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By Bob Kasango Deployment of security forces at Mengo court contributed to the disregard of the High Court order and assaulted independence of our judiciary. The saga involving the vote recount in Rubaga Division in Kampala is bringing to the fore again the clash between the judiciary and the executive. …

By Ellady Nuyambi Ambassador Julius Onen, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, the Minister Kahinda Otafiire and official document on the ministry’s website at www.mtti.go.ug confirm that the museum building will be demolished and the artifacts therein will be stored for up to 10 years until construction of …

We need to take responsibility for ourselves, to empower our people. External assistance is okay. But we need to begin with our own solutions. And so it was that on my flight from Amsterdam to Dubai I stumbled upon a documentary on poverty in Malawi by singer Madonna. Like most …

By Kevin Kelly Remembering Ireland’s own recovery as a nation, it stands with Uganda in her journey to prosperity. St. Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s national day, is celebrated on 17th March every year.  On this day, Irish people and their friends across the world engage in celebrations of our heritage and …

By Andrew .M. Mwenda Foreign intervention should not seek to win the war for Libyans. It should give them the tools to do so themselves. As street protests across the Arab world are forcing governments in that region to reform their authoritarian ways, the ones in Libya have degenerated into …

By Moses Byaruhanga If voter turnout was 60% and 68% of this voted Museveni, why should one think the 40% who did not vote were against him? A lot has been written about last month’s presidential elections that were won by President Museveni with a 68%. Some of the critics …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Thus like many millenarian cults, many people supporting Besigye believed in their own self-righteousness and assumed everyone shared their outrage Last week, opposition leader Kizza Besigye, claimed to have won the February presidential election. He claimed that by the time his own party’s tally centre was …

By Charles Onyango-Obbo People have lost faith in elections and stayed away in 2011. That’s why he did not use violence this time because people were not fighting back. President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in the February 18 elections, and the fact that his percentage of the vote increased from 58 …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Will Museveni use his 2011 national victory to retire gracefully like Mandela and Nyerere or entrench himself in power like Fidel Castro and Gaddafi? Now that President Yoweri Museveni has won re-election with an increased mandate, what should he do? This election has been important for …

By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed As early as 2015, the average Arab will be forced to survive on less than 500 cubic meters of water per year, a level defined as severe scarcity Economic want and inequality, as much as political repression, incited the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions. It is, of …