NEWS ANALYSIS

By Edgar Tushabe Muhairwe Muntu’s approach to the 2016 presidential elections campaigns shows major break with the past Since his election in November 2012 as the leader of Uganda’s biggest opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Maj Gen. Mugisha Muntu has shown a taste for a style of …

By Ronald Musoke When Dominic Ongwen finally had his day at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Jan.26, the simplicity of his testimony contrasted sharply with the complexity of his case. Though Ongwen probably spoke for less than five minutes out of the 47 minutes that the entire event lasted, …

By Ian Katusiime When a graduate with the right theory meets an employer looking for practical skills By Ian Katusiime Makerere University’s 65th graduation ceremony was the usual excited hubbub of graduands in their black gowns and mortarboards and hoods of many colours. In the medley was Isaac who was …

By Haggai Matsiko What did the country do wrong? When he arrived in Kampala from Paris in October 2014, the tough talking new Total E&P (Exploration and Production) boss Francois Rafin had one mission on hand; securing a production licence. Where the man he was replacing, Loic Laurandel, had cooed …

By Patrick Kagenda City taps to remain dry as NWSC battles self-inflicted problems Kampala city, which sits on the edge of the world’s second biggest fresh water body; Lake Victoria, is reeling from a water shortage reminiscent of the 1990s. Once again, queues of residents can be seen fetching water …

By Haggai Matsiko Brig. Muhoozi’s role and why UPDF might produce President’s successor President Yoweri Museveni has stirred up dust with his assertion that he cannot leave power for as long as he is still energetic and has control of the army.  Soon after his utterances became the highlight of …

By Flavia Nassaka Recent attacks on journalists expose the plot to cover up crimes Jan. 12 was like any other normal working day for WBS TV’s Andrew Lwanga. When he was assigned to cover a demonstration by a group calling itself the Unemployed Youth Association, he did not think much …

By Patrick Kagenda Villagers where Museveni based his war say they will develop with or without his help During its five-year fight against the government of President Milton Obote in the so-called `Luweero Triangle’, then – National Resistance Army (NRA) rebels led by Yoweri Museveni often issued `I-owe-you’ chits to …

By Ian Katusiime As NRM celebrates its 29th victory anniversary Museveni has weakened all his opponents; why then is his party so weakened? Every Jan.26, when the NRM marks the anniversary of its victory in 1986; it seeks to present itself as a popular government by holding the celebrations in …

By Ronald Musoke Should a child who was abducted and turned into a killing machine as an adult be punished for it? Hours before Brigadier Dominic Ongwen was flown from the AU Regional Task Force base in Obo to Bangui, the Central African Republic capital, a handful of his victims—former …