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…)

By Dennis Otim

16^th May 2011:

Left-Right: Dr. Kizza Besigye and Dr. Olara Otunnu

The leader of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] party Dr. Kizza Besigye has for the first time dropped a hint about his plans for the future.  Speaking to this reporter, the FDC leader said he is under no illusion that the struggle for democracy in Uganda will be “…a long haul but it will ultimately be won by the people of Uganda”.

Dr. Besigye however refused to be drawn into any predictions about (more…)

By Norman Miwambo

16^th May 2011:

Libyan rebels' flag flying at Uganda House

London – Ugandans in the United Kingdom [UK] had prepared to stage a protest May 12^th against the rising price of the essential commodities to coincide with the processions in Kampala.  But when news trickled in that unarmed people, including foreign and local journalists were being clobbered in Uganda for merely doing their job, things changed.

Business came to a halt as (more…)

George Murumba

16^th May 2011: The British government has taken the “diplomatically unusual step” of withdrawing crucial recognition from Col. Muammar Gaddafi regime by (more…)

John Stephen Katende

16^th May 2011: President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has expressed shock over the killing of an innocent protester who was reported to have been gunned down on Entebbe road by security operatives (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

11^th May 2011:

Otunnu and other opposition leaders covered in pink dye

Uganda Police Force anti riot officers yesterday surprised protesting opposition leaders and their supporters in the capital city Kampala when they abandoned the usual tear gas and deployed water cannon trucks on the streets which sprayed the protesters with high pressure water laden with pink dye.

Uganda People’s Congress (more…)

John Stephen Katende

11^th May 2011:

President Yoweri Museveni addressing Journalist

An angry looking Museveni yesterday announced plans by his government to amend the constitution of Uganda in order to deny economic saboteurs, murder, rape, treason, defilement and riot suspects the right to apply for release on bail until they serve at least 180 days in a remand prison without trial.

Addressing a press conference at his (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

The Face of Evil: Gilbert Arinaitwe smashing Besigye's car

9^th May 2011: A senior National Executive Committee [NEC] member of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change [FDC], who has requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, has told Uganda Correspondent that he is extremely worried that government security operatives may have installed listening devices and other dangerous things (more…)

By Sharon Tibenda

Walk-to-Work: There could be more of this on the way

9^th May 2011: All the major opposition parties in Uganda have called for a fresh wave of protests against the NRM government’s violent, and in some cases, brutal crackdown on peaceful ‘walk-to-work’ protesters, civilians, and opposition leaders.

In a joint statement issued in Kampala on May 7^th by the Forum for Democratic Change (more…)