By Bob Roberts Katende On August 25, Aswa County MP Reagan Okumu presented a list of 200 people he claims were killed by the UPDF in northern Ugandan at the height of the LRA insurgency. Why did he bring it out now? The Independent’s Bob Roberts Katende spoke to him …
Read More »Cabinet worried about who Otunnu represents
By Independent Reporter Is he simply the Trojan horse of yet unknown forces? The two-week whirlwind tour of the country by recently returned former UN under-secretary general Olara Otunnu is raising political temperatures in the country and worrying the NRM government in spite of the nonchalant attitude it has taken …
Read More »Can Otunnu revive UPC’s fortunes?
By Joe Powell On Saturday evening at the Serena the UPC stalwarts turned out in their droves, resplendent in bright red ties, shirts and kitenges, often accessorised with Obote pin badges. Alongside the UPC supporters were prominent members of other opposition parties, including Prof. Latigo, Jack Sabiti, Ken Lukyamuzi, Akbar …
Read More »Otunnu comes with message of opposition unity
By Bob Roberts Katende Asubo Macorious, is a strong Uganda Peoples Congress supporter. He left his home area, Arua on Friday at 9:30pm destined for Kampala then to Entebbe Airport; to welcome a person, not personally know to him, but one he believes has the ability to bring the change …
Read More »Otunnu is not automatic IPC joint presidential candidate for 2011
By Bob Roberts Katende Conservative Party president Ken Lukyamuzi is the current head of the opposition Inter-Party Cooperation. Bob Roberts Katende spoke to him about its recent retreat in Jinja. What’s your take on the appointment of Electoral Commissioners against the interparty cooperation’s call to have an input in composition …
Read More »Gambling on Otunnu
By Melina Platas Is he worth it or is Besigye, who got 37% of the vote in 2006, better? Olara Otunnu has re-entered Uganda’s political scene. But does this internationally renowned figure come home to divide or unite the opposition? The Inter-Party Coalition (IPC) meetings in the past few months …
Read More »Who is Otunnu?
By Charles Odoobo Bichachi Olara A. Otunnu is currently President of LBL Foundation for Children, a New York-based independent international organisation devoted to promoting protection, hope, healing and education for children in communities devastated by war. He is widely acclaimed for his leadership, vision, and extensive contribution in the fields …
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