Uganda’s eating chiefs: A look at a presidency infested with hounds who ravage the Treasury, then vomit on shoes of the poor
If Ms Kamya felt a bit uncomfortable with President Museveni’s public emasculation of her efforts to fight corruption in Uganda, she actually came off quite lightly, compared to her counterpart anti-corruption CEOs elsewhere in Africa, who have been publicly humiliated and summarily hounded out of office long before the end of their tenure, the very moment these anti-corruption chiefs started stepping on the toes of some crooked members of the political establishment.
How Uganda’s State House became the unrivalled power point of ruthless theft of public resources
When we recently wrote our article Engineering and institutionalising corruption through the Office of Prime Minister in which we gave examples of mind-boggling cases of theft of public money and properties to prove our case, we never suspected that it would attract a lot of interest within the country and...
Bidenomics: President Biden sells his economic policies as key to manufacturing jobs uptick
Biden’s trip to the Southwest is shaded by his re-election campaign and the challenge of getting a majority of US adults to say they believe the economy is in good shape. The president is trying to break through a deep pessimism that intensified last year as inflation spiked. His trip included a Tuesday speech in Arizona and will end with remarks Thursday in Utah.
Republicans suffer rejection in Ohio as voters shoot down measures to limit abortion rights
Interest in Tuesday’s special election was intense, even after Republicans ignored their own law that took effect earlier this year to place the question before voters in August. Voters cast nearly 700,000 early in-person and mail ballots ahead of Tuesday’s final day of voting, more than double the number of advance votes in a typical primary election. Early turnout was especially heavy in the Democratic-leaning counties surrounding Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati.
US judge defies defence lawyers and sets hearing on evidence in Trump’s 2020 election case
Friday’s hearing comes after Trump’s defence team on Monday opposed a request from prosecutors for Chutkan to impose a protective order to ensure confidential evidence is not shared publicly by Trump, suggesting he could use the information to intimidate witnesses. Trump has pleaded not guilty and called the charges politically motivated.
Rwanda genocide had less to do ethnic rivalry, more to do with Tutsi lineages scramble for control of state
Critics of this government assert that the pattern of scapegoating continues. But now, those threatening the regime are Hutu associated with the former Rwandan army (the FAR) and the Interahamwe militias. This time, the power of the Rwandan military has expanded; the scapegoats are not only those within the country but potentially all those living in areas where the FAR or Interahamwe are known or believed to be operating (including, apparently, refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo).
Judge in Trump classified documents case in spotlight for multiple errors in previous trial
Cannon, a 42-year-old former federal prosecutor appointed by Trump to the bench in 2020 late in his presidency, also neglected to swear in the prospective jury pool – an obligatory procedure in which people who may serve on the panel pledge to tell the truth during the selection process. This error forced Cannon to re-start jury selection before the trial ended abruptly with defendant William Spearman pleading guilty as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
Trump ignored advisors, helped organise fake slates of electors, knowingly pushed lies to throw out poll results – indictment
Trump and his allies knowingly pushed those lies as part of a campaign to pressure state and federal officials to throw out the election results, prosecutors said, culminating in a mob of Trump supporters storming the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in a failed bid to stop Congress from certifying Biden’s victory.
Creative Destruction: Uganda is in serious midlife crisis and old thinking must die to give way to rebirth
President Museveni has discouraged the universities from admitting large numbers of students and staff in the humanities and social science, completely unaware that these days the three broad areas of knowledge are interconnected in this era of new knowledge production. He is demanding innovations from his scientists and his new Ministry of Science and Technology.
Indictments helping former US President Trump solidify base in Republican party as nomination nears
Opinion polls show Republican support for Trump surging since the first of three indictments was issued in March. He is far and away the front-runner, leading second-place Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor, by close to 30 percentage points.
