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By Ronald Musoke Kayihura, Lumumba reveal NRM’s 2016 plan Just days to the Feb.18 general election, tension and fear of election-related violence is rising across the country. Pressure has gone up over recent statements by the top leaders of the army, police, and the ruling NRM party warning opponents of …

By Ronald Musoke The UN’s World Food Programme recently launched its five year country programme for Uganda focusing on disaster relief and improving the lives of smallholder farmers. Michael Dunford, the WFP country director for Uganda explained it to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke What is the main focus of WFP’s …

By Ronald Musoke A remarkable legacy or missed opportunity? As Ugandans converged at St. Leo’s College Kyegobe in the western town of Fort Portal to mark 30 years of uninterrupted leadership of President Yoweri Museveni’s National Resistance Movement (NRM) under the theme; “30 Years of NRM’s Committed Stewardship: A Remarkable …

Dominic Ongwen, the former top commander of the Lord’s Resistance Movement (LRA) is expected back in the Pre-Trial Chamber II at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for the confirmation of charges hearing. The five-day session started on Jan.21 and is expected to go on until Jan.27. It will …

By Ronald Musoke Mystery over bodies found at Entebbe Over 5000 people drown in Lake Victoria every year, according to a commonly used statistic, but when it emerged that up to 13 bodies had washed up on beaches on its shores in Entebbe-Uganda after Boxing Day, the nation was shocked. …

By Ronald Musoke Is elephant poaching making its way back in Uganda’s game parks? The news that half a dozen elephants were killed late last year by ivory hunters in Queen Elizabeth National Park has triggered off both anger and frustration within the Ugandan conservation fraternity.  Nelson Guma, the manager …

By Ronald Musoke On Nov. 05, Tanzanians got a president who some called “an accident” because of the unorthodox way he got elected. Within a week, President John Pombe Magufuli, 56, had made it clear that his style of leadership would also be quite unorthodox.  Magufuli’s antics have captured headlines …

By Agnes E. Nantaba & Ronald Musoke Will Besigye soldiers deliver in his ‘war’ aimed at ‘giving power back to the people?’ Ahead of the official kickoff of the presidential campaign on Nov.09, Dr. Kizza Besigye, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential aspirant in the 2016 general election wasted …

Dr. Kizza Besigye will vie for next year’s presidential election alongside seven others following clearance from the Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday. The eight candidates cleared include; Yoweri Museveni, the incumbent, running on the NRM party ticket; Amama Mbabazi, Museveni’s erstwhile ally and former prime minister and NRM Secretary General running …

Several civil society organizations working in Uganda’s health sector have petitioned the US government through its Kampala mission to review its current position in the ongoing negotiations with the so-called least developed countries in Geneva, Switzerland, over access to affordable medicines. Locked in negotiations with the US are Uganda, Nepal …