By Lawrence Kasozi – 9th-15th Aug 2010
The recent jailing of Mr. Geoffrey Onegi Obel, the former National Social Security Fund board chairman, has greatly saddened me. Onegi Obel was sent to Luzira prison after his bail was cancelled by the Chief Magistrate of the Anti-Corruption Court. (more…)
By Timothy Nsubuga – 2nd-8th Aug 2010
The Kiboko Squad
The mystery that has surrounded the command structure and indeed purpose of the infamous “Kiboko Squad” militia for months may be about to be unravelled. Investigations conducted by Uganda Correspondent over the last few weeks have established a very strong link between Maj. General Kale Kayihura’s Uganda Police Force, the Uganda People’s Defence Force, and the “Kiboko Squad” militia that has been tormenting Ugandan opposition activists with impunity. But let’s first remind ourselves how the “Kiboko Squad” made their unglamorous debut.
The Grand Entrance
The chosen occasion was the “Mabira Riots”! (more…)
By Sharon Tibenda – 2nd-8th Aug 2010
Dr. Olara Otunnu
Dr. Olara Otunnu, the President of one of Uganda’s top opposition political parties the Uganda Peoples’ Congress [UPC] is scheduled to address Ugandans in the United Kingdom for the first time since he was elected UPC Party President early this year.
The mobilisation message from the organisers that is doing the rounds online and via mobile phone SMS says “…we are delighted to inform you that Dr. Olara Otunnu the President of the UPC Party, former UN Under-Secretary and one of the leaders of the IPC will be visiting the United Kingdom and London in particular on the 14th of August 2010”. (more…)
By Dennis Otim – 2nd-8th Aug 2010
Joseph Kony’s notorious Lord’s Resistance Army [LRA] rebels have killed several UPDF soldiers and wounded many more in clashes that took place between the two armies in the Central African Republic [CAR] recently.
The LRA were flashed out of Garamba forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] in a joint military offensive that was code named “Operation Lightening Thunder” that brought together troops from Uganda, DRC, and Sudan. That operation came after the elusive LRA leader Joseph Kony failed to turn up for the signing ceremony of the Juba Peace Accord between the government of Uganda and the LRA.
One of the dead UPDF soldiers has been identified as Bosco Nyeko from Akara Parish, Mucwini Sub-County in Kitgum District. A close relative of the fallen UPDF soldier confirmed the death to Uganda Correspondent via email. (more…)
By Timothy Nsubuga – 2nd-8th Aug 2010
Zuma & Zulu King
South African President Jacob Zuma has abolished six out of the thirteen traditional monarchies that were previously recognised by the South African government. The Zulu and Xhosa Kingdoms of King Goodwill Zwelithini and King Zwelonke Sigcau respectively will be among the seven to be spared the axe. The other six monarchies would end when the incumbent ruler dies; Zuma ruled.
The axe fell after a six-year old study commissioned by the South African government concluded that some of the monarchies had been created by the country’s former apartheid administration as a means of dividing South African blacks. (more…)
By Our Staff Writer – 2nd-8th Aug 2010
With the incremental fall out with Buganda that his government has had over the last few years, “…all signs are that President Yoweri Museveni will this time round look north for his next Vice President”; says a source within the NRM government. (more…)
By Charles Ochen Okwir – 2nd-8th Aug 2010
The Author
Lucian of Samosata was a Syrian-Greek writer who was responsible for the first fictional accounts of extraterrestrial life. He was born at Samosata in Commagene and called himself a Syrian. The exact duration of his life is unknown. But it is probable that he was born not long before 125 A.D. and died not long after 180. He began his career as an apprentice to his uncle who was a sculptor. Soon, he became disgusted with his prospects in that calling and gave it up for Rhetoric, the branch of the literary profession that was most favoured then. The vocation of a rhetorician was to plead in court, to compose pleas for others, and to teach the art of pleading; not too far off from what your typical Lawyer does today. (more…)
By Abbey K. Semuwemba – 2nd–8th Aug 2010
The Author
I don’t agree with those who support the government’s position to wage a full scale war on Al-Shabaab Militants. History has shown that the war on terror, if that is what we intend to fight, is not won that way. The attack on Al-Shabaab Militants is certainly not the heart of the matter.
I disagree with president Museveni’s war drums because I believe he is not focusing on the problem of terrorism. It seems he has an agenda that has not been presented to Ugandans succinctly. I suspect that one of the reasons why the government is war mongering is to get people to think of war instead of domestic issues. (more…)
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