By Mubatsi Asinja Habati What could happen if other religious leaders joined him in calling for the President to quit? When Catholic Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga gave his homily at celebrations of the 57th birthday of Kabaka Ronal Muwenda Mutebi II on April 13, he unusually quoted elaborately from a …
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By Agather Atuhaire For how long can Museveni, Mbabazi block them with threats? Despite being draped in the bright yellow colours of her party, Dorothy Hyuha, the NRM deputy secretary general looked quite downcast as she announced a clampdown on MPs in its ranks pushing for the return of presidential …
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By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Outspoken Church of Uganda Kampala Diocese Assistant Bishop, Zac Niringiye, spoke to The Independent’s Mubatsi Asinja Habati about his crusade for the restoration of presidential term limits. There are people who think you are a politician putting on a cleric collar. What do you think? Religion …
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By Andrew Mwenda and Mubatsi A. Habati This continuation of a conversation between The Independent’s Andrew Mwenda and Mubatsi A. Habati and leading political philosopher, Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, focuses on regional issues. Prof. Mamdani, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Burundi have troops in Somalia. It is the first time Kenya has …
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By Haggai Matsiko Uganda outspends Kenya on military for the first time Uganda’s expenditure on arms surpassed Kenya’s for the first time in 2011, a new global arms expert report shows. Uganda spent US$1.02 billion; about double Kenya’s US$735 million. Details show that Uganda spent US$270 million on its usual …
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By Independent Team The past courts the future. Why? An insight into the President’s visit to Kisumu. Why exactly did Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga visit President Yoweri Museveni at State House, Entebbe on March 5? That was the second time the two were having a tete-a-tete in a space …
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By Agather Atuhaire President desperately fails to control a rebel parliament Barely a year into his fourth five-year term, President Yoweri Museveni for the first time in his 26-year rule appears to be losing his grip. Ten of his 15 top ministers have either resigned over alleged corruption or face …
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By Agather Atuhaire To have your cabinet short of 10 ministers in less than one year because of corruption related issues is something to be worried about. The Public Accounts Committee report on the compensation of Basajjabalaba’s Haba group and col. Mugyeni’s Rhino group has led to the resignation of …
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By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Poor farmers at Shs 2.5bn Tarehe Sita event complain that medals without money were not enough given the role they played in the liberation war On the eve of the Feb.6 Army Day, Tarehe Sita, as President Yoweri Museveni drove to Kyondo Parish in Kasese district …
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By Mubatsi Asinja Habati President Yoweri Museveni’s Advisor on Microfinance, Dr Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe, is in a pickle over dubious allowances she allegedly collected from the government’s main lending arm to the poor, the Microfinance Support Centre (MSC). A report issued by the Inspector General of Government (IGG), Raphael Bakku …
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