By George Murumba

27^th Dec 2010

Gen. Aronda

The strained diplomatic relations between Khartoum and Kampala sunk to new depth last week when the Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Aronda Nyakairima warned Bashir’s north Sudan that Uganda would support Salva Kirr’s south Sudan if the referendum on its independence is obstructed.

The south is widely expected to vote for secession amid fears that Khartoum, which is campaigning for unity, may not accept the results.  Nearly half a century of intermittent civil war between north and south Sudan ended in 2005 when (more…)

By John Stephen Katende

27^th Dec 2010

Rejected President?

The IPC’s presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye, who is also the FDC President, has said it is now clear that Museveni is a rejected President who is on his way out.

“…Every election has different situations.  The issues are different. And, in this election, obviously, the country is to decide whether, after a quarter of a century under the rule of President Museveni, he should be given another mandate.  The clear, overwhelming view is that the whole country will reject Mr. Museveni.  He is on his way out and that is causing him to behave and talk in panic”, Besigye said.

The IPC leader made the ground breaking declaration to Uganda Correspondent as part of his reaction to President Museveni’s threat last week to arrest him if he declares his own results in the forthcoming elections scheduled to take place in February 2011.

Commenting on the post-election crisis in Ivory Coast (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

20^th Dec 2010

Dr. Kizza Besigye at a recent campaign rally

The Inter Party Cooperation (IPC) flag bearer Dr. Kizza Besigye, who is also the President of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), is Uganda’s ‘savior’, jubilant singing Sabiny women have declared.

Unlike in 2006 when town folk in Sebei region ignored him, this time round, huge crowds welcomed him with many singing, dancing, and cheering.  At the same ground where he campaigned in 2006, a group of women traders who said they had been NRM supporters for a long time but had now changed (more…)

By George Murumba

20^th Dec 2010

File photo, Police beat up opposition supporters

A total of 56 junior police officers from various parts of eastern Uganda have embarked on a covert but aggressive countrywide drive to mobilize their ‘long-suffering’ colleagues to turn out in their thousands and vote President Museveni out of power, Uganda Correspondent can reveal.

In an exclusive interview with Uganda Correspondent in Kapchorwa last week, the interim leader of the group, who only identified himself as “Chief Coordinator Chemonges”, (more…)

By Sharon S. Tibenda

20^th Dec 2010

IPC leaders in a meeting early in the year

FDC’s Secretary for Mobilisation Maj. Gen [Rtd] Mugisha Muntu has said the IPC is putting in place mechanisms to protect the integrity of ballot papers, to guard its votes, and announce provisional results within 6hrs of the closures of polling stations.

Gen. Muntu said this while responding to last week’s Afrobarometer opinion poll which gave President Museveni a controversial 66% lead over his main challenger Dr Kizza Besigye who the poll says will win 12%. (more…)

By John Stephen Katende

20^th Dec 2010

Courtesy picture, Otunnu on the campaign trail

Uganda People’s Congress [UPC] presidential candidate Dr. Olara Otunnu has said Uganda under Yoweri Museveni’s presidency is increasingly viewed around the world as “a failed State”.

In an interview with Uganda Correspondent last week following the launch of his party’s election manifesto, the UPC president insisted that he wouldn’t lightly label his own country as a failed State without objective evidence.

“…Uganda is my motherland (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

20^th Dec 2010

Dr. Kizza Besigye, the IPC’s presidential flag bearer, has finally set out a three-point policy plan to resolve the insecurity caused by Karamojong warriors (more…)

By Dennis Otim

20^th Dec 2010

The United Nations has warned of possible attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army over the festive season. (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga

13^th Dec 2010

Deluded and Autocratic?

The United States of America [USA] is convinced that President Yoweri Museveni is deluded and autocratic, the controversial WikiLeaks diplomatic cables revealed.

According to the leaked diplomatic cables, US Ambassador to Uganda Jerry Lanier on 19^th October 2009 prepared a briefing document titled “Scene-setter” for Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Jonnie Carson who was due to visit Uganda. (more…)

By George Murumba

13^th Dec 2010

President Museveni in a recent PR visit to Somalia

President Yoweri Museveni’s abrupt visit to war-torn Somalia on 5^th December could have been purely for Public Relations purposes, Uganda Correspondent can exclusively reveal.

In a move that surprised many, including First Lady Mrs. Janet Museveni, some sources say, the President unceremoniously took time off his busy election campaign schedule to visit Ugandan soldiers serving under the AU’s AMISOM peacekeeping mission in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. (more…)