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Cover story Truth about Karuma, Isimba mess When construction of Uganda’s largest hydropower project at Karuma started four years ago, there was a lot of optimism in the country. Now, the 650MW dam and another dam Isimba are in the news for shoddy works and negligence of duty. Now, the …

AK-47 wielding President spends week in volatile region. But can mission cure historical grievances?   April 6 found President Yoweri Museveni’s convoy traversing the western border district of Bundibugyo; all the way to Uganda-Congo border. The President who was clad in UPDF battle fatigues and carried an AK 47 rifle was …

Buganda’s marked prince If one day can define the life of a man, then Tuesday March 28, 1995 is that day for Besweri Mulondo, who died on April 5, 2016 aged 90 years, writes Kavuma Kaggwa. Back in 1995, Ugandans were drafting a new constitution through delegates to the Constituent …

Christopher Aine, the head of Mbabazi’s campaign security team, made a surprise re-appearance on April 07 after about four months of disappearance. Aine, who was on the wanted list of the Police with a bounty of Shs 20 million on his head, had earlier been reported to have been killed …

April 18 5.00am Uganda time Brazil lawmakers give green light to Rousseff impeachment trial Brasília, Brazil | AFP | Brazilian lawmakers on Sunday authorized impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff in a rowdy, circus-like showdown that plunged Latin America’s biggest country into profound political crisis. Opposition deputies in the lower …

Banjul, Gambia | AFP | A senior figure in Gambia’s main opposition has died in custody after leading a protest for electoral reform and the resignation of strongman President Yahya Jammeh, his party and a rights group said Saturday. Solo Sandeng, who had recently been promoted to organising secretary of …

The Hague, Netherlands | AFP  Deputy Kenyan President William Ruto was to learn later Tuesday if war crimes judges will throw out a case against him for his role in post-election bloodshed which left some 1,300 people dead. The judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) were to file a …

Opposition leader Col Dr. Kiiza Besigye will attend prayers today at the Forum For Democratic Change (FDC) party headquarters on Entebbe road. This will be his first function since being consigned to his house a day after the February 18 Uganda Presidential Elections. Although the Inspector General of Police Kale …

ANALYSIS| Ghetto President Bobi Wine…And why the urban poor hate Museveni Kampala, Uganda| HAGGAI MATSIKO | 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 …

By Andrew M Mwenda Why Tanzania’s new president is doing the right thing the wrong way and why he may fail Since early November 2015, newly elected Tanzanian president, John Pombe Magufuli, has captured the imagination of many African elites on social media by his brazen actions of cutting unnecessary …