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By Andrew M. Mwenda Why obsession with presidential term limits in Africa is a secular gospel based on faith than historic facts US President Barack Obama excited a section of Africa’s elite when he denounced African leaders who rule for very long, some even dying in office. This seems common …

He promised a fundamental change Easily the most quoted statement that Yoweri Museveni has ever made is the one pertaining to the fundamental change he promised at the time he was being sworn in for the first time as Uganda’s president on January 26, 1986. Museveni was emphatic about what …

By Joan Akello Ingrid Turinawe, chairperson of the Women’s League Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) talked to Joan Akello about activism We should not kill each other over politics Ingrid Turinawe, chairperson of the Women’s League Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) talked to Joan Akello about activism Things we don’t …

By Flavia Nassaka From winning the election to keeping the seat; politicians have to dig deeper in their pockets. Everyone doesn’t like it and everyone is doing it. Emmanuel Lumala Dombo knows how to win an election. He has done it four times in Bunyole East constituency in Butaleja district. …

By Joan Akello Abel John Julian Rwendeire, Deputy Chairperson National Planning Authority (NPA), former MP and minister talked to Joan Akello about his family and politics. Anything we don’t know about you? I value local music and play enanga (harp in Rukiga). By age five, my mother had given me …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the renegade general’s antics demonstrate the poverty of opposition politics in Uganda and elsewhere in Africa The return of Gen. David Sejusa aka Tinyefuza from exile in the United Kingdom on Dec.14 was sudden and, for most people, unexpected. Tinyefuza has been a consistent disappointment …

By Patrick Kagenda Cheers and tears as Busoga becomes kingmakers’ arena Friday, Sept. 12 was a day like no other in Jinja, the main town in the Obwakyabazing Bwabusoga kingdom on the shores of Lake Victoria in central eastern Uganda.  The impending coronation of Prince Nadiope Gabula IV as king …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How Museveni has centralised and personalised while at the same time decentralised and institutionalised it with the help of his opponents Last week, a very successful Ugandan businessman invited me visit a big project he is doing in collaboration with the government on one of its …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why the anti homosexuality law is most likely going to be used for political rather than moral reasons Finally President Yoweri Museveni has “yielded” to the advice of “our scientists” to sign the anti homosexual bill. Most Ugandan elites who were cheering him on social media …

By Andrew M.Mwenda Understanding the popularity of Museveni and Besigye through evolutionary science To understand the incentives that drive citizens who vote and the politicians who seek their votes, we may need to appreciate the lessons of evolutionary psychology especially in regard to male-female sexual relations. (I am sorry for …