Mwenda titled his piece in The Independent of February 2, 2012, "Reflecting on last presidential elections". A close reading of his article leads one to the conclusion that a more appropriate title should have been "Deflections on the last presidential...

He documented a severe distortion in the Ugandan economy, and then attempted to explain the politics of this distortion. His political analysis deserves further reflection. According to Mwenda, the problem in Uganda is that the few are able to dominate...

For a Museveni - Besigye reconciliation, obviously it is the two of them. But for resolving the national issues, are they the best and only people to do chart out the nation's future? Albert Einstein would say a big NO. But my old friends Conrad Nkutu...

Secondly, sources say Museveni, whose relationship with Mwenda had at times been icy, given the latter's incessant criticism of his government, had become warmer. Intelligence, according to our sources, told Museveni that Mwenda's analysis of the...

A highly placed government source, however, told this newspaper last evening that the two leaders who have been working through Mr Conrad Nkutu, an FDC behind-the-scenes strategist and Mr Andrew Mwenda, the proprietor of The Independent magazine...

He started early. A day after the results of the 2010 presidential elections had been declared showing that he had won, Ugandan journalist, Andrew Mwenda, interviewed him on a Kigali-based private radio station, Contact FM. He said that in principle he...

I don't agree with them, and records of my publications going back in time bear me witness. Throughout my career, I have cherished the key cornerstones of journalism - truth and accuracy, fairness and balance. I hereby reproduce some of the pieces I...

He started early. A day after the results of the 2010 presidential elections had been declared showing that he had won, Ugandan journalist, Andrew Mwenda, interviewed him on a Kigali-based private radio station, Contact FM. He said that in principle he...

I don't agree with them, and records of my publications going back in time bear me witness. Throughout my career, I have cherished the key cornerstones of journalism - truthful and accuracy; fairness and balance. I hereby reproduce some of the pieces I...

President Yoweri Museveni and others have said the documents alleging that Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa, and Internal Affairs Minister, Hillary Onek too bribes from oil exploration companies are forgeries. But what do the...

The Ugandan libertarian journalist wasn't feeling a recent lecture in Rwanda given by America's U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice: "Rwanda has many problems – I can list a million without thinking. Yet as Ms Rice concluded her speech, I felt she was pandering...