But why did we end up with Gen Kayihura for 12 years?
Gen Kale Kayihura has finally been sacked, having been police boss for 12-and-a-half years. When the news of his sacking casually filtered through on social media Sunday evening, I’d …
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Why Hajj Kitatta will rightly feel betrayed by the powers that be
Tamale Mirundi, the immediate former spokesman of President Museveni, was photographed a few months ago brandishing a hammer and threatening to harm citizens who opposed the lifting of the …
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Sacrificing for the nation
So much has been said about the Hon Janet Kataaha Museveni interview which ran on Monday evening on NTV. Well, in the days to come, a lot more will be …
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Gender arrivalism should not make us forget the village woman
The story of our gender question can be seen through the composition of the presidential candidates contesting for the top seat, where only one woman, Kyalya Walube is taking part. …
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Will sympathy and discontent deliver Besigye to State House?
I kept on Kizza Besigye’s trail for a full month, since December 22, and observed some factors that may be encouraging the now four-time challenger against President Museveni to …
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Amama in Buliisa: The teargas and the rally that never was
Whoever prepared Candidate Amama Mbabazi’s itinerary to Buliisa had either never been to that part of the country or simply miscalculated the whole thing. For a candidate who always leaves …
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When the file messes up the Old Man with a hat, he hits back with the tongue
One of the snide remarks you will hear from pundits, policy analysts, commmentators and every wannabe is that Ugandan or African campaigns, unlike, say the ongoing United States presidential campaigns, …
Read MoreMbabazi trail: In his camp, nothing dampens the mood
Political campaigns really bring out adrenaline and excitement in many a people. Picture a young man pacing, for 31km, from Nelson Mandela National stadium to Nakivubo stadium under the cover …
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Weathering the campaign trail
By the time, my task on the campaign trail was over, I wished to continue, yet less than two weeks earlier, I would have given anything to return back to …
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The legacy Susan Namaganda left
Although Ms Susan Namaganda, 31, the Bukomansimbi woman MP and a mother of three passed on two weeks ago, the grief she has left in the hearts of many is …
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