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How the politics of Aids, and now Covid-19, shape Uganda Wednesday December 23 2020 Advertisement One of the most globally popular photographs depicting the brutal – and deadly – early enforcement of Covid-19 lockdowns in Africa, was that famous one by AFP showing a soldier (or was it LDU) beating female vendors in Kampala. Those kill-them-to-save-them-Covid early days partly explain the brutality against President Yoweri Museveni’s Opposition rivals in January’s election and their supp...

Daily Monitor Tuesday December 22 2020 In 2006, Winnie Byanyima told one of the fables from Ankole lore of Ishe Katabazi. When Kizza Besigye returned from exile where he had fled after the bitterly fought 2001 election that pitted him against NRM’s Yoweri Museveni, it was assumed that his absence from the scene had made him irrelevant.   Then he started pulling huge crowds which confounded ‘intelligence assessments.’ He was arrested on tramped-up charges of rape and treason.  According...

Woman shot in Ugandan riots to be taken abroad Police have said the woman who was shot and a bullet got stuck in her spine during the November 18 political protests will be taken to India for further treatment. Ms Justine Namambo, 28, a mother, was shot by security personnel in Mukono District during the protests that erupted after the arrest of National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, in Luuka District last month. The police Chief Political Commissar...

SIX decades down the line, the abiding memory of Christmas at our home in Stirling was of half a dozen middle-aged uncles asleep and snoring in front of the dining room’s coal fire. The thick curtains were drawn. In this post-prandial phase, which lasted about two hours, the air was thick with cigarette and pipe smoke plus methane gas. There had been only brief conversation prior to their collective coma while the table was cleared, the women retreating upstairs to the sitting room and kids l...

Daily Monitor Sunday December 20 2020 Summary Advertisement She succumbed to Covid-19 on Friday morning at Mulago National Referral Hospital. Ms Ssentongo becomes the third MP to succumb to Covid -19 in just a space of three months after her counterparts Rehema Watongola (Kamuli Municipality) and Faith Alupo (Pallisa Woman MP) died of the disease. Ms Ssentongo was well-liked and respected by her electorates and those she worked with during her career as a social worker which spans three decades...

Daily Monitor Saturday December 19 2020 Summary M Kyagulanyi also hailed Dr. Kizza Besigye for mentoring him into politics saying that Dr. Besigye did a great job in awakening many Ugandans. Advertisement  The National Unity Platform (NUP) party presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi,  alias Bobi Wine, has said he has the support of the army in his bid to become president.  “Mr Museveni is so scared of us because some top army officials are on our side. That is the reason he has frantica...

Daily Monitor Friday December 18 2020 Advertisement                                KIGEZI- The National Unity Platform (NUP) party presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alias Bobi Wine, has vowed to end President Museveni’s 34-year rule, and explained why he composed political songs. Bobi Wine told supporters in Kigezi Sub-region that he begun the mission of ending Mr Museveni’s regime 10 years ago, adding  that it was the reason he sung songs that awakened Uga...

Daily Monitor Sunday December 13 2020 I will begin with a disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are not meant to promote tribalism — which, according to the dictionary definition, is “behaviour, attitudes, etc that are based on supporting and being loyal to a tribe or other social group”.  They are meant to speak to the reality about how politics in our country works. President Museveni’s main challenger in the January 14 election will be a Muganda politician named Robert Kya...

Daily Monitor Sunday December 13 2020 Advertisement Host Patrick Kamara: Honourable Amanya Mushega, I thank you so much for having given us time and honoured our invitation to be on this show. I must say this has been long coming and I am happy that I can sit with you and have this discussion at this very moment. I have known you as a historic figure with NRM.  Let me begin with this, we are now at full throttle of a general election and considering what is happening now and what you know abou...

Daily Monitor Saturday December 12 2020 Last hurrah. Buddu fans follow a Masaza Cup match at Masaka Recreation Grounds. Covid-19 health protocol has meant there will be no fans this time round. Photo/John Batanudde Advertisement The central nervous system of Masaza Cup football has been the massive fans that turn up for games. Actually, the final at the 42,000-seat-er Mandela National Stadium Namboole, has been a sell-out for the past three years. The  tournament  has  however been stripped ...