BBC ‘Focus-on-Africa’ TV set for launch

By John Stephen Katende

11th June 2012:

The BBC has announced its first-ever dedicated daily TV news programme in English for African audiences.   The new programme, BBC Focus on Africa, brings together the expertise of (more…)


African Governance Platform comes to life

By John Stephen Katende

11th June 2012:

The long awaited African Governance Platform will officially be launched this Friday, June 15, in Lusaka – Zambia by the African Union Commission’s [AUC] Department of Political Affairs. (more…)


No more amnesty for rebels, says govt

By Online Team

4th June 2012:

Ex-LRA commander Acellam: Will he get amnesty?

The UN’s news agency IRIN has reported that the government has pulled the plug on the Amnesty Act which, since 2000, has enabled the grant of a blanket amnesty to more than 26,000 members of armed groups, especially members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

The Act was (more…)


Charles Taylor Jailed – Museveni must be afraid

By Norman Miwambo

4th June 2012:

Gen. Museveni: Should he be afraid?

The judgment of The Hague-based Special Court for Sierra Leone that handed a 50 year-jail sentence to former Liberian leader Charles Taylor was a landmark decision that also has a chilling message for the leadership in Uganda.  It is well documented that Uganda’s leaders have previously sponsored indicted war criminals in the region.

Taylor became the first former head of state to be convicted since World War II. Taylor, 64, was found guilty on (more…)


Govt vehicles stuck in Teso mud for weeks

By Julius Odeke

4th June 2012:

The state of the roads in Teso region was thrust to the fore over a week ago when several government officials who had gone to bury the late Joseph Cuthbert Obwangor got stuck in the muddy roads and were (more…)


Be disciplined – promoted police officers told

By Julius Odeke

4th June 2012:

It was all smiles and ululations for the families of Uganda Police officers who were promoted at the piping exercise at Soroti Lions International Club last week. (more…)


500,000 farmers to benefit from FAO support

By Julius Odeke

4th June 2012:

SOROTI:  The UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization [FAO] has said approximately half a million Ugandan farmers will benefit from its technical services.  In an interview with Uganda Correspondent on (more…)


Kofi Annan warns of ‘all out war’ in Syria

By John Stephen Katende

4th June 2012:

The Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, Kofi Annan, has warned of the growing sectarian aspect of the crisis in Syria, adding that the conflict is already (more…)


Salim Saleh linked to Iraq ‘slavery’ racket

By John Stephen Katende

28th May 2012:

Gen. Salim Saleh: Guilty or Not Guilty?

Hundreds upon hundreds of Ugandans recruited to work as security guards as well as to provide other support services to US marines in Iraq are being treated like slaves, a report in Le Monde diplomatique has claimed.

According to the report, private security firms that won lucrative contracts to supply support staff and security guards to back up US forces in Iraq took advantage of (more…)


DP supporter launches scathing attack on Mao

By George Murumba

28th May 2012:

Under Attack: DP Supremo Norbert Mao

Democratic Party [DP] President Norbert Mao’s leadership and personality has been severely criticised by a Diaspora based DP supporter, Uganda Correspondent can reveal.  In a long missive sent to this newspaper, Mr Timothy Mwaka, a DP supporter based in China, attacked Mao’s leadership on a number of personal and official fronts.

“…As any concerned member of DP, I would like to (more…)


2013/3/24

I will throw a hot stone behind CJ Odoki’s back
By John Baptist Oloka 25th March 2013:

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2013/2/26

The late Mzee Kaguta was a naughty boy
By Lawrence Kasozi

25th February 2013: This is totally out of More... (0)


2013/2/26

Museveni is pathological hypocrite
By Norman Miwambo

25th February 2013: I don’t believe Museveni was More... (0)


2013/2/17

Obote is crying for his beloved country
By M. Suleman

18th February 2013: Uganda’s late president Dr Apollo More... (0)


2013/2/3

Wake up fools: Army took over long ago
By Bernard Ddumba

4th Feb 2013: Over the last two weeks, I seriously More... (0)


2013/2/3

NRM revolution is eating its own children
By Charles Businge

4th February 2013: In 1986, the new leadership promised More... (0)


2013/1/27

It’s lawful to resist coup plotters – let’s do it
By Elijah M. Tumwebaze

28th January 2013: In a powerful opinion article that More... (0)


2013/1/27

Our parliament only exists on paper
By M. Suleman

28th January 2013: Uganda is a country endowed with More... (0)


2013/1/22

Museveni is right to call NRM MPs idiots
By M. Suleman

21st Jan 2013: In the drama that followed More... (0)


2012/12/18

Isn’t Museveni a deranged psychopath?
By M. Suleman

17th Dec 2012: An emotional, grief-stricken, and More... (0)


 

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