Vol 46 No 16 | UGANDA Prizes for all 5th August 2005 Everyone claimed victory in the referendum of 28 July (AC Vol 46 No 15). The National Resistance Movement has been strengthened because it won the 'Yes' vote it...
Vol 46 No 15 | UGANDA A tree, a house, a president 22nd July 2005 In a confused campaign, the referendum on multiparty politics is too close to call In the referendum on 28 July, voters will be asked to choose between two symbols: a tree for changing to multiparty politics, a house for continuing the 'no-party'...
Vol 46 No 14 | UGANDA Another third term 8th July 2005 Parliament's support on 28 June for a constitutional bill has unblocked the limit on how many terms a president can serve. It opens the way for President Yoweri...
Vol 46 No 9 | UGANDA Parliament comes alive 29th April 2005 The government has failed to push a crucial bill through a parliament full of loyal members (AC Vol 46 No 8). The bill would have authorised a referendum...
Vol 46 No 8 | UGANDA Milton stays lost 15th April 2005 Former President Obote's promised return gives life to Museveni's re-election campaign Democratic passions have been revived by ex-President Apollo Milton Obote, who announced his return to Uganda after 20 years of exile in Zambia but then said he'd changed...
Vol 46 No 8 | UGANDA Who wants to tackle Museveni? 15th April 2005 If the G6 parties can coalesce around a single presidential candidate, they will become the most powerful opposition group. The G6 components are the Free Movement, Justice Forum...
Vol 46 No 3 | UGANDA Operation Kisanja 4th February 2005 A proposed third term for the President upsets Ugandans' hopes for peace hey marched through Kampala, waving dried banana leaves and banners reading 'Operation Kisanja'. Some held aloft three fingers, showing support for a third term for President Yoweri Kaguta...
Vol 46 No 3 | UGANDA Pass the ammunition 4th February 2005 President Yoweri Museveni's government in Kampala remains locked in a bloody counterinsurgency campaign against the Lord's Resistance Army, a fierce and brutal pseudo-Christian cult backed, opportunistically, by Sudan's...
Vol 45 No 19 | UGANDA Now for the contest 24th September 2004 Museveni wants many parties, as long as his own provides the president Months after it was due, a new phase of Ugandan politics began on 21 September, when Hajat Janat Mukwaya, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, set out the...
Vol 45 No 11 | UGANDA People's power 28th May 2004 President Museveni's third term bid is splitting the governing party he so patiently built The desire to stay in power for a third term could prove the chink in President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni's well-maintained armour. It has divided his National Resistance Movement...