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...
Vol 58 No 25 | RWANDAUGANDA Pepper spray 15th December 2017 Three editors from the Ugandan satirical tabloid Red Pepper have been charged with libel and 'offensive communication' over a story alleging that Uganda's security services were plotting to...
Vol 58 No 25 | UGANDA Probing the gold 15th December 2017 The African Gold Refinery, launched by President Yoweri Museveni in February, is being investigated by a United Nations panel of experts and two Ugandan anti-corruption agencies. The experts...
Vol 58 No 25 | UGANDA Farm-downs and cash-cows 5th December 2017 Despite a massive oil find over ten years ago, inter-company disputes, and wrangles over taxation and a refinery are still slowing progress Late last year, President Yoweri Museveni directed his technocrats and the oil companies to start production in two years. It's going to take more than State House decrees...
Vol 58 No 21 | UGANDA The seven ages of Museveni 20th October 2017 The President's campaign to change the law to stay in office, yet again, is stirring revolt and causing him to dig deep to keep his loyalists in line President Yoweri Museveni's deployment of soldiers in parliament on 27 September is but a small part of his multi-pronged effort to extend his presidency. Embarrassingly for him, security...
Vol 58 No 12 | UGANDA Refining impurities 9th June 2017 One of President Yoweri Museveni's pet projects, the African Gold Refinery, has come under further scrutiny in an investigation published on 5 June by anti-corruption group Global Witness...
Vol 58 No 5 | UGANDA Museveni goes for gold 3rd March 2017 The official launch of African Gold Refinery comes amid concerns that its raw material comes from neighbouring conflict zones President Yoweri Museveni has inaugurated East Africa's first refinery capable of refining gold to international standards of 99.9% purity. Speaking on 21 February at its ceremonial launch, he...