Tag Archives: Saleh

  Saleh Reveals How Besigye Was Transferred To JCRC For Better Treatment   Namunkekera, Uganda | URN | Retired General Caleb Akandwanaho aka Salim Saleh, has revealed that he intervened to secure medical attention for detained opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye after finding him in what he described as an …

  COMMENT | CRISPIN KAHERU | Whereas some people are defined by the battles they fight or what they do when the guns fall silent, General Caleb Akandwanaho, better known as Salim Saleh, is uniquely understood by both. His place in Uganda’s military history is well established. Yet Saleh has always …

  How Stephen Nuwagaba has manipulated powerful individuals and extorted large sums of money from them   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM | On March 17, 2025, Gen Salim Saleh received a visitor sent to him by human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo at his residence in Gulu. The visitor …

  COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | Reader, three happenings and an interesting outlier this past week form the basis for this essay. The first: Public outrage over the manner in which Kampala’s immediate former Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, was arrested. As the controversy grew, a passionate member of the Patriotic …

COMMENT | CRISPIN KAHERU | Somewhere in Kampala today, a signboard reads “For Sale”. Passersby are nodding knowingly. They have worked it out. The name is right there, embedded in the transaction. Sale. Salim “Sale(h)”. It is practically a confession. Somewhere else, another board reads “Not For Sale.” The nodding continues. …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has postponed the deadline for evicting cattle keepers from northern Uganda to October 20, 2023.  The Northern Uganda State Minister, Grace Freedom Kwiyocwiny communicated the rescheduling during a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister in Gulu City on …

Inside the succession battle ahead of 2026 Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Until Gen. Salim Saleh appeared at the piping ceremony of his nephew Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, it appeared that veterans of the Bush War in Luwero preferred to stay away from the rabble-rousing erstwhile Army Commander of Land …

An analysis of the rationalising of gov’t agencies does not reveal the intended cost cutting NEW ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | The proposed merger of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) with its mother ministry- Works and Transport hangs over the roads agency like the Sword of Damocles. After a three …

Revealing the networks of people with power Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the April 30-07 issue of The Independent, Andrew Mwenda; in his column, wrote an article entitled “Paved with good intentions: How Western interventions in African affairs, even when well intentioned, produce bad results.” In that article, …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has been faulted over the failure to address inconsistent power supply in Northern Uganda. The power regulatory authority has been accused of sabotaging business development and industrialization in the Northern Region due to intermittent and low power supply. General …