade US$ 404m to the treasury for a private bribe of $50m. Here is why. Press reports that Tullow Oil discussed to bribe President Yoweri Museveni with a private cash payment of US$50 million for his 2011 re-election campaign …
Read More »Inside Museveni’s military machine
By Haggai Matsiko How the UPDF has become a continental billion dollar powerhouse Michael Pelletier, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Democracy for the Africa Bureau has told The Independent that President Yoweri Museveni’s role in finding African solutions for African problems is becoming globally recognised. As a result, Pelletier …
Read More »Museveni, Kagame at crossroads
Lessons from Kibaki for Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi ANALYSIS | JM KAVUMA-KAGWA | February, 2013 | Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president, Jomo Kenyatta, and Raila Odinga, the son of his Vice President, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, are contesting in the March 4 Kenyan General Election to succeed President Mwai …
Read More »The Museveni-Besigye debate
By Andrew M. Mwenda Why the president must be happy with the current debate between him and his leading critic I have been following with keen interest the debate in the press between President Yoweri Museveni and opposition leader and activist, Dr. Kizza Besigye. From the standpoint of a democratic …
Read More »Museveni is hijacking Parliament-DP
By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition Democratic Party has accused president Museveni of hijacking parliament whenever issues of accountability and corruption arise. Democratic Party Deputy Spokesperson Kenneth Kakande said that the president is protecting corrupt officers which will lead to the country’s loss of billions from the donors. “Museveni is also involved …
Read More »Butaleja in voting mood, as Museveni is expected yet again
By Julius Odeke Its three days to elections in Butaleja district where electorates shall go to polls to vote for the woman Member of Parliament filling the vacant post that was left empty after the death of Cerinah Nebanda. The electoral Commission has slated February 11 to be the day …
Read More »Museveni: on Besigye’s interview
By Sarah Namulondo President Museveni has responded to the Sunday Monitor Feb 3rd published interview of Dr. Besigye. In his letter “clarifications of Besigye’s lies” he said Dr Besigye submission that the NRM has failed the economy by not living up to the point number five of the NRM programme …
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