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Mwenda: Divided we are eaten

By Eng. Kant Ateenyi Kanyarusoke If divisionism is so good, why have America, India, and China not considered splitting up? Andrew Mwenda’s arguments for Africa to remain as politically divided as is now (See “Divided we stand, united we fall” The Independent Feb.14) ought to provoke robust responses from all …

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The other side of Gen. Kazini

By Patrick Kamara Even in the late 1990s, Fort-Portal town in western Uganda was a clean little town with its well-kept flower-lined roads. This capital of Kabarole District is also home of the Tooro kingdom at the foot of the incredibly beautiful Rwenzori Mountains. Back then, despite the Allied Democratic …

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Grabbing Karamoja’s gold

By Ronald Musoke American, Indian, Arab companies invade mineral-rich region Acerer village in Nakapiripirit District shows how mineral-rich this north eastern region of Uganda is.  It is your classic Karamoja hamlet with traditional manyatta thorn-stick and mud settlements in lush green acacia thickets located just half a kilometer from the …

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