Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | President Yoweri Museveni has asked cultural leaders not to divide people based on tribes and religion. The President said this while speaking to some clan heads from Buganda at State House Entebbe on Wednesday. The group was led by the State Minister for Information Technology …
Read More »Tribal conflicts eating up Church of Uganda – Bishop Rwobusisi
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop Emeritus of Cyangugu Diocese in Rwanda Geoffrey Rwobusisi has expressed disappointment following the increasing tribal conflict in the church. Bishop Rwobusisi says that tribalism is a very dangerous vice that has been slowly eating up Uganda but what is more worrying is …
Read More »NUP defectors accuse party of tribalism, corruption and violence
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 supporters of the National Unity Platform in Acholi and Lango sub region have defected to the National Resistance Movement-NRM party this week alone. The defectors are from Nwoya, Amuru, Gulu, Pader and Kitgum districts in Acholi sub region and Lira city. They …
Read More »ON BIZONTO: A time for introspection
COMMENT | PAUL KALUNGI | “If you ever wish to understand anything, study its birth and its development”. So if you want to understand Bizonto’s drama on the current government in power, rather than reading the day’s headlines, study its development and evolution from FRONASA to PRA to NRA …
Read More »The monster of tribalism
By Haggai Matsiko West, Central dominate juicy public jobs Jitters over tribalism linger as Museveni caps 28 years in power A story was told recently of a major government institution where the top managers conduct their meetings in a local language with English interspersed in between once in a while. …
Read More »Tribalism can never breed nationalism
By P. Matsiko wa Mucoori I am now under no illusion that no political party is immune to internal intrigue. The only difference perhaps is in the scope. The opposition used to laugh at NRM when infighting was, or is it still, threatening to tear the party apart. Before they …
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