An the hurdles for the opposition trying to unseat him | SAKWA M JAMES | In 2021, at least 15 million Ugandans will queue in their respective polling stations to choose their preferred leaders, and as always the greatest attention will focus on the presidential race. The last time this …
Read More »WORLD BANK: Most Ugandans stuck with poor quality jobs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many Ugandans are stuck with poor quality jobs, a fix that has seen them work longer hours but with falling earnings, a World Bank report has revealed. The report shows that due to poor quality jobs, value-added is very low even when people work. The report …
Read More »COVER STORY: Museveni and Mbabazi
Historicals, party leaders, cadres speak out Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi likes to keep people guessing. In the run-up to the 2016 election, he created a famous tongue-twister to answer whenever he was asked if he would run against President Yoweri Museveni. “I will …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Museveni and Mbabazi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Museveni and Mbabazi: NRM Historicals, party leaders, cadres speak out THE WEEK Helicopter crash: World mourns NBA legend Kobe Bryant THE LAST WORD Why economic growth matters: Evidence of how GDP growth has led …
Read More »ANALYSIS: 34 years in power
The successes and the challenges of NRM Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), marked Liberation Day January 26 in Ibanda District, western Uganda. Liberation Day commemorates the NRM capture of power in 1986 after a five-year guerrilla war. The 34th anniversary was …
Read More »Bobi Wine and Besigye
Bobi Wine and Besigye: Who gains, loses in partnership? Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Did the May 6 agreement between Bobi Wine and Kizza Besigye to “partner” against President Yoweri Museveni weaken the People Power leader? Did it strengthen a sinking Besigye? Besigye, representing the People’s Government, and Robert …
Read More »Natonal Bank shareholders demand Sh295bn for ‘illegal closure’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Shareholders of the defunct National Bank of Commerce (NBC) are demanding sh295 billion as compensation from Bank of Uganda (BoU) over the closure of their Bank. The shareholders include former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, businessman Amos Nzeyi, former Supreme Court Judge George Wilson …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Mbabazi appointed to the Brazzaville Foundation advisory board
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following years of speculation about his next destination, former Prime Minister and 2016 Go Forward Presidential candidate John Patrick Amama Mbabazi has joined the advisory board of the London based peace and conservation organization, The Brazzaville Foundation. “The Brazzaville Foundation is honored to welcome the …
Read More »Does this woman know who killed Kaweesi?
Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | She has met President Yoweri Museveni and the Director General of the Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Col. Frank Kaka Bagyenda. She is now being guarded by the Special Forces Command, the elite troops that protect the President but she still fears for her life. And the …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Katureebe’s Kenyan test
ANALYSIS: Kenya Supreme Court annulment of election reignites debate over Uganda ruling Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | On the evening of Sept.4, in the boardroom of his offices on Plot 103, Buganda Road, Mohmed Mbabazi, the lead lawyer in the 2016 Amama Mbabazi presidential elections petition, appeared like he was …
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