5^th–11^th July 2010

By Timothy Nsubuga

Ofwono on the left

The ruling NRM government has hit back at the numerous claims that Col. John Ogole, he of the Luwero Triangle war, has been making in an exclusive interview series that is being run by Uganda Correspondent.  In a bid to straighten and or counter what he called “Museveni’s propaganda campaign” against him, Ogole broke his 25yr political silence three weeks ago when he, among other things, asked “who the real butcher of Luwero is”; prompting numerous responses from interested parties. (more…)

5^th-11^th July 2010

By Our Staff Writer

Ogole & Besigye in Ldn

Last week, Uganda Correspondent ran the first of part of Col. John Ogole’s “Luwero Specific” interview in which he talked at some length about what he thinks has been Museveni’s concerted propaganda campaign against him.  The responses to that story have been very interesting.  Reacting to that interview, one Uganda Correspondent reader said, “…this is a sign that even what has been wrapped up in propaganda, buried and forgotten, when unwrapped can still shed light on what really happened. I think Col Ogole kept quiet for so long, let’s hear from him as well”. Another reader added that,“…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. That was disgusting and unforgivable. (more…)

5^th–11^th July 2010

By Our Political Editor

Uganda’s Electoral Commission under the leadership of Eng. Badru Kiggundu has come under fire over the last few months for what Uganda’s main opposition parties feel is its incompetence and impartiality. (more…)

5^th-11^th July 2010

By Our Staff Writer

The Uganda Civil Alliance Network [UCAN], a South African based Ugandan civil society organisation, has taken its fight to clean up Uganda’s electoral register in the run up to the 2011 elections to US President Barack Obama and the European Union [EU] President. (more…)

28.06.2010 

By Staff Writer

The skulls of Luwero

The series continues!  Like we said, for the very first time in nearly a quarter of a century, Col. John Charles Ogole, the man whose name still rings loud in the minds of those who were involved in the 1981-86 war in Luwero, has finally spoken out.  In this first of a two part Luwero specific interview, Col. John Ogole has spilt some beans about the bitter battles between Museveni’s then NRA guerrillas and the UNLA government troops that he commanded in what became known as the “Luwero Triangle”. (more…)

28.06.2010

By Timothy Nsubuga

Debate over President Museveni’s possible retirement from the presidency of Uganda, and perhaps even active politics all together, seems to be raging again.  It’s a subject that somehow, never wants to be left out in cold when political debates are raging in the run up to most recent elections.  This time round, the trigger came on Thursday June 24^th when the Daily Monitor, a Ugandan English daily newspaper, reported that parliament had “approved the retirement benefits for the President, Vice President and Prime Minister, passing a new law that will see past, present and future office bearers smiling all the way to the bank” [see: MPs okay presidential retirement perks, Daily Monitor 24^th June]. (more…)

28.06.2010

By Timothy Nsubuga 

The shooting of renegade Rwandan General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa appears to have caused more than just a few ripples.  For a start, it seems to have occupied political analysts and commentators since the incident took place in Johannesburg-South Africa on Saturday 19^th June 2010.  Gen. Kayumba, an exiled senior Rwandan military officer, was shot in the stomach by a lone gunman as soon as he entered the confines of his apartment block in Sandton, a posh Johannesburg suburb. (more…)

28.06.2010

By Staff Writer

Last week, Mr John Patrick Wambi wrote the first of a two part opinion piece in which he warned of the inherent dangers involved in the government’s current wave of creating tribal militias.  His opinion article had been inspired by an old news story which announced that the UPDF had trained a militia force from among Banyala youth in Kayunga, eastern Uganda.  According James Rwebikire, the spokesperson of Ssabanyala’s Chiefdom, “…the training was one of the kingdom’s preparations for the 2011 general elections”. (more…)

28.06.2010

By Samantha Seruyange 

Grief on 21 June filled the residents of Kisenyi 11 zone Kamwokya; a Kampala slum when a boy, Khan Kakama who went missing on 8 June, was found dead. Police discovered the body in a bush near a water channel in the slum.  According to detectives, the body was found wrapped in three sacks with the head tied in separate polythene bags on a rubbish pit. (more…)