NEWS ANALYSIS

By Independent team Museveni’s trip to Israel excites media Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, which is considered to be very influential among government leaders, ran a headline:  “Ugandan President Museveni has quietly met with the head of Mossad”, it was reported that the visit on Nov.12 to 14 was prepared …

By Agather Atuhaire Scholars warn of more protests if dialogue does not replace repression of opposition As hard economic times bite and it looks like President Yoweri Museveni has decided to become more repressive instead of trying to democratise a hungry nation, agitation is increasing for national dialogue. That is …

By Bob Kasango Their `century’ shouldn’t be perceived as the end of men On Sept. 21 Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff became the first woman ever to give the opening speech at UN General Assembly session. She called this ‘the century of women’. Barely a fortnight later, three women won the …

By Haggai Matsiko American group shows how torturing Besigye could affect the President At 25 years in power, Yoweri Museveni is the fifth longest president in Africa and pressure is mounting on him to quit. In the latest salvo, a November 11 report by an American democracy analysis group, the …

By Mukiibi Sserunjogi Have judges resorted to ‘judicial activism’ to address election rigging? Before the High Court session that is currently hearing election petitions arising out of the February elections opened, few politicians had faith in resorting to courts if they felt their votes were stolen. One of the pessimists …

By Rukiya Makuma What next after opposition leaders are accused of failure to organise? On Oct. 16, a day before what Walk to Work organisers promised would be a massive resumption of the protests that paralysed the country in April, the Jinja highway was crowded with police patrol cars zooming …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi and Agather Atuhaire Defending the Prime Minister may have left Museveni with a narrowing circle of allies. Is he worth it? NRM members unhappy with the way their chairman and secretary general are running the party voice one common grudge: their “leader is surrounded”. Ruling party …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati NFA’s tree planting campaign may fetch fortunes in carbon credits, but residents displaced by the green farms are yet to find a home The beautiful, endless, lush greenery of young forest captures the eye as one enters Kikandwa trading centre. It goes all the way to …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati The difference 30 years makes In 1980 Kamwokya was a bushy swamp, populated by hunters and migrant Bafumbira yam growers. The area of the Ministers’ Village in Ntinda looked like a forest reserve, its bushes alive with the music of playful monkeys. Kiwatule was then a …

By Rukiya Makuma An “unexpected” baby girl upsets her parent’s precarious livelihood and opens debate on whether Uganda can afford its population growth In the small one-roomed tenement, Mary Aheebwa lies on a small bed, her parents’ most valuable possession. Born early morning on Oct. 31, Aheebwa weighed in at …