Otafiire says Kiryowa Kiwanuka was the key architect of Sovereignty Law

The minister of Internal Affairs, Gen Kahinda Otafiire, has distanced himself from the recently passed Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, saying Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka was the key government official behind the legislation. Speaking to journalists shortly after being sworn in as MP for Ruhinda in Mitooma, Otafiire dismissed claims that he personally pushed the…

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Which army officer carried Otafiire in a sack when UPDF and Rwanda troops clashed in Kisangani?

In mid-1999, when Ugandan troops clashed with Rwanda’s army in Kisangani, eastern DR Congo, Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire was unexpectedly caught up in the crossfire. Otafiire was then serving as Museveni’s chief security advisor on DRC, having been dropped from the cabinet. Which religious leader talked Museveni out of marrying Winnie Byanyima? As bullets flew…

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