On May 3, 2011 with the country still reeling from the Dr Kizza Besigye-instigated walk-to-work protests, Robert Kabushenga, then chief executive officer of Vision Group was interviewed by BBC’s Akwasa Sarpong for his take. This is what he said: “What has happened on our part is that Mr. Besigye did promise during the campaigns that…
In 2015, Barnabas Ndawula joined the Buganda Land Board (BLB) as the head of the legal department. He hit the ground running. He was very active in helping some of the land cases that had bedeviled the board. “He was jolly and likeable but he also usually kept to himself,” said one person who has…
More than 200 days after Joel Ssenyonyi was appointed leader of the opposition, he has failed to galvanize opposition members in Parliament with many MPs openly rebelling against him. At 37 years, Ssenyonyi is the second youngest politician to become leader of opposition in Uganda’s political history after Basil Bataringaya who occupied the position in…
A month after signing a memorandum of understanding with the NRM in August 2022, Norbert Mao was asked on NBS TV’s Frontline show what specifically he would focus on as new minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. “Ensuring a smooth transition,” he said without batting an eyelid. “How?” the moderator of the show Charles Mwanguhya…
Months after the 2016 elections Anderson Burora met Norman Tumuhimbise, the coordinator of the Jobless Brotherhood, a pressure group that was advocating for good governance in the country. The Sunday meeting, which took place at Sabrina’s Pub on Bombo Road, followed numerous calls from Burora pleading to join the group and further the cause of…
In September 2014, a couple of months into the first of his two stints as police spokesperson, Fred Enanga, with a straight face, boasted that security had foiled a planned terrorist attack on one of Uganda’s strategic installations. He went on: “The terrorists sneaked into the country through Tanzania using the Mutukula border. They spent…
Latif Madoi, a prominent fashion designer was at his fashion academy on 13 May when police officers marched into the building. To Madoi’s suprise they put him in cuffs, arresting him and four of his students. They also seized some of designer’s sewing machines and finished garments. Madoi’s offence? Prosecutors charged the 47-year-old with possessing…
In March 2007, a young lady Jamilah Nakku shocked the country with a stunning revelation. She claimed she was the wife of the then Vice President, Prof Gilbert Bukenya and that the two were living together at the VP’s country home in Kakiri. Nakku was a station manager at Busiro FM which was owned by…
Dr Khiddu Makubuya, the former attorney general and distinguished law don was yesterday reported to be ailing. In fact, his family quickly dimissed as false, reports that the law proffessor had passed on. That was heartening to hear. While every good meaning person would wish Makubuya a speedy recovery, this state affairs also calls for…
Those who knew John Birungi Babirukamu said he always kept to himself, sometimes rarely uttering a word the whole day to the people he worked with. He was also said to be very ambitious, juggling several projects at a go. It is this hectic, stressful life that some say could have contributed to his death….
