By Dennis Otim – 2^nd-8^th Aug 2010

Joseph Kony’s notorious Lord’s Resistance Army [LRA] rebels have killed several UPDF soldiers and wounded many more in clashes that took place between the two armies in the Central African Republic [CAR] recently.

The LRA were flashed out of Garamba forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo [DRC] in a joint military offensive that was code named “Operation Lightening Thunder” that brought together troops from Uganda, DRC, and Sudan.  That operation came after the elusive LRA leader Joseph Kony failed to turn up for the signing ceremony of the Juba Peace Accord between the government of Uganda and the LRA.

One of the dead UPDF soldiers has been identified as Bosco Nyeko from Akara Parish, Mucwini Sub-County in Kitgum District.  A close relative of the fallen UPDF soldier confirmed the death to Uganda Correspondent via email. (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga – 2^nd-8^th Aug 2010

Zuma & Zulu King

South African President Jacob Zuma has abolished six out of the thirteen traditional monarchies that were previously recognised by the South African government.  The Zulu and Xhosa Kingdoms of King Goodwill Zwelithini and King Zwelonke Sigcau respectively will be among the seven to be spared the axe.  The other six monarchies would end when the incumbent ruler dies; Zuma ruled.

The axe fell after a six-year old study commissioned by the South African government concluded that some of the monarchies had been created by the country’s former apartheid administration as a means of dividing South African blacks. (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga – 19^th-25^th July 2010

EC boss Kiggundu

The ruling NRM government has vehemently defended what it called the “administrative” process that led to the reappointment in 2009 of the Electoral Commission [EC] Chairman Eng. Badru Kiggundu.

The legitimacy of the present Electoral Commission has caused considerable political controversy in the run up to next year’s general elections.  Uganda’s main opposition parties under their Inter Party Cooperation [IPC] umbrella have consistently argued that the Kiggundu-led electoral body is totally incompetent and openly biased in favour of Museveni’s ruling NRM-O party. (more…)

By Justin Tibenda – 19^th-25^th July 2010

7/11 bomb scene

The July 11^th bombs that ripped through the uneasy tranquillity of Kampala could, “in a strange way”, have been the best thing to have happened to President Museveni in nearly two years; says a Makerere University Political and Security Analyst.

Located a few kilometres from the shores of the great Lake Victoria, Uganda’s capital city Kampala has been the epicentre of many of Uganda’s greatest political struggles since the tiny East African country won its independence from Britain in 1962. (more…)

By Our Staff Writer – 19^th-25^th July 2010

Uganda Correspondent this week publishes the final and perhaps most emotionally charged part of its exclusive interview series with Col. John Charles Ogole; Museveni’s arch enemy in the Luwero Triangle war. (more…)

By Dennis Otim – 19^th-25^th July 2010

The British government has revised its Uganda travel advice and also warned its citizens against travelling to certain parts of Uganda at certain times. (more…)

By Our Staff Writer – 12^th-18^th July 2010

It was supposed to be a night of sporting celebration across the globe as the FIFA world cup drew to a dramatic close in South Africa.  Someone, somewhere, however, had other sinister ideas and ruined the party; at least for many Ugandans.  On the same night of the world cup finals, the Ugandan capital Kampala was rocked by multiple bomb blasts that ripped through Kampala’s skyline.  (more…)

By Our Staff Writer – 12^th-18^th July 2010

Dr. Olara Otunnu

Uganda Correspondent readers have over the last four weeks heard Col. John Charles Ogole argue that Museveni’s NRM government deliberately set out to tarnish his name using a propaganda campaign that is “grotesque” and “totally against the African culture” for its use of human skulls [see: Uganda Correspondent, 28^th June 2010]. Some Uganda Correspondent readers who responded to Ogole’s claims didn’t exactly state who they blamed for the Luwero atrocities.  One merely said,“…the real butchers of Luwero are the people who mercilessly left the skull of their victims lying on display like tomatoes on sale by the road side. (more…)

By Dennis Otim – 12^th-18^th July 2010

A painting that depicts the “body” of South African and world political icon Nelson Mandela undergoing an autopsy has been condemned by South Africa’s ruling African National Congress [ANC] party; the BBC has reported. (more…)

By Dennis Kizito – 12^th-18^th July 2010

An NRM party MP has said his government will not, and must not relent in its efforts to prosecute former Buganda Katikkiro [Prime Minister] Joseph Mulwanyamuli Ssemwogerere for allegedly contravening the country’s social security law.  (more…)