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By Onghwens Kisangala Dr John Jean Barya, associate professor in the department of public and comparative law at Makarere University, comments on the political events in Uganda in an interview with The Independents Onghwens Kisangala. This is the second in a two-part series. FDC experienced some internal upheavals in the …

I pick up where I left off last week: the tragic collapse in the quality of government in Uganda has gone hand-in-hand with corruption on a scale never previously witnessed. Roads are full of potholes, schools are burning, hospitals are death traps and public parks are overgrown bushes. Public institutions …

By Steven Kibuuka & Onghwens Kisangala Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) held its delegates conference three weeks ago, agreeing to change the party constitution to enable early replacement of current party president Miria Obote after five years instead of seven. By contrast, the Democratic Party (DP), like Forum for Democratic Change …