Last week, Uganda’s main media houses reported a number of important issues that Uganda Correspondent feels its weekly readers must not miss out on. (more…)

By Our Staff Writer – 9^th-15^th Aug 2010

Paul Kagame

Incumbent Rwandan President Maj. General Paul Kagame has won the tiny central African country’s second post-genocide elections with a massive landslide.

“His Excellency Paul Kagame has 1,610,422 votes – this is equivalent to 92.9%.  Fellow Rwandans, this is the result in eleven districts.  Clearly, there is likely to be not much difference even after we announce the result in the remaining districts”; said Chrysologue Karangwa from Rwanda’s Electoral Commission.  Kagame’s win was really never in doubt.  First of all, Kagame still enjoys both local and international goodwill for his role in ending the 1994 genocide that claimed the lives of over 800,000 ethnic Tutsi’s and moderate Hutus. (more…)

By Dennis Otim – 9^th-15^th Aug 2010

Dr. Kizza Besigye

The Inter Party Cooperation [IPC], a loose alliance between Ugandan opposition parties FDC, UPC, Jeema, and CP is split right through the middle on the question of whether or not to boycott, postpone, or participate in the 2011 elections.

Recent statements issued by both FDC President Dr. Kizza Besigye and UPC President Dr. Olara Otunnu clearly suggest that at best, their 2011 strategy is not yet crystallised and settled.  At worst, there may be deep seated individual party interests between the IPC partners that make it difficult for them to agree on a unified strategy. (more…)

By Sharon J. Tibenda – 9^th-15^th Aug 2010

Traitor?

The death of former Uganda President Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa QC [RIP] on 5^th August 2010 has elicited mixed reactions from members of the general public with others calling him a “ traitor” for his role [as the then Attorney General] in the 1966 Buganda Crisis.

Such negative outbursts are, however, rare in Africa.  In most parts of Africa, and certainly in Uganda, it is still considered impolite, and perhaps, even a “taboo”, to say bad things about people who have passed on.   On this occasion however, some ultra loyal Baganda monarchists who are still angry at Binaisa’s 1966 role, have dispensed with that cultural norm of decency and attacked the late Ex-President of Uganda in death. (more…)