DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 17 | UGANDA Museveni agrees to take US deportees to win Trump’s favour 25th August 2025 Uganda’s move to accede to Washington’s demands follows those by South Sudan and Congo-Kinshasa Uganda’s agreement to accept deported migrants from the United States as long as they don't have criminal records and are not unaccompanied minors is the latest success in... READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 16 | UGANDA Muhoozi purges military again in latest power grab 8th August 2025 Top officers accused of graft as President’s son asserts his authority General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the volatile head of Uganda’s military and son of President Yoweri Museveni, has launched a further purge of officers as part of efforts to consolidate...
Vol 66 No 16 | KENYAUGANDA London court boosts Kampala-Nairobi link 8th August 2025 The path towards a revamped passenger and freight rail link between Kenya and Uganda has become clearer, after the London Court of International Arbitration dismissed a US$2 billion...
Vol 66 No 15 | UGANDA President’s oil dream is in foreign hands 25th July 2025 Museveni’s beloved pipeline and refinery project rides on uncertain finance from UAE and questions about China’s priorities Uganda’s planned oil refinery at Hoima hinges its joint venture partner Alpha MBM Investments, a little-known United Arab Emirates company chaired by a minor member of the Dubai...
Vol 66 No 12 | UGANDA Muhoozi attacks regime insiders 13th June 2025 As the president seeks to build bridges ahead of 2026 elections, his son is throwing online bombs at powerful figures Social media attacks on rivals by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the president’s son and head of Uganda’s military, are widening divisions in the ruling family. Over the past few...
Vol 66 No 10 | TANZANIAUGANDAOIL AND GAS Museveni’s $4 billion refinery threatens East African oil pipeline 14th May 2025 Kampala has secured investors in the refinery and the 1,400 kilometre pipeline – but are they both viable? At the centre of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s 20-year ambition for Uganda to become the leading energy supplier across East Africa is the plan to build a refinery...
Vol 66 No 3 | UGANDA The Muhoozi succession recasts Kampala’s regional policy 4th February 2025 President Museveni is planning his seventh presidential term but his son and heir apparent unsettles neighbouring states As President Yoweri Museveni lays the groundwork for a seventh term next January, a pressing question remains, will he manage to control his mercurial son and heir apparent,...
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 3 | UGANDA Museveni defies Supreme Court over Besigye charges 5th February 2025 The president has ignored an order from the Chief Justice to release the opposition leader, who was abducted by security forces, and transfer his trial to a civilian court President Yoweri Museveni has defied a Supreme Court judgement ordering the release of opposition leader Kizza Besigye and mandating that Besigye can only be tried in a civilian... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 1 | KENYAUGANDA Keeping Martha Karua out of court 17th December 2024 The Uganda Law Council’s ruling to deny a Kenyan lawyer a certificate to represent opposition leader Kizza Besigye raises concerns about political interference The Uganda Law Council’s decision to withhold a special temporary certificate for National Rainbow Coalition–Kenya (NARC-Kenya) leader Martha Karua to practise law in Uganda, preventing her from defending... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 16 | UGANDA Opposition targeted as Museveni regime fears protests 23rd July 2024 Bobi Wine says security forces besieged his party’s headquarters ahead of anti-government demonstrations The decision by the Ugandan state to seal off the headquarters of Bobi Wine’s National Unity Party (NUP) on 22 July, ahead of a major planned anti-corruption demonstration,... READ FOR FREE