By Staff Writer

Uganda Correspondent

Col. John Charles Ogole

In terms of stature, he is most definitely not your typical Ugandan.  For a start, he is very well built; throughout in fact!  Secondly, going by my rudimentary estimation, I would say that standing, he easily hits above 6ft mark.  Thirdly, I think he probably weighs something that the Doctor would say is perfectly proportionate for that sort of stature; so you work it out for yourself.  Fourthly, his hands are blessed with long and larger than average fingers that give you more than just a firm grip when you greet him.  For most small people, I am sure a handshake with him would feel like a “David and Goliath” hand-squeezing contest.  His head is now covered in neatly trimmed silver-white grey hair.  And yet, only a few minutes with him will tell you that his grey hair is very deceptive.  Beneath that grey covered skull lies a brain that could put that of many Ugandan graduates to shame.  It is, in other words, a head that is still firing on all cylinders; like a brand new car! (more…)

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim

The 2010 Mo Ibrahim Prize for outstanding leadership by African leaders is off.  The Prize Committee met yesterday to discuss the award of the 2010 Mo Ibrahim Prize.  Following its deliberations, the Prize Committee informed the Board of the Foundation that it had not selected a winner.  Last year the Prize Committee announced that it had considered some credible candidates, but after in depth review could not select a winner.  This year the Prize Committee told the Board that there had been no new candidates or new developments and that therefore no selection of a winner had been made.   The Mo Ibrahim Prize recognises and celebrates excellence in African leadership. The prize is awarded to a democratically elected former African Executive Head of State or Government who has served their term in office within the limits set by the country’s constitution and has left office in the last three years.  The first winner of the Prize was Joaquim Chissano, former President of Mozambique in 2007, followed by Festus Mogae, former President of Botswana in 2008. (more…)

By Timothy Nsubuga,

Uganda Correspondent

For many Ugandans, being Ugandan is something that they consider to be fairly straight forward; hardly debatable in fact.  For them, it is as simple as either being born in Uganda to Ugandan parents, [or at least one of them] or by registration as a citizen.  For Miss Brown however, [not her real names] it is not that straight forward.  For a long time, she considered herself to be Ugandan without much question.  After all, she was born and raised in Uganda and both her parents were Ugandans through and through!  But she began to question her uncritical, almost dogmatic beliefs recently when she was granted citizenship in a European country.  Her nationality identity crisis story goes like this: (more…)