Andrew Mwenda

By Andrew M. Mwenda Doesn’t a country that lost a million people deserve to protect its people against the threat of another genocide? In a space of one week in July, the Netherlands, Germany, UK and USA  announced they would cut their aid to Rwanda over its alleged involvement in …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Failure to define the necessary market regulation deprived lecture of the necessary nuance The lecture by economics Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz about the failures resulting from deregulation of financial markets in the United States and the need for a strict regulatory regime was engaging and frustrating …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How a tiny minority of trade unionists have used politics to wrest control from the majority of the fund’s subscribers. In his State of the Nation address, President Yoweri Museveni said government was going to borrow money from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to finance …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Museveni and Kagame’s reconciliation about year ago was a diplomatic coup for the history books. After 13 years of rivalry and mutual distrust, with accusations of mutual sabotage and assassination plots, they rebuilt their friendship relying on the most rudimentary of diplomatic props, yet the simplest …

By Andrew M. Mwenda If anyone wants a slice of the intimate life of the Museveni family, his wife’s autobiography delivers it I have spent eight months trying to shape my views on Mrs. Janet Museveni’s autobiography, My Life’s Journey. An autobiography is an attempt to tell others that:  “This …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Kinshasa accused of breaching agreement and process of integration of rebel CNDP By the beginning of April 2012, tensions were mounting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between the government in Kinshasa and many of its erstwhile commanders in its eastern regions. To defuse the …

By Andrew M. Mwenda On June 30, President YoweriMuseveni was guest of honour at a function in Rutooma village in Kabwohe town in Sheema District – a new district that was carved out of the wider Bushenyi. The event was to celebrate the 110th birthday of Asanansio Rutimbirayo, father of …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The best way to improve service delivery in Uganda is to concession most of it to the private sector Since 1995 the government of Uganda has been trying to build a hydro-power dam at Karuma. Attempts to get a private company to do the work ended …

By Andrew M. Mwenda On June 17, President Yoweri Museveni visited the family of his arch-rival, the late former President Milton Obote, and held talks with the widow, and former presidential candiate Miria Obote. This visit has since been a source of speculation. What has not been said is how …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The complexity of Kigali’s relationship with Kinshasa and the possible way tensions between the two countries could be reduced As fighting recently flared up between Tutsi rebels and government forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Rwanda government has found itself, once again at …