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The Commander of Land Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has defended journalist Andrew Mwenda for donning military fatigue, an act that has been widely criticized by Ugandans online. Through his official Twitter account, Kainerugaba said…

By Andrew M. Mwenda President Yoweri Museveni’s suspension of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) has caused uproar. This has been a big programme by Uganda’s “development partners” aimed at “providing harmonised, coherent and…

There is a pervasive myth in Uganda’s opposition that President Yoweri Museveni steals their votes. Opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye has been the principle promoter of this myth, claiming that he won all the electoral contests against…

Veteran journalist and media investor Andrew Mwenda lost his nephew, Chris Ibaale, to COVID-19 yesterday afternoon. Mwenda, the founder and owner of Independent Publications, yesterday tweeted: "This afternoon our family has been struck…

By Andrew M. Mwenda I woke up yesterday morning only to hear that the deputy head of the Uganda Media Centre Col. Shaban Bantariza is dead. The news struck me like a thunderbolt partly part because I least expected it but largely because…

By Andrew Mwenda Nearly two years since Gen Omar El Bashir was removed from power through a popular uprising, Sudan is tottering on the edge of collapse. The government increased public sector wages by 400%, thereby throwing the country…

Veteran Journalist and businessman Andrew Mwenda has called for a presidential debate between himself and the National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Bobi Wine on joining the party. “I am calling for a debate between me and Bobi Wine on the…

By Andrew Mwenda Bobi Wine is being presented to us domestically and internationally as the symbol of our struggle for democracy, freedom, liberty and social transformation. Even some of our “intellectuals” are treating him as an…

By Andrew M. Mwenda Last week, it became apparent that the initial news that a one Michael alinda aka Ziggy Wyne had been kidnapped, eye yanked out, fingers chopped off and face burnt using a flat iron were exactly that – a hoax. Ziggy…

The mother of veteran journalist Andrew Mwenda, Burahya County MP Margaret Muhanga, and senior UPDF officer Maj Gen Kayanja Muhanga has died. The siblings made the announcement on social media last evening attracting sympathy from high…