Politics Made in Uganda

Uganda is hardly a donor nation yet, even amid current economic hardships, the reason for worse than London riots here, president Museveni had the knack to donate $300,000 for a primary school in Rwanda and another $100,000 for Dar-Es-Salaam University in Tanzania. Rwanda and Tanzania are two... Sign in to see full entry.

I want to believe so, except she hasn't been president in Uganda nor in the US. She has also not dug a grave and carreid or loward a dead body into it...can she do anything a man does? Sign in to see full entry.

After South Sudan's independence recently there is noticeable regional posturing by foreign ministries; Eritrea struggles to rejoin IGAD, Ethiopian deputy premier attends high-level meet with Uganda foreign affairs minister in Kampala, Ugandan pres. Yoweri Museveni makes calm-long visit to Rwanda.... Sign in to see full entry.

US' Gen. Carter Ham July 19 hosted Ugandan journalists at the US Africa Command-AFRICOM in Stuttgart, German. This came amid speculation of the Defense Dept's intention to relocate the facility from Europe to Africa--probably, Juba, South Sudan. Since their return, the scribes have largely written... Sign in to see full entry.

Dr. Mahamad Elssanous is due in Uganda from USA, to preach Islam, democracy, human rights and youth related issues during Ramadan. He's sponsored by Obama administration and its possible other American sheiks are due to other destinations. True, Bush, Clinton again Bush and other ex presidents... Sign in to see full entry.

New Vice president Edward Ssekandi is one step from being No. 1. But his political opponent Jude Mbabali had produced good evidence in court against him for allegedly bribing voters as MP in the february elections. However, if Ssekandi were to lose the MP position and even the VP slot, via courts of... Sign in to see full entry.

The coordinator for intelligence agencies (ISO and ESO) in Uganda, Gen. David Tinyefuza is accused of selling a public house(for KCCA) for US$1.5m to a private local estates dealer, known as Kakumba. Question: If he could do so, how safe is the nation's classified materials? Sign in to see full entry.

Ugandan leader, Yoweri Museveni met his party MPs this week to ask them amend constitution so that protesters could be jailed six months without bail. Move is seen as measure to prevent possible mass protests that could challenge his 26-year hold onto power, the way it happened in Tunisia and Egypt.... Sign in to see full entry.

The planned public dialogue to sell the German economic model of social market economy took place at Makerere University, Kampala and Berlin's cadres did a commendable job of convincing Ugandans accept it. Dr. John Mubazi, the ruling party chairman national economy presented a paper--promising... Sign in to see full entry.

After former Chancellor Helmut Kohl visiting and making a case for German's Social market economic principles in Kampala, Uganda, early this year, Berlin now seems to have unleashed her economic cadres into Africa to consolidate that effort. Next week, on Tuesday, July 20, a German agency, Konrad... Sign in to see full entry.