Uganda politics

Magufuli, the son of a farmer,[1] took over from Jakaya Kikwete, whose government was scarred by scandals and excesses, and it’s already clear why the can-do, cost-cutting, austere, corruption-hating new leader is known as Iron Fist and the Bulldozer.[1] Check also: All Ghost Workers Must Be Removed From Public Service Payroll, Says Magufuli There might be tongue-in-cheek celebrations on Twitter – the hashtag ...

For perhaps the first time during Museveni’s three-decade rule, Ugandans in the diaspora are organizing themselves for substantial public action. Groups have gathered across Asia, Europe and North America to advocate for their friends and relatives back home. Check also: United States to reconsider its relationship with Uganda A protester at the United Nations in New York mourned the dismantling ...

UGANDA IS showing the world what electoral malfeasance can look like, more than a month after voters cast their ballots. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won the country’s Feb. 18 elections amid widespread reports of voting irregularities, ballot-box stuffing and intimidation of opposition candidates, according to United States observers. Check also: President Yoweri Museveni’s re-election and Uganda’s future Last Thursday, Uganda’s ...

The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, has advised Opposition presidential candidates who were defeated in the just concluded general elections and in the subsequent Supreme Court ruling that upheld President Museveni’s victory to stop grieving over their loss and move on. Check Also: Why Buganda Kingdom Is Demotic In Uganda Mr Mayiga the Katikkiro while addressing the Buganda Kingdom Lukiiko ...

With the Supreme Court upholding President Museveni’s election victory, which way will Uganda’s opposition turn? The choice is now facing them. Last Thursday afternoon, in downtown Kampala, a crowd of a hundred boda-boda (motorbike taxi) drivers gathered for a victory parade. To the front of their bikes they attached posters of Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s long-time president, who was declared the ...