By Dennis Otim

6^th Sept 2010

The year 2000: Kisangani worriors in action

Gulu: An explosive and previously untold version of the story of the bloody clashes between Rwandan and Ugandan troops in Kisangani more than 10yrs ago has emerged.

In June 2000, the two armies [Rwanda’s RPA and Uganda’s UPDF] that had fought shoulder to shoulder as allies to oust President Mobutu Sese Seko from power in Zaire, [now Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] turned against each other for the second time and fought a bitter and bloody war that lasted up to six days.  The first clashes between the two erstwhile allies took place in 1999; no long after they toppled Mobutu. (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

6^th Sept 2010

The ruling NRM party may have planted hundreds of soldiers and NRM cadres within the Electoral Commission system to help it rig the 2011 elections; Uganda Correspondent can reveal. (more…)

By Justin S. Tibenda

6^th Sept 2010

Praised UPDF Work

The United Nations political chief has voiced his solidarity with the people of Somalia during a one-day visit to the Horn of Africa nation.  He also encouraged its leaders to focus on governing the country.

“It is crucial to show the long suffering people of Somalia that the Government can deliver basic services”, B. Lynn Pascoe, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs said in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday 1^st Sept 2010.

He said (more…)

By John Stephen Katende

6^th Sept 2010

Pre-ticked NRM ballots

If there is one thing that has come out clearly from Uganda Correspondent’s interviews with people on the streets of Kampala, then it’s that the violence and rigging that characterised NRM’s primaries is a sign of things to come.

Even the more seasoned political analysts who spoke to Uganda Correspondent couldn’t find valid reasons to pour cold water on the views expressed on the streets.  The general fear is that similar or even worse violence and rigging will occur during the 2011 elections.

One political analyst who regularly comments on topical political issues in the Daily Monitor newspaper agreed (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

6^th Sept 2010

British PM Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat [Con-Dem] coalition government has significantly watered down the UK’s previous policy of insisting on the observance of human rights when dealing with African countries.

In a move that some analysts say was widely expected from a Conservative government, the foreign policy insistence, it seems, has shifted to the pursuit of trade deals.  Dr. Ephraim Okalebo, a 59yr old strategic studies expert who works for a major multi-national company in Abuja-Naigeria, gave Uganda Correspondent two reasons that he thinks could explain the shift in British foreign policy towards Africa. (more…)