Tag Archives: Haggai Matsiko

By Haggai Matsiko Police chief’s new term begins years amidst stiff criticism as his force celebrates a hundred Inside the Uganda Police Force command centre on the second floor of the three-storeyed Shs9 billion plush Police headquarters located in Naguru in Kampala, about 30 police officers, neatly clad in khaki …

By Haggai Matsiko Parliamentary Defence Committee says wrong priorities threaten national security If not addressed, problems in the way the way the UPDF is run pose national security threats, according to analysts including some on the powerful Parliamentary Defence Committee. An indication of this emerged this September as the parliamentary …

By Haggai Matsiko Why Mbabazi-Museveni fight threatens to widen fault lines in the ruling party months ahead of the 2016 polls On Sept.19, a day after President Yoweri Museveni had sacked his long-serving Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi, the towering new US$36 million Chinese-built President’s office building  was placed under distinct siege …

By Haggai Matsiko Prime Minister must make difficult decisions as he eyes President Museveni’s chair Huge pools of muddy water threaten the fading yellow fence wall of the ruling party, National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretariat headquarters on Plot 10 Kyadondo Road in Kampala.  On a street that is dotted with …

By Haggai Matsiko West, Central dominate juicy public jobs Jitters over tribalism linger as Museveni caps 28 years in power A story was told recently of a major government institution where the top managers conduct their meetings in a local language with English interspersed in between once in a while.  …

By Angella Abushedde and Haggai Matsiko Members say Muntu’s 600-day reign has killed the party On Aug.7, General Mugisha Muntu made exactly one year, eight months and 15 days in office as the Party President for the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). And, it appears, his strategy is finally becoming …

By Haggai Matsiko Details of President’s meetings exposed Mbabazi, Otafiire, Nyombi, Byabagambi, Byandala, Solicitor General, UPDF officials sucked in Confusion threatens to hurt oil industry. On July 25 President Yoweri Museveni held a crisis meeting at his country home in Rwakitura with government officials over the roughly US$ 8 billion …

By Haggai Matsiko Can the ministry of Finance stop the thieves? Butaleja district in eastern Uganda always has some of the worst performing schools in national primary and secondary level exams. In a recent report, the Butaleja District Education Officer, Philips Kalyebi, blamed the poor results on the pupils. He …

By Haggai Matsiko & Flavia Nassaka Alarm over terror alerts, attacks on police, army installations July 3, 2014: The U.S Embassy issues terror alert: The U.S Embassy has received information from the Uganda Police Force (UPF) that according to intelligence sources there is a specific threat to attack Entebbe International …

By Haggai Matsiko How close links to Mbabazi  cost Chinese US$3bn deal When Uganda’s Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi visited China in June last year, he met with Wang Yilin, the chairman of China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC).   At the time, The Independent heard from sources that the two discussed …