What Uganda’s opposition lacks and how it has relegated them into a position of perpetual sower losers THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | In our column last week, we argued that how to challenge President Yoweri Museveni in an election has to respond to the specific ways in …
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THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | At the beginning of January, I drove from Kabale to Rukungiri, Bushenyi, Kaseese, Fort Portal, Kyenjojo, Mubende, Mityana and Kampala. Then in the last week of the election, I was joined by Prof. Melina Platas of New York University and Prof. Jude …
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Why the problem at our national career is not one of new business trying to find its way but of grossly incompetent management THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | As the new year begins during the last two weeks of a presidential election, I feel it is necessary …
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How the US president is breathing fresh air into international affairs that had been poisoned by too much moralism THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | For the first time in my adult life, I have read a United States National Security Strategy that speaks sense. What President …
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Why the new electricity distributor is under fire from both the ministry and the regulator THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Daily Monitor reported on Friday, December 5, 2025, that the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabanja, had stopped the minister of energy from firing the top management …
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How our president greatest failure has been inability to manage his own success THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Recently, I drove to Busia, then to Bushenyi. I often drive to Gulu, Hoima and Fort Portal via Mubende. These experiences both stress and depress me. Kampala and …
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How our country lacks the policies and institutional rules to achieve its ambitious development goals THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | The Ugandan government has set itself a very ambitious goal: to expand the economy by 1,000% in 15 years. This means the economy must grow at an annual …
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How it is intriguing that Museveni’s campaign has not sought to use new information weapons effectively THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Look at social media, where most Ugandans have migrated to for information about campaigns. Both campaigns, President Yoweri Museveni and his NRM and Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi …
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Why “Protecting the Gains” demonstrates how the president and his communication team are talking to themselves THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign strapline, “Protecting the Gains,” shows NRM’s lack of a vision for the future of the country. But let me begin with the truths …
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Lessons for Bobi Wine from Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to become New York City mayor THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Zohran Mamdani, son of our own Prof. Mahmoud Mamdani of Buziga, Kampala, is poised to win the race for New York City (NYC) mayor. At 34, Zohran has …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
