Opinion

How Mpuuga’s Democratic Alliance Will Deepen Divisions within Opposition

The former Leader of opposition in Parliament and the Nyendo-Mukungwe Member of Parliament Mathias Mpuuga recently launched the Democratic Alliance, a coalition aimed at uniting the opposition parties in...

How Uganda’s Opposition Preaches Change Without Offering Alternatives

 The opposition in Uganda has lately turned into a group of comedians preaching change but with no alternative...

 The Irony of Life: Who Truly Works for the Stomach?

Life is rife with ironies, some so plain they demand reflection. One such irony lies in the economic...

Why President Museveni is Extraordinarily Better than All Opposition Politicians Combined

Lately, there has been too much talk by the opposition politicians belittling President Museveni and the National Resistance...

How Opposition Parties Continue to Violate Uganda’s Multiparty Democracy 

In the referendum that was held on July 28, 2005, Ugandans voted to adopt a multiparty system of...

OPINION: How Bobi Wine’s Gay Funders Gave Him False Hope on the Arrest of President Museveni

Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has suffered a big betrayal from his gay funders as they didn’t fulfil their assurances that President Museveni will be arrested outside Uganda. According to Hon. Micheal Kakembo the Entebbe Municipality MP, his party President Bobi wine, was very sure President Museveni would be arrested on sight if he ever set foot in any of the western countries basing on the assurances he had been given by some gay diplomats in foreign missions accredited to...

OPINION: President Museveni Schools Remmy Bahati during an Interview in Washington

President Yoweri K Museveni in a recent interview with Remmy Bahati schooled the journalist on matters of Policy, Human rights and statistics. President Museveni who was attending a summit in Washington DC, USA at the invitation of President Joe Biden was interviewed by Bahati, a Ugandan working with New York City Lens, last week. Bahati who sought an interview with the President asked a number of questions concerning Uganda’s Elections, the presidency, and Human rights. “You are one of the longest-serving...

Was Kyagulanyi overly ambitious in believing the West would support his regime change struggle?

Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party, has relentlessly appealed to the West since 2017 to support his regime change struggle in Uganda. In an article titled "My Torture at the Hands of America’s Favorite African Strongman," published on July 29, 2020, in the New York Times, Kyagulanyi accused the Government of Uganda, President Museveni, and security (UPDF, Police) of gross human rights violations. On February 8, 2022, Kyagulanyi asked the European Parliament to stop...

President Salva Kiir should be sympathized with not mocked

In 1993,  while Uganda was celebrating Independence, witness accounts claim that President Museveni asked the man that was standing  next to him as the anthem played who he was, and the shabbily tacked in man quickly introduced himself  “ I am your friend!,” and that’s how Mukwaya stole the Presidential Salute, a story that has remained historical to date . No one knows how Mukwaya beat the security detail of the President to access a position that put him into...

Rampant Power Tower Vandalism, Power Outages and Who Is Behind them?

According to the minister of Energy and Mineral Development Ms Ruth Nankabirwa, the Government of Uganda losses over Shs260b annually in the vandalism of electricity towers used in electricity transmission and many other items used in electricity distribution. Recently, the nation has been experiencing more power outages than usual which authorities blame on vandalism of power infrastructure. There have been cases where segments of the network are destroyed out of malice including syphoning of transformer oils causing transformers to burn, removing...

OPINION: Armed Attacks on Security Installations Is A Threat to All Ugandans

The increased armed robberies targeting different security installations especially police posts in the central region is an act of terror and mayhem that makes all Ugandans unsafe and this must be resisted in unanimity. Several Police posts in the central districts of Mityana, Luweero, Kiboga, Nakaseke, and Wakiso have been attacked, ammunition stolen and a number of security personnel killed. A few months ago, there were other attempts by men disguising as lunatic persons to invade Military Bases especially the...