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Binding Losing Independents: A Misguided Approach to Party Discipline

By Hakim Kyeswa Faruk Kirunda’s recent defence of the NRM’s decision to bar losing primary candidates from running as independents presents the move as a necessary step towards party discipline and democratic maturity. While the intention to reduce internal divisions is understandable,

April 17, 2025

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Nathan Kikku Mubiru: Serious Questions For Erias Lukwago With Katonga “A One-Man Army & A Nervous Wreck”

By Nathan Kikku Mubiru The renegades declared their worst demonstration against poor roads in the country and starting a fundamental revolution looks difficult to achieve. This unanticipated union between Katonga and Kavuule may not have had top billing in the grand scheme

February 6, 2024

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Nathan Kikku Mubiru: President Museveni Vs Dr Besigye Casts The Wrong Man As The Devil; The Best Could Actually Be The Worst

By Nathan Kikku Mubiru As if Kizza Besigye wasn’t feeling glum enough about his failed banana plants to pot hole demonstration, it can only have been compounded by his greatest career rival, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, scooping up the Non-Aligned Movement chair

February 4, 2024

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Why Col Dr Besigye, Bobiwine Will Never Govern Uganda -Dan Matsiko

Playing victim, seeking for political sympathies and constant scaremongering has never removed a bad government in Africa and Uganda in particular. Col Besigye’s empty tactics have outlived their usefulness in this day and age . Col Besigye participated in massive looting this

January 28, 2024

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Dan Matsiko: Without Cecilia Ogwal’s Excellent Leadership Style The Country Is More Poorer In Intellectual & Refined Current Wisdom

Where do I start and end ladies and gentlemen here ? Mama FDC, Mama Uganda, Mama Lango, Mama Dokolo, former UPC party iron lady in the 80s and 90s before she joined the mighty FDC mass political party of Uganda. Our icon

January 18, 2024

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FDC Are Wedded To The Idea That Nandala Mafabi Is Their Long Term Leader-Nathan Kikku Mubiru

Elias Lukwago, who experienced a vote of no confidence by United Forces of Change this morning through their demonstration against poor roads in his area of governance, Kampala will never be president of the Forum for Democratic Change “any time soon”, according

January 18, 2024

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Nathan Kikku Mubiru: Erias Lukwago, Your Politics Is Shit”: Revisionism & The Nandala Mafabi Evolution At FDC

By Nathan Kikku Mubiru At a political party, whether you mostly recruited or lost, a member or a leader is often revisioned and rewritten soon after they’ve left: a little new leader bounce here, an unkind political environment and schedule there. What

January 12, 2024

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FDC’s Dan Matsiko: We Are Voting Nandala Mafabi As Our Next President, Dr.Besigye,Bobiwine Will Never Lead Uganda

We are voting Nandala Mafabi Nathan James as our next President this time around not the usual ‘winners’ who have never learnt anything in matters of seizing power and naming governments. Col Besigye will never be president of Uganda just like Mr

January 10, 2024

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What Is Nonalignment In Era Of Globalization-Oweyegha Afunaduula

By Oweyegha-Afunaduula As I wrote in an article on “Peace in a globalized world: Does it always mean the absence of war?” our World is so interconnected and interdependent that globalization is proceeding with the agency of trade and technology, especially the

January 8, 2024

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FDC Parliamentary Whip Hon.Nsibambi New Year’s Message

2023 has been a year of numerous Political realities as the FDC underwent Party leadership renewal. The FDC Party has gone through changes from the grassroots to the national level. The Parliamentary front as well, has witnessed a change of guards. On

January 7, 2024

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Kwizera Joseph Jojo: Why Uganda Needs More Trees Than Oil

By: Kwizera Joseph Jojo Kampala: From November 30th to December 12th, guests from all over the world were in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to attend the COP28 UN Climate Summit. As usual, Uganda was represented by a huge delegation of over 600

January 7, 2024

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