Museveni dynasty: How 40 years of family misrule silenced Ugandans’ voice, stymied hopes of a people
In Uganda power is no longer just what you acquire through election to a political office, say the office of president of Uganda. Power has become inheritance. There is clear evidence that President Tibuhaburwa Yoweri Museveni has demonstrated, not announced, that his son, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, is the one he wants to inherit power from him.
Uganda, a dictator’s paradise: Two conquests, one continuum from Britain to NRM hegemony
Under NRM rule, opposition is managed through a sophisticated of complex blend of coercion, denials, legalism, conscience buying and co-optation. The security apparatus (UPDF, CMI, police) is used against serious threats such as Kyagulanyi’s National Unity Platform or Kyagulanyi himself. The judiciary and parliament are often manipulated by the president for personal gain of power and influence.
Do we still have a home? Why has new ODM leadership resorted to insulting non-Luo tribes that supported Raila, retired President Kenyatta?
The Political Parties Act presumes defection when you promote the ideals of another party but that’s not the case for the three, they are just deeply in love with William Ruto. It is understandable since all of them joined the party as a train for their political careers but not as believers in its philosophy.
In Uganda the line between ‘riots and protests’ is burred: both are met with state brute force
The truth is that most governments are fearful of gatherings of any kind because their “captors” believe the gatherings can easily result in challenge, even change of power. The citizens are collectively perceived as enemy-number-one of the state, especially in Africa, where governments frequently arm themselves to the teeth against the citizens.
Buganda Kingdom holds key to democracy in Uganda: Electing Museveni translates to extension tyranny, family dynasty
Buganda has always had an advantage over other regions of Uganda in that it is physically centrally positioned. This is the reason why in the colonial times it was referred to as Central Province. Besides, the seat of power and capital of Uganda are in Buganda. Also, in Buganda is the main state house of the president of Uganda
How sycophancy became stock-in-trade in Ugandan politics and nixed on democracy
One common characteristic of flatterers is that they are very good at lying. They position themselves as angels before the eyes of their victims – the flattered. Normally, they have no ideas because they carry thick heads that cannot think or reason critically.
How Uganda’s long history of political defections undermined ideological pluralism and democracy, went a tad higher under Museveni
There have been many prominent shifts during NRM rule. The most memorable are probably those of Anne Anita Among and Thomas Tayebwa, who were former members of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) that crossed to the National Resistance Movement (NRM) and rose to become Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Parliament, respectively
Wrinkles of Struggle: How Uganda’s perennial president has spent 20 years persecuting never-say-die ally-turned-foe Kizza Besigye
Kizza Besigye’s path was once intertwined with Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s after joining the National Resistance Army (NRA) in the 1980s, ostensibly to fight against dictatorship. But disillusionment soon followed.
Gun legacy: How President Museveni thrives on political violence that’s turned Uganda into huge assassination theatre
The normalisation of violence erodes trust in institutions, inviting international scrutiny while emboldening repression.
People’s president Bobi Wine’s ‘War for Freedom’ slogan rattles President Museveni’s as enthusiastic voters ‘sing redemptions songs’
National Resistance Movement and National Resistance Army (NRM/NRA) rebellion, often sold as a liberation for Uganda, has left many questioning its promises, fuelling a belief that the country’s journey remains unfinished.
