Category: Museveni
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“The army in development, Private -Public-Partnerships, land giveaways and other issues”
Recently all of the above topics have made headlines. PPP’s are now a buzzword and are the new “privatisation” mantra but should be approached with caution in a corrupt environment! Below are my opinions from an inbox discussion with friends in 2011. Cutting corners Nyenje said they are missing out on the real issues…
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Were Museveni’s 2011 elections rigged?
In 2011 all President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni run in a presidential election for the 5th time. He has previously stood in 1980 where he got 4.1% of the vote in an election widely believed to have been rigged. He subsequently fought a very destructive 5 year war in which tens to hundreds of thousands of…
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Letter to Nina; Please give me a reason to return to Uganda!
Nina my dear, Obwedda bambi ndi wano nga nkulowoozako! You see these days I get really worried about you! Anti the streets are heaving and panting with anger! And one of these days, something is going to give! As they say in luganda, ‘ekizimba kinateera okwabikka’! I do not know if you people are…
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Parliament’s approving General Aronda as minister is an abuse of the 1995 constitution!
A few years ago, Noble Mayombo, a serving army officer was appointed to chair the New Vision board and later was appointed a permanent secretary. I thought that that was strange and was a contradiction of the spirit in which the constitution of Uganda mandated the exclusion of serving army officers in politics. A few…
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Define nepotism
NRM cadre says, "If your prejudices are based on the workers of Statehouse, then ask yourself what percentage that workforce is of the whole! Another thing you should ask yourself is: When Mutesa was the president, who were the people working in statehouse close to him? When Obote was president who were the people…
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The price of prolonged incumbence!
by Drew Ddembe on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 8:00am That is the scary part -25 year olds who have only ever known one president! 25 year olds who have only ever seen a hand over of power from the same man to the same man! 25 year olds who have never seen…
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Quoting Museveni, “The price of Bad Leadership”
by Drew Ddembe on Monday, March 22, 2010 at 8:18pm People are dead at the hands of his men and the command of his son! Instead of mourning for the double tragedy, all he can think of is the tired old militant rhetoric! He seems to believe that it is him and his family who…
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Re-examining museveni’s motivation
by Drew Ddembe on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 4:02am There is a need to re examine president Museveni’s legacy and motivation particularly in view of his long stay in power and shifting justification. At the end of the day with each new election it becomes more and more clear that it has always been…
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Broken promises
Politics is about the provision of roads, water, drugs in hospitals, and schools for children. take the road from here, Parliament Buildings to Republic house. this road is so bad that if a pregnant woman travels on it, I am sure she will have a miscarriage! Therefore the security of Uganda is their right and…
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