By John Stephen Katende

13^th Sept 2010

An outsider?

A flamboyant and wealthy NRM leader has said Vice President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya is an outsider who doesn’t know and will never be allowed to know how the NRM actually works.

Sitting comfortably by the pool-side at a posh Hotel buried in the middle of Bugolobi’s up market residential area with the evening breeze blowing over his greying head, this top NRM ideologue who spoke to Uganda Correspondent on condition of anonymity, also said VP Bukenya is a very naïve Professor.

“Our VP is a very naïve Professor, I am sorry to say.  He has completely forgotten who he is and how he became VP.  He never fought.  That makes him an outsider who will never be allowed to know how the NRM machine really works. (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

13^th Sept 2010

He's back again!

Incumbent NRM party Chairman Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been endorsed and returned unopposed as the party’s national Chairman.  According the NRM party constitution, Museveni’s retention of the party Chairmanship also makes him the party’s automatic flag bearer for the 2011 elections.

The NRM National Executive Council [NEC] endorsed Museveni at a 10hr meeting on Friday 10^th Sept at State House Entebbe.  Whilst Museveni’s position was never in any doubt, sources that attended the meeting said the party’s NEC spent most of the 10hrs debating the fate of other top NRM big shots like Vice Chairman Hajji Moses Kigongo and Secretary General Amama Mbabazi. (more…)

By Justin S. Tibenda

13^th Sept 2010

Suspected thief

Authorities in neighbouring Rwanda have handed over to Uganda a Ugandan who they accused of being a thief.  Rwandese police handed over the suspected Ugandan criminal who was arrested in Burera District after he reportedly attempted to break into a commercial building.

The suspect, known as Wilson Rwakana, was handed over by the Rwandese Northern Province Regional Police Commander CSP Peter Hodari.  Rwakana was then received by Euzobia Muyambi, the officer in charge of Cyanika border post on the Ugandan side.

He was arrested from Kaganda commercial centre, (more…)

By Our Staff Writer

8^th Sept 2010

The Al-Shabab Mujahidin Movement has threatened to attack Uganda again, the Somali Shabeelle Media Network has reported. (more…)