By Joseph Were Often, when we talk of corruption, the focus is on different issues from what is at stake Andrew Mwenda appears to have carried angry red ants into his bed with the assertion that extensive research shows that there is no scientific proof that corruption is an impediment …
Read More »A letter to Andrew Mwenda
By Charles Onyango-Obbo About free markets, democracy, and why world peace might be bad I am writing this letter directly to you Andrew Mwenda. First, to say, I am glad that you are now like the prodigal son who is – kind of – returning home. For a few years …
Read More »Mwenda and his obsession with evidence
By Yusuf K. Serunkuma Unfortunate journalism schools do not provide a yardstick with which truth is judged Journalist Andrew Mwenda has a penchant for accusing colleagues of relying on rumours and idle gossip to comment on issues, or even write news reports. Listening to him on radio or television, Mwenda …
Read More »Gibson, Mwenda and our journalism
By Peter Nyanzi The Daily Monitor boss’ expertise should drive the agenda at macro not micro level On reading The Daily Monitor’s lead story: “Opposition rigged Luwero elections – Museveni” on May 28, I immediately got a worry that someone at the newspaper was going to face disciplinary action from …
Read More »Mwenda: Divided we are eaten
By Eng. Kant Ateenyi Kanyarusoke If divisionism is so good, why have America, India, and China not considered splitting up? Andrew Mwenda’s arguments for Africa to remain as politically divided as is now (See “Divided we stand, united we fall” The Independent Feb.14) ought to provoke robust responses from all …
Read More »Mwenda’s model and Buganda’s federo
By Rajab Kakyama The monarchy should not be held back by claims that “we should move together as a country” Refer to: “Divided we stand, united we fall” (The Independent Feb.14). Well done, Mwenda. Finally you augment Buganda’s “Federo” (Federal) demand. You argue that “all political systems are capable of …
Read More »Mwenda comparing Obote, Museveni
By Yoga Adhola Museveni is a military leftist guided by illusion, the direct opposite of Obote who was a nationalist In his article titled, «Inside Obama’s vision of Museveni” (The Independent, Sept27-Oct.04, 2013), Andrew Mwenda made a comparison between former President Milton Obote and President Yoweri Museveni. I would like …
Read More »Report shows how govt lost Shs 452 billion in Umeme deal
Report shows how govt lost Shs 452 billion in Umeme deal – Who is to blame? By Andrew M. Mwenda | When General Salim Saleh presented the report of his investigations into the high cost of electricity in Uganda to Energy Minister Hillary Onek on October 5, the focus was …
Read More »Is Mwenda also not part of Museveni’s family rule?
By Caroline Kasondondo Your persistence of writing about the first family and those remotely related to them has not only bred sectarianism among Ugandans, but has caused unnecessary antipathy yet in actual sense it is just an illusion. Timothy Kalyegira, in his article ‘The dynamics behind Museveni’s family rule,’justified why …
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