Tag Archives: Museveni

By Charles Onyango-Obbo Recently I was visiting with Andrew Mwenda, the Strategy and Editorial Director of The Independent at his Butabika home when he squeezed me for a favour. He asked that I write about what I thought President Yoweri Museveni was trying to achieve with his “reconciliatory” actions towards …

By Joseph Were Museveni’s schmoozing with Stiglitz bad news for Mutebile When President Yoweri Museveni spoke at this year’s Joseph Memorial lecture in Kampala of the desirability of a “hybrid” economy, he marked a retreat from the current free market regime to his mixed economy days of the 1980s.  Time …

By The Independent Team Museveni and Byanyima never had any major political differences, and now it seems they have resolved the personal ones One June 2011 day, about mid-day, a Toyota Land Cruiser drove through the gates of State House, Entebbe. There was nothing especially remarkable about the car, but …

The President’s reconciliatory visit to Miria Obote reveals a truth he has run from for more than 30 years When Museveni first came to power, he used to talk a lot about the NRM line being correct. He no longer does so. This is because the line has not only …

By Yoga Adhola The President’s reconciliatory visit to Miria Obote reveals a truth he has run from for more than 30 years When Museveni first came to power, he used to talk a lot about the NRM line being correct. He no longer does so. This is because the line …

By Andrew M. Mwenda If anyone wants a slice of the intimate life of the Museveni family, his wife’s autobiography delivers it I have spent eight months trying to shape my views on Mrs. Janet Museveni’s autobiography, My Life’s Journey. An autobiography is an attempt to tell others that:  “This …

By Andrew M. Mwenda On June 30, President YoweriMuseveni was guest of honour at a function in Rutooma village in Kabwohe town in Sheema District – a new district that was carved out of the wider Bushenyi. The event was to celebrate the 110th birthday of Asanansio Rutimbirayo, father of …

By Agather Atuhaire No good news, no new promises expected in new budget President Yoweri Museveni has been forced to face the 9th Parliament twice in seven days – a situation he would have been glad to avoid if he had a choice. On June 7, he was reading a …

By Agather Atuhaire Prime minister’s presidential ambition seems to have ruined a perfect partnership Two weeks before the 2010 delegates’ conference that saw Amama Mbabazi elected as secretary general of the ruling National Resistance Movement party, the National Executive Committee sat and agreed with party Chairman President Yoweri Museveni that …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Why is President allowing Madhvani sugar but blocking Tirupati? In December last year, the cultural leader of the Baruuli, Ssabaruuli Mwogezzi Butamanya, petitioned President Yoweri Museveni after Tirupati Development (U) Limited, a real estate investment company moved to evict 3,000 people hailing from Lwabyata sub-county in …