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By Andrew M. Mwenda He was trying to avoid one death when he fell into another Maj. Gen. James Bunanukye Kazini spent most of Monday evening November 9 out with his girlfriend, Lydia Draru a.k.a. Lydia Atim Draru. At about 5am, the former Uganda People’s Defence Forces army commander dropped …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati & Joshua Masinde Some receptionists earn higher salary than govt doctors When Shs 900 million was stolen from under the bed of now interdicted National Forestry Authority (NFA) executive director Damian Akankwasa, the question was how he could have earned such big money when he is …

By Independent Team Shs 500bn spent on army per year but soldiers live in huts, lack toilets, dead bodies kept in patients wards President and commander-in-chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Gen. Yoweri Museveni, has publicly said he cherishes the army and is a strong believer in the …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Police point at cycle of accidents peaking between July and New Year On October 26 presidential advisor on Religious Affairs Albert Byaruhanga died when his car knocked two pedestrians at Kyanda on Mubende Mityana road leaving one dead. In the same week, on October 21 two …

By Agnes Asiimwe Five heads of state, ministers and delegates from across the African continent met in Kampala last week for a special summit to deal with forced displacement in Africa. The meeting was convened to forge a way to avoid mass and forced displacement on a continent that already …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati & Matsiko wa Mucoori Contractors paid before signing agreements In January 2008, Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi gave the Auditor General James Muwanga a 30-day deadline to deliver audited accounts of expenditure on the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Kampala in November …

By Odoobo C. Bichachi, Patrick Kagenda & John Njoroge A whopping Shs 900 million in cash under the pillow, in the mattress cover or somewhere in a wardrobe in the master bedroom! Wherever National Forestry Authority (NFA) executive director, Damian Akankwasa, kept his money, the revelation last week that his …

  Report shows how govt lost Shs 452 billion in Umeme deal – Who is to blame? By Andrew M. Mwenda | When General Salim Saleh presented the report of his investigations into the high cost of electricity in Uganda to Energy Minister Hillary Onek on October 5, the focus was …

By P. Matsiko wa Mucoori Over the last twenty years, President Yoweri Museveni has baffled observers with his relations with the Ugandan media. He has simultaneously been the strongest promoter of press freedom and its biggest threat. He has jailed and prosecuted as many journalists as he has dined with. …

By Joseph Were & Odoobo C. Bichachi  What was Buganda and NRM’s strategy, and where could it lead the country? President Yoweri Museveni might have waited four years but on September 30, one of his biggest wishes was granted ‘ a meeting with Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi. The …