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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

Op-ed

OP-ED: How to Make Elections More Realistic – Faruk Kirunda

By Faruk Kirunda As we edge towards the sunset of the year 2024, the realisation that we are clocking into a year of heightened electoral activity begs closer interest. It will be five years since 2020, a year in which Covid-19 happened

December 18, 2024

Op-ed·Politics

FARUK KIRUNDA: I Smell Another Rat- In Visa Business

Uganda is under attack from many corners and some fellow Ugandans are working with our foreign enemies. For a long time, Uganda is the target of affronts from foreigners interested in controlling our affairs at a time we should be shaking off

August 1, 2023

National News

FARUK KIRUNDA: Leaders Without Cadreship To Blame For Kasese Massacre

The June 16 attack on Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe, Kasese, at the border with DRC, was a tragedy waiting to happen. This is despite the great assurances that Ugandans generally enjoy in terms of peace, tranquillity and security. In the military,

June 29, 2023

National News

Mixed Reactions As State House Breaks Silence On Museveni Resignation Rumours

Netizens have been shocked by a circulating audio circulating on social media platforms alleging that president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is soon resigning from the top office. According to the storyteller in the circulating audio, he alleges that Museveni said that he doesn’t

October 20, 2022

Politics

Faruk Kirunda: With Failed ICC Petition, Opposition Has Unwittingly Campaigned For Museveni

By Faruk Kirunda Kampala: After so much time wasted, so much scheming and so much false promises made, the opposition has been slapped in the face. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed a petition which sections of the opposition had filed

December 18, 2020

Politics

Point By Point Response To Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde’s Alarmist “How Did We Get Here?” Take On Various Infrastructure Projects

By Faruk Kirunda Presidential candidate, Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde has penned a critical outline targeting several infrastructure projects intending to demonise Government among voters hoping to win them over to his side. He titled his document: “HOW DID WE GET HERE?” Below

November 16, 2020

Politics

Why Trump Lost & Why Museveni Will Overwhelmingly Win The 2021 Elections

By Faruk Kirunda By the weekend, the tally from US elections showed that Joe Biden was headed for election as the President-elect of the United States of America (USA) after edging out the incumbent, Donald J Trump, in a tense election held

November 8, 2020

News·Politics

Faruk Kirunda: Museveni Deserves A Medal For Restoring Cultural Institutions

By Faruk Kirunda This year marks 27 years since the restoration of cultural institutions in Uganda. It was a fulfillment of the pledge made by liberation fighter, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, to bring back those institutions that had been abolished in 1967 by

November 3, 2020

Politics

I Predict Museveni, NRM Victory In 2021 Elections

By Faruk Kirunda Kampala: As we dive into the high political season with campaigns getting under way leading to elections at Presidential and Parliament level, I can bet my hand that the winners have already done what it takes to claim their

November 1, 2020