By Timothy Nsubuga

23^rd May 2011:

A protester throwing tear gas canister at police

A certain Philip Nsajja, whom we shall assume is a Ugandan, or is at least a keen observer of Uganda’s recent political upheavals, has produced a powerful montage that documents Uganda’s most recent struggles for freedom and democracy against President Yoweri Museveni’s increasingly repressive regime.

In the accompanying text, Philip Nsajja says, “…through the course of history, (more…)

By George Murumba

23^rd May 2011:

"The Purple Rain Protests" in Apartheid South Africa

In a most dramatic twist of events, the ruling NRM’s own Deputy Spokesperson Mr. Ofwono Opondo has fired the first mutinous shot at his boss Yoweri Museveni’s “draconian” proposals to amend the constitution of Uganda in order to scrap the right to bail for suspects accused of committing some crimes and or offences.

Writing in the government owned newspaper The New Vision, Mr. Ofwono Opondo, in an audacious and jaw dropping departure from the usual ‘sycophancy’ that he has been variously accused of, said President Museveni’s latest proposals to amend the constitution would set Uganda back towards Apartheid.

“…In fact, this proposal sets Uganda back towards apartheid South Africa and colonialism during which those systems used draconian laws in the name of imposing “law and order”, arrested, sentenced and jailed people to very long terms to stifle African and particularly black consciousness, resistance, expression, freedom and (more…)

By M. Suleman

23^rd May 2011:

Museveni: Is he a pariah or a statesman?

For a President who had just won a general election with “a resounding 68% margin”, the inauguration was expected to be a momentous occasion, given especially, that Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was starting the journey to complete his three decades in power.

Indeed, not less than 30 African Heads of State were invited.  Museveni and his government no doubt wanted to make a serious statement in the face of the damaging fact that all the leading opposition parties had (more…)

By Sharon Tibenda

23^rd May 2011: The National Social Security Fund’s (NSSF)’s net worth has hit UGX 2 trillion as at 30^th April 2011, the Fund’s Managing Director Richard Byarugaba has (more…)

By Sharon Tibenda

16^th May 2011:

President Museveni: Is his government about to fall?

Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] Party President Dr. Kizza Besigye has, perhaps for the very first time, looked into Uganda’s political crystal and declared to Reuters that the ongoing ‘Walk-to-Work’ [W2W] protests may cause President Museveni’s government to fall.

Dr. Besigye, who has just returned to Uganda from Nairobi-Kenya where he had gone to get medical attention after he was brutally attacked (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

16^th May 2011:

Front cover of "Portrait of a Despot"

Portrait of a Despot, a new hard hitting book written by London based Ugandan Lawyer and Journalist Charles Ochen Okwir, has been launched in London at a colourful function that took place on Saturday 14^th May.

The ‘anti-Museveni’ book, a soft copy of which Uganda Correspondent has seen, audaciously describes President Museveni as “…no more than a modern despot, a slightly more sophisticated version of Idi Amin; the type who lives and thrives in that grey area of politics beyond which you either become a democrat or an autocratic dictator”.

Key highlights in Portrait of a Despot

The book has new and interesting revelations about why Museveni was forced to abandon his threat to drag his main political rival Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye to the military court martial after the latter published a stinging critique of Museveni’s (more…)

By John Stephen Katende

16^th May 2011:

Gaddafi in happier times, a bleak future awaits him

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has asked ICC Judges to issue an international arrest warrant for Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi and two others for crimes against humanity.

In submission, Ocampo told the Judges that Col Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanussi bore the greatest responsibility for what he called (more…)