When Rebecca Kadaga fell on May 24, Museveni appended parliament to his courtyard in a grim proposition COMMENT | RAJAB KAKYAMA | Refer to: “NRM leaders pick Oulanyah” (the Independent online May 23). As Ugandans warm up for President Yoweri Museveni’s sixth term, the cynosure is at parliament tomorrow. Uganda …
Read More »COMMENT: Mwenda’s pragmatism and mivumba
COMMENT: By Rajab Kakyama Second-hand clothes – Mwenda shouldn’t be in hurry to displace workers in this sector to become beggars on the fringes of great cities Refer to: “America’s harmful threats” (The Independent Aug.26). Unfortunately, I do agree with Mwenda on principle but disagree with his method of …
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 »Is terrorism part of America’s DNA?
By Rajab Kakyama Capitalism is the fullest expression of anarchism and anarchism is the fullest expression of capitalism Refer to “America’s slippery slope” (The Independent July 05). Before George Orwell published his novel in 1948, Albert Einstein in 1917 wrote to a friend that “our much – praised technological progress …
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