By Dennis Otim

12^th Sept 2011: Virgin Atlantic boss Sir Richard Branson last week threw his heavy weight and support behind a United Nations-backed drive to rid the world of the remaining discriminatory laws that (more…)

By George Murumba

5^th Sept 2011:

Were scribes bribed to hit him hard?

Leaked US diplomatic cables released recently by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks have revealed how the over-energetic and NRM leaning CEO of the Vision Group Mr. Robert Kabushenga virtually “…took over the newsroom” and “forced” the Editor-in-Chief of The New Vision newspaper to “…keep President Museveni in the headlines and to run pro-government stories”.

The leaked cables also revealed that (more…)

By M. Suleman

5^th Sept 2011: Last week was politically occupied by the appearance of the fiery, fire spitting leader of the ANC Youth League Mr Julius Malema.  Malema was summoned to appear before the ANC Disciplinary Committee to defend himself against (more…)

By Norman S. Miwambo

5^th Sept 2011: The Commonwealth Association has been urged to discuss the decriminalisation of homosexuality and other Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Trans-gender [LGBT] human rights issues at (more…)

By John Stephen Katende

5^th Sept 2011: Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) should ensure that its military court respects basic fair trial standards and immediately halt executions, (more…)

By John Stephen Katende

29^th Aug 2011:

Centre: New PM Mbabazi, guilty or not guilty?

Leaked US diplomatic cables released recently by the whistleblower website Wikileaks have revealed that Tullow Oil was convinced that some “…senior Ugandan government officials were “compensated” to support the sale of a partner/rival firm’s exploration and production rights to Italian oil company ENI”.

The diplomatic cable, a copy of which Uganda Correspondent has seen, says in no uncertain terms that, (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

29^th Aug 2011:

Suspected mercenary killed in Benghazi

With blood seeping from a bullet wound near his ankle, a suspected Ugandan ‘mercenary’ is among those arrested by the National Transitional Council [NTC] rebels in Libya on suspicion of fighting on behalf of deposed Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi, South African newspaper the Mail & Guardian Online has reported.

The Ugandan, whose names we could not establish by press time, was among the 93 men in Mitiga hospital, some of whom felt that the time to speak openly had finally come.  “…In three darkened rooms at the back of a Tripoli hospital, Gaddafi’s wounded lay awaiting their fate.  Some writhed in agony, steel pins holding (more…)

By George Murumba

29^th Aug 2011:

Corruption: Is he doing enough?

The complete lack of ‘political will’ from the top echelons of President Museveni’s government in Uganda is one of the biggest factors “…undermining anti-corruption progress in Uganda”, the latest US diplomatic cables released by the whistleblower website Wikileaks have revealed.

In an email dated April 8^th 2009, an official of the US embassy in Kampala told the US State Department in Washington that whereas a joint review of Uganda’s Millenium Challenge Corporation Anti-Corruption Threshold Program (MCC ACT Program) found the program to be largely on track, “…there has not been (more…)

By George Murumba

22^nd Aug 2011:

The end of an era: Col Gaddafi is gone

Anti-Gaddafi National Transitional Council [NTC] rebels, who launched a campaign to topple Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi six months ago, have finally triumphed and marched into the “Green Square” located at the centre of the capital Tripoli.  The NTC immediately announced that they will re-name the square “Martyrs Square”.

The anti-Gaddafi rebels launched multiple land and sea attacks in the last 24hours, an effort that (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

22^nd Aug 2011:

Mabira Forest: Controversial piece of real estate

President Yoweri Museveni’s latest proposal to give away 7,100 hectares of supposedly “degraded” parts of Mabira forest to Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited [SCOUL], a sugar producing company based in Lugazi, could earn the “loss” making sugar corporation approximately $1billion from one off timber sales, an analyst has said.

The revelation, re-produced verbatim here below, was made by (more…)