By Asuman Bisiika On March 15, Uganda started withdrawing its troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was three months since December 14, 2008 when the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), with the support of the Congolese and South Sudanese armies, launched a military offensive against the Lords Resistance …
Read More »Museveni is deceitful – Matembe
By Onghwens Kisangala Ms Miria Matembe, a leading woman activist, former minister and MP, spoke to The Independents Ongwens Kisangala about why she fell out with President Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) government. Excerpts. You accuse the NRM of deviating from its original principles. How is NRM …
Read More »Sacrifice or privilege?
By Independent Team Details of how much Museveni’s State House costs the taxpayer During his inaugural Speech when he was being sworn in as President of Uganda on January 29th 1986, Yoweri Museveni mocked fellow African leaders. ‘We want our people to be able to afford shoes,’ he said as …
Read More »Who owns Naguru- Nakawa estate land?
By John Njoroge The battle for the Naguru-Nakawa housing project has now taken a new twist with another group of land seekers joining the ranks in a manner that resembles the 19 century scramble and partition of Africa. According to Alaka and Company Advocates, the law firm that was representing …
Read More »Museveni govt’s Family Tree
By The Independent Team In the story Family Rule In Uganda: How The Museveni Clan Runs Government in our Issue 050 of The Independent, only a small list of the president’s relatives in government was mentioned in the story. In this issue, we publish a bigger list of relatives and …
Read More »The trouble with Uganda’s democracy
By Andrew M. Mwenda Finally, we are coming to the coronation of Yoweri Museveni as a presidential monarch. First, it was amendment of the constitution to remove term limits on the presidency so that he can run for president in perpetuity. It turns out that is not enough to ensure …
Read More »Mbeiza explains why Museveni is her friend
By Kibuuka Steven Margaret Kirisa Mbeiza, woman MP for Kaliro District was appointed by President Yoweri Museveni to become the state minister for Economic Monitoring. She failed to go through the vetting process at Parliament and her approval was deferred for further clarification from the president. She talked to The …
Read More »Are NRM bush war heroes plotting against Museveni?
By Odoobo C. Bichachi & P. Matsiko wa Mucoori Kololo meetings celebrate Otafiire ‘downfall’; 2016 is too far to wait In his autobiography, Sowing the Mustard Seed; the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni argued that in his search for power, former Ugandan President Milton Obote …
Read More »Can Uganda beat the proverbial curse of oil?
By Henry Zakumumpa A growing body of evidence suggests that oil, far from being a blessing to African countries is a curse. Without exception, every developing country where oil has been discovered has seen its standard of living decline and its people suffer, while its less endowed neighbours have gone …
Read More »You want freedom? It is expensive
By Andrew M. Mwenda Last week, The Independent published a list of the relatives and in laws of President Yoweri Museveni that have been politically appointed into senior positions in government. We also did an analysis of why the president has sought a strategy of family rule and its likely …
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