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By Achola Rosario Captain Mike Mukula, the former Ugandan health minister and current National Resistance Movement (NRM) vice-chairman for eastern Uganda, in a Wikileaks cable released on the 30/08/2011 titled “NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT INSIDER SEES TROUBLE AHEAD” warned that the … Continue reading

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President Yoweri Museveni has lashed out at government officials who dodge their duties saying that they will face the law Continue reading

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People’s Progressive Party President Jabel Bidandi Ssali has criticized President Museveni for creating new ministries worsening the tax payer’s burden.
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President Museveni has appointed Minister of the Presidency, Beatrice Wabudeya, as the first Cabinet minister in charge of Kampala and created six new cabinet ministries expanding an already mammoth cabinet of 71 ministers to 77.

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Uganda’s Ethics and integrity minister, known for his distaste for mini-skirts and homosexuality, Nsaba Buturo has resigned. Buturo handed over office to State Minister in the office of the Vice President James Baba. Continue reading

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Voting for the Kampala mayor and area councilors started today morning but late. Reports indicate that the delays were intended to prevent ballot stuffing and other malpractices. Continue reading

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Opposition leaders Dr. Olara Otunnu (UPC) and former Independent candidate Samuel Walter Lubega have said that today’s demonstration has been peaceful. Continue reading

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Following the February 18 elections Presidential and Parliamentary, several opposition leaders including those who did not even bother to vote like Olara Otunnu (UPC) have declared the 2011 elections a sham and want something done about it. Continue reading

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Is Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni beating the same fateful path as Ben Ali, Mubarak and Gaddafi? J. Oloka-Onyango analyses Museveni’s latest election victory. When the lithe, 42-year-old guerilla leader Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (‘M7’ or ‘Ssevo’ to his supporters) emerged from … Continue reading

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Former Ibanda North MP Major Guma Gumisiriza and five others were today charged with murder in Ibanda Chief Magistrate’s Court. Continue reading

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