| Archived 28th July
2005 |
| EDITORIAL: Investigate
all killings |
| Ugandans have taken due cognisance of the speed
with which Police are investigating the July 11 murder of city
lawyer, Ms Erina Robinah Kiyingi. |
| Die in London,
not Kenya |
By Fr. Carlos Rodríguez
Young Filipino Catholic priest Fr. Aldrin Janito will never
forget July 13, 2005. As he was travelling to Marsabit, in the
remote, arid north of Kenya, he was stopped at a roadblock manned
by an angry mob. |
| We can defeat
dictators |
By Anne Mugisha
In his essay, ‘Facing Dictatorships Realistically’,
Gene Sharp goes straight to the nitty-gritty of developing an
action plan for liberation. |
| Why Ugandans should
vote 'YES' |
| By Nyombi Thembo
Come Thursday, July 28, all Ugandans of voting age will cast
their vote in a nationwide referendum to choose whether political
space should be opened to allow Ugandans to organise through
parties to compete for political power. |
| NGOs fleece poor
people |
MACHRINE BIRUNGI
A new fever has gripped Africa. Everybody wants to
set up a non-governmental organisation, and you can see why
not-for-profit outfits are some of the biggest money-spinners
in poor countries. |
| Archived 21st July
2005 |
| EDITORIAL: Boycott
may not pay off! |
| The ‘opposition’ has threatened to
boycott the July 28 referendum on political systems. They believe
that the whole process is fraudulent and if they participated,
they would legitimise it. |
| Three beacons
of hope in the north |
By Fr. Carlos Rodríguez
The last time I met Joseph Franzelli was May 1987,
in a small town in northern Italy. |
| Museveni
vs Kazoora |
| By Anne Mugisha Last month,
President Museveni visited Kashari and told the people that
their constituency was orphaned, inviting the wrath of local
MP John Kazoora, an FDC coordinator. |
| Hate Museveni?
No! |
| By Dismus Nkunda
As the sun set Thursday evening, I received a barrage of
e-mails, phone calls and SMS. The messages were a good mix
of anger, praise and outright outrage in response to my last
article, “June 28, I lost a bet”. |
| Elected politicians,
use common sense! |
By Nyombi Thembo
The political heat is on. Most of us elected leaders no longer
sleep. This is the time an elected leader can make many political
mistakes. |
| Use media to fight
poverty |
| Kaita Trevor Tumwesige
I could not agree more with Evelyn Kiapi Matsamura’s
analysis on the need for Africa to put on board the media
if it’s to come out of absolute poverty (See: Africa’s
future lies with its own media, June 23-29). |
| Archived 7th July
2005 |
| EDITORIAL: Mutale
case is critical lesson |
| There is confusion over what exactly senior presidential
advisor Maj. Kakooza Mutale is up to in Luwero district. Some
reports claim he ordered residents not to register with NRM-O
and those who had registered to destroy their cards. |
| Lessons
from Gulu ATM |
By Fr. Carlos Rodríguez
My first time ever to use an ATM card was last year in July.
I was on holiday in a coastal village by the seaside in Spain
with my sister and, as we were running short of cash she handed
me her card with her PIN number and told me to go to the nearest
bank and get three hundred euro. |
| Tumukunde
welcome in FDC |
By Anne Mugisha
Last week I examined the objectives and goals that The Weekly
Observer attributed to the Progressive Alliance Party (PAP).
|
| It's daylight
Nairobbery! |
By Dismus Nkunda
NAIROBI - For our brothers and sisters in Kenya, Uganda is
much better than their country. Kenyans are so impressed by
President Museveni and would vote ‘yes’ to extend
Museveni’s rule beyond his last constitutional term
in 2006. |
| Public administration
deserves bigger budget |
| By Nyombi Thembo Hardly
a day passes without a comment in the media about how public
administration has suffocated service delivery in the country.
|
| Stop tormenting
Acholi bereaved |
| By Samuel Olara There is
a repugnant culture of not challenging the leadership in “banana
republics” and bringing them to account for their multiple
failings. |
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