COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | In 2007, President Yoweri Museveni made a bold decision to deploy UPDF members to then-troubled Somalia. This followed the formation of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia in Nairobi, Kenya, between October and November 2004, after nearly two years of peace talks …
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COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | The Government of Uganda declared 29th October as a National Day to commemorate the martyrdom of Bishop James Hannington. This year, the national commemoration took place in Mayuge District at Kyando. Bishop James Hannington was a modern-day martyr who was killed on October …
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COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | Uganda’s 64th Independence Day was celebrated remotely at State House Entebbe on 9th October, 2026. The guest list was not more than 50 people. No grand parades by the members of the armed forces, no musicians singing revolutionary songs, and no grand …
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COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | While canvassing for votes in the last presidential and parliamentary elections of 2025/6, President Yoweri Museveni conceived the recent uniform five-cow per-household restocking plan for Teso, Lango and Acholi subregions. This followed widespread public dissatisfaction and corruption concerns over the initial legalistic compensation …
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COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | In the Greater Kigezi subregion of western Uganda, a shared consensus spans generations, uniting Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials alike. When it came to choosing a secondary school, the definitive choice was always Kigezi College Butobere, widely celebrated as “SINIYA”—a Rukiga term that perfectly …
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Latif Sebagala, Odonga Otto, et al.; Opposition is decamping to NRM COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | Sometime in 2016, President Yoweri Museveni vowed to neutralise the cantankerous Opposition political parties completely. In his view they were not adding helpful political hygiene to Uganda’s political development. He made the …
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COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | Sometime in 2015, while travelling with my former boss and now the Member of Parliament representing Older Persons of Eastern Uganda, Ofwono Opondo, he read my mind in a way that was so revealing. We were on a trip to Arua …
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COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | President Yoweri Museveni has, for over the last 20 years, been passionately crusading for wealth creation for all Ugandans. Indeed, he has championed several programmers all meant to uplift the economic status of Ugandans. From Entandikwa to Operation Wealth Creation, NAADS to now …
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COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | Across Africa, informed senior citizens know that President Yoweri Museveni is passionate about integrating the continent if we are to survive in this crudely competitive capitalist world order. …
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COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | South Africa is in the news, unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons. Imagine Black Africans chasing and lynching fellow Africans, who are seeking economic fortunes, out of their country. For some time, South Africa has been the number one economy in Africa because of …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
