By The Independent Team Top Pub killing of 9, Mbabazi shooting raise questions about the state of the PGB, military Providing security to Ugandans was once high on the list of priorities of President Yoweri Museveni’s government. In his inaugural speech in 1986, President Museveni announced: ‘The second point in …
Read More »Did Gen. Kazini try to overthrow Museveni?
By Obed K. Katureebe Should he be convicted in the military court, analysts say Kazini could be dismissed from the army and probably be demoted to the level of a private. That would be a very dishonourable end for a valiant officer. On April 15, 2009, the embattled Maj. Gen. …
Read More »Can Museveni’s promises be trusted?
By Andrew M. Mwenda Address to the students at Makerere University, June 8th 1991 ‘Coming to your problems, I would like to touch on your problem of electricity load shading ‘ a situation in which you have electricity for some hours after which it is taken to another place. These …
Read More »Museveni is a slave of fear “ Prof. Rubaihayo
By Onghwens Kisangala Prof. Patrick Rubaihayo was MP for Mbarara Central and Minister for Agriculture and Forestry in the 1981 “ 85 Obote government. He currently trains junior lecturers and supervises post-graduate students at Makerere University’s Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry. He has been around both as an active player …
Read More »What has Museveni sacrificed?
By Andrew M. Mwenda President Yoweri Museveni claims he appointed his wife as state minister for Karamoja because ‘elites’ were rejecting the job (never mind only one person, Tom Butiime, turned it down). He also justified the appointment of his family members, e.g. his brother, Salim Saleh, to government positions …
Read More »Museveni is deceitful – Matembe
By Onghwens Kisangala Ms Miria Matembe, a leading woman activist, former minister and MP, spoke to The Independents Ongwens Kisangala about why she fell out with President Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) government. Excerpts. You accuse the NRM of deviating from its original principles. How is NRM …
Read More »Museveni govt’s Family Tree
By The Independent Team In the story Family Rule In Uganda: How The Museveni Clan Runs Government in our Issue 050 of The Independent, only a small list of the president’s relatives in government was mentioned in the story. In this issue, we publish a bigger list of relatives and …
Read More »Are NRM bush war heroes plotting against Museveni?
By Odoobo C. Bichachi & P. Matsiko wa Mucoori Kololo meetings celebrate Otafiire ‘downfall’; 2016 is too far to wait In his autobiography, Sowing the Mustard Seed; the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni argued that in his search for power, former Ugandan President Milton Obote …
Read More »Museveni not scared of Janet’s influence in NRM
By Mary Karooro Okurut I would like to react to the article in The Independent magazine of February 27-March 5, 2009, “Reshuffle: Museveni’s troubles over Janet – The Inside Story of Janet Museveni’s Appointment” in which Andrew Mwenda makes some really ridiculous claims over the First Lady’s appointment as Minister …
Read More »The battle to succeed Museveni
By Andrew M. Mwenda Inside Bukenya’s struggle to remain VP On the evening of May 22 2003, President Yoweri Museveni called on his minister of Defence and close confidante, Amama Mbabazi to State House. According to highly placed sources, the president told Mbabazi that he would be announcing a cabinet …
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