Vol 59 No 25 | UGANDA Grafting against corruption 21st December 2018 President Yoweri Museveni has set up a new Anti-Corruption Unit, but Kampala pundits believe its real function is to prevent opposition politicians raising money from wealthy businesses for...
Vol 59 No 21 | UGANDA Museveni widens the tent 26th October 2018 President Yoweri Museveni is to appoint former members of the opposition as ministers, according to a leak of a cabinet list. The President means to divide the opposition...
Vol 59 No 19 | UGANDA Museveni to tough it out 28th September 2018 The President is taking no chances and making no concessions. He is mobilising 24,000 reservists as popular protests continue Thousands of new security personnel are being deployed to meet the threat of mass civil unrest after the triumphant return to Kampala of Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine...
Vol 59 No 18 | UGANDA Wave of protests rattles Museveni 14th September 2018 The Bobi Wine protests are growing into demonstrations against autocracy and impunity as the veteran President's grip falters Ever since President Yoweri Museveni's personal guards beat up and almost killed the popular musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, on 14 August, the normally effective mixture of... READ FOR FREE
Vol 59 No 4 | UGANDA An inspector calls, no longer 23rd February 2018 Once Museveni's devoted chief enforcer, General Kale Kayihura has fallen from grace in a tussle for security control Once regarded as the most powerful general in Ugandan internal security circles, the Inspector General of Police, General Kale Kayihura, has fallen from President Yoweri Museveni's favour. Kayihura...