Vol 54 No 19 | UGANDA Museveni on the defensive 16th September 2013 It is becoming clear that the President wants yet another term of office, possibly for his son, but he has major legal and political obstacles to overcome first Uganda’s next election may only be in 2016 but President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is almost certain to run again, has set out an early agenda. He is... READ FOR FREE
Vol 54 No 19 | UGANDA Millions diverted in 2012 18th September 2013 The information may be technically public, but many Ugandans are unaware that the Auditor General has reported epic plunder of the public purse Up to US$100 million was diverted from government funds in the year ending 30 June 2012, according to the Auditor General. John FS Muwanga announced the loss in...
Vol 54 No 13 | UGANDA Tullow wins tax tussle 20th June 2013 Heritage Oil and Gas faces a US$313 million bill after its battle with Tullow Oil in London's High Court Tullow Oil has won its bid to recover US$313 million from Heritage Oil and Gas, following their dispute over a $434 mn. Ugandan tax bill. Tullow shared ownership...
Vol 54 No 11 | UGANDA Talking Tinyefuza 24th May 2013 Senior army officers are falling out over a succession plan which favours President Museveni’s son, Brigadier Kainerugaba Muhoozi The raid by armed police on the Daily Monitor offices in Kampala on 20 May has deepened the political crisis. The newspaper had published a private letter from...
Vol 54 No 11 | UGANDA Enter the Muhoozi generation 24th May 2013 Museveni acts to placate the troops and to disarm critics It is no coincidence that the armed forces announced their most sweeping round of promotions in over a generation just as the political furore around General David Sejusa...
Vol 54 No 7 | UGANDA West divided on aid scandal 29th March 2013 Doubts remain as to whether President Museveni’s government has really ended the diversion of cash which prompted last year’s aid cuts Multilateral donors may be ready to resume aid payments by the end of the year, say sources in Kampala familiar with the internal debate among Western officials involved....
Vol 54 No 4 | UGANDA Spring in opposition’s step 15th February 2013 New opposition leader and liberation fighter Mugisha Muntu tries to galvanise the ranks as he senses growing disarray in the ruling party A tough police and military crackdown is stifling attempts to reproduce the success of the Walk to Work street protests led by Kizza Besigye, the then leader...
Vol 54 No 3 | UGANDA Coup calls 1st February 2013 If President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni had wanted to push the dissident young members of parliament in his party back into line with talk of a military coup, he...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 12 | UGANDA Tress Bucyanayandi 2nd October 2013 Minister of Agriculture, Uganda Agriculture accounted for 23.4% of Uganda’s gross domestic product in 2011 and now the government has given Chinese companies the green light to set up operations in the...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 7 | UGANDACHINA One-horse race 2nd May 2013 The government cancelled the bidding for Uganda’s biggest hydropower project, the Karuma Falls Dam, pending a procurement review, after the selected bidder lied to the Ministry of Energy.