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By Haggai Matsiko How the UPDF has become a continental billion dollar powerhouse Michael Pelletier, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Democracy for the Africa Bureau has told The Independent that President Yoweri Museveni’s role in finding African solutions for African problems is becoming globally recognised. As a result, Pelletier …

Lessons from Kibaki for Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi ANALYSIS | JM KAVUMA-KAGWA | February, 2013 | Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president, Jomo Kenyatta, and Raila Odinga, the son of his Vice President, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, are contesting in the March 4 Kenyan General Election to succeed President Mwai …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why the president must be happy with the current debate between him and his leading critic I have been following with keen interest the debate in the press between President Yoweri Museveni and opposition leader and activist, Dr. Kizza Besigye. From the standpoint of a democratic …

By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition Democratic Party has accused president Museveni of hijacking parliament whenever issues of accountability and corruption arise. Democratic Party Deputy Spokesperson Kenneth Kakande said that the president is protecting corrupt officers which will lead to the country’s loss of billions from the donors. “Museveni is also involved …

By Julius Odeke Its three days to elections in Butaleja district where electorates shall go to polls to vote for the woman Member of Parliament filling the vacant post that was left empty after the death of Cerinah Nebanda. The electoral Commission has slated February 11 to be the day …

By Sarah Namulondo President Museveni has responded to the Sunday Monitor Feb 3rd published interview of Dr. Besigye. In his letter “clarifications of Besigye’s lies” he said Dr Besigye submission that the NRM has failed the economy by not living up to the point number five of the NRM programme …

By Haggai Matsiko Why refusal to recall parliament will not save Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, the Speaker of Parliament, will be on the spot when the House reconvenes in a few days. The façade of a fiercely independent speaker she had built has been dealt a heavy blow by her decision …

By Masari Aim Smith The late Muammar Gaddafi of Libya and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt would still be presidents if it was that easy What could have been in the mind of President Yoweri Museveni when he made remarks that army may take over government? I would ask this same …

By Julius Odeke What then, asks opposition leader Gen.Muntu President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni does not hide the real source of his power whenever his grip on it is threatened. It is the army. Museveni showed this recently, barely a month after some of his Members of Parliament commonly known as …

The Independent’s Julius Odeke spoke to Alice Namulwa Mukasa about the controversial death of her daughter, Cerinah Nebanda Arioru, the Woman MP for Butaleja district and the ongoing campaigns to replace her. This must be a trying moment for you since you lost your daughter Nebanda in a controversial death, …