Museveni on one of the visits to late Moi at his home in Kenya

“I learnt with sadness about the death of Mzee Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, the former president of Kenya. Him, Mzee Hassan Mwinyi and I revived what had become the defunct EAC”, Museveni said in a statement.

Museveni said that it was no doubt that Kenya, East Africa and the entire continent has lost a great leader.

The President said he first met Mzee Moi in 1979 after the defeat of Amin.

He said he later, when we waged the Liberation Struggle, he was critical and we kept him abreast of our struggle. He actually worked as a mediator in the 1985 Peace Talks.

Museveni said Moi was a true Pan-Africanist, who worked closely with the masses. He was also a deeply religious person.

“My condolences and that of Ugandans to His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, the Moi family and all Kenyans on the passing of this icon,” he said.

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There is an apparent war within Uganda opposition parties with some sharp allegations to the effect that some member parties like the Democratic Party (DP) have allied with the National Resistance Movement (NRM).

However the spokesperson of DP, Kenneth Paul Kakande clears that there is no such alliance between DP and NRM. There is no resolution of the National Executive Committee of DP mandating anybody in DP to work NRM for any political reasons.

He says that if there are any individual or group of persons doing it, they are doing it in their personal capacity and the party wishes to state that it will investigate these unfortunate and callous turn of events and such people, if any will be dealt with according to DP laws.

There also seems to be a deliberate effort to depict a war of words between FDC and DP leaders. Kakande says that the DP is not in business of attacking other opposition leaders and members. Kakande says that DP believes that the people in FDC are their friends and the party sees them as allies in the fight against Museveni’s leadership. He challenges FDC and all other opposition parties to concentrate their fire on the liberation struggle.

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The President of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Col Kiiza Besigye has said that Ugandans need to rise up against President Museveni.

Speaking in an interview with our informer Besigye said “Ugandans need to come to a consensus and get ride of a thieving NRM government.” He says for him he has a belief that Ugandans can use Activists for Change (A4C) rallies to over throw President Museveni and his government.

Besigye repeats that NRM regime will not last up to 2016. President Museveni’s fourth term as president of Uganda expires in 2016.

Besigye says that he is currently lying strategies for the over throw of President Museveni. He says the time is near when he will call upon all Ugandans to demonstrate at police stations, military barracks and at the homes of government officials and see whether the government will kill all people.

Besigye again asked the members of the public to resist fear saying that for him he has been arrested for over 20 times and taken to court but have never regretted having joined the liberation struggle.

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Justice G. W Kanyeihamba has today barred the secrets on the crevasse of his mind. Justice Kanyeihamba says that the government should recognize Late Andrew Kayiira (he was a military man and a member of the Democratic Party) for his work in the liberation struggle.

While he was moving out from Mr. Frank Gashumba’s Awaken Uganda seminar at Hotel Fairway in Kampala yesterday, Kanyeihamba said that if it was not late Kayiira president Museveni and his NRA rebels would not have won the war against the now defunct UPC government.

Justice Kanyeihamba was the guest of honour at Gashumnba’s Awaken Uganda seminar. Other guests included former ethics minister, Miria Matembe. The seminar was not political but most of the speakers sounded so political.

Kanyeihamba says that He and Andrew Kayiira escaped death while coming from the famous Moshi Conference in Tanzania. The Kenyan government had wanted to hand them to late president, Idi Amin. He says that it was that meeting where Kayiira was the biggest facilitated that partly contributed to President’s Museveni success in military struggle.

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Besigye, the man who has given president Museveni sleepless nights has reportedly urged women and men of Uganda who live in USA and Europe to add their voices to the voices of Ugandans in Uganda who fight so hard the said dictatorial regime of president Museveni.

He briefed them that in Uganda the members of opposition are not allowed to walk while going for work yet over 98% of Ugandans don’t own cars.

Besigye told them that the moment police find poor people in the morning walking for work it shoots them with tear gas canisters and live bullets. In the due course many people including babies have lost their lives.

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However many people in Uganda and across the country have asked Museveni where he did not recognize his rival Col. Kiiza Besigye. Besigye was President Museveni’s personal doctor during the bush war.

 Kagame would receive his medal during celebrations to mark the 26th National Resistance Movement’s anniversary in Kapchorwa District. The venue for the event is Sebei College Sports Grounds.

 Kagame will receive two medals: the Pearl of Africa medal and the Luweero Triangle medal. This is because Kagame was among the original 27 fighters Museveni started the war with. Museveni and his guerillas topped the government of Gen. Tito Okello Lutwa on January 26^th 1986.

The theme of this year’s NRM cerebration is ‘Uganda, theLand ofOpportunities: NRM’s Contribution during the Last Half of the 50 Years ofUganda’sIndependence.”

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The MPs on the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee say that is currently investigating the misappropriation of US $ 14 million given to the government of Burundi from Uganda says that it’s high time that the president himself starts firing his ministers and other officials implicated in corruption scandals.

Bunyarunguru County MP Benjamin Cadet made the call to the president after the committee discovered that there is no evidence that the US $ 14 million was actually disbursed to the Burundi Government in appreciation for the efforts rendered during Uganda’s liberation struggle in 1985.

Referring to corruption in the country as Economic terrorism, Cadet said President Museveni should not wait for Parliamentary resolutions asking the accused parties to resign but he should terminate their appointments.

Ntungamo Municipality MP Yona Musinguzi revealed that out of the US $ 4 Million allocated to Burundi, scholaristic materials worth US $ 3.5 million only were delivered to the Burundi government which indicates that a balance of US $ 10.5 million was misappropriated within Uganda.

Presenting several the President’s letters complaining about Burundi’s failure to get the money, the Acting Secretary to the Treasury Keith Muhakanizi told the committee the Finance ministry is not responsible for any misallocation of the US $ 4 Million because the government of Burundi directed that the payments be channeled to Picfare Industries in order to supply scholaristic materials to the country.

Meanwhile the document presented before the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee indicates that President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Inspector General of Police to undertake investigations into the matter.

By Isaac Senabulya

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Prof. Nabudere a leading academic and development specialist reportedly collapsed at his home in the early hours of Wednesday (today). One of his sons, Mudimi Nabudere told reporters that Prof. Nabudere is suspected to have died of a heart attack.

late prof. Dani Nabudere

Mudimi says his father had been battling hypertension and diabetes for a long time, Prof. Nabudere’s body has been taken to Mbale referral hospital for post-mortem.

At the time of his death, Prof. Nabudere is said to have been 78 years old and had retired from public offices but was serving as a senior lecturer at Islamic University in Mbale (IUIU).

Apart from his work as Professor at the Islamic University Nabudere has been Executive Director of the Marcus Garvey Pan-Afrikan Institute, Mbale, Uganda. He is a barrister and former member of the UNLF government.

He served in the in the government of late Dr. Apollo Milton Obote between 1979 and 1980 in the ministries of Cultural, Community Development and Rehabilitation and Justice.

He is renowned for his role in the liberation struggle of Uganda and was part of the Gang of Four, which included himself, Yash Tandon, the late Omwony Ojok and Edward Rugumayo.

Nabudere obtained the degree of law in London in 1963 and was admitted as a barrister at law, Lincolns Inn, London, in the same year.

He was previously Associate Professor at the University of Dar es Salaam and Visiting Professor at the University of Zimbabwe.

He also served as President of the African Association of Political Science from 1983 to 1985 and Vice-President of the International Science Association (IPSA) from 1985 to 1988.

Prof. Nabudere was engaged in a collaboration arrangement with the University of South Africa in joint research projects under the umbrella theme of “Reclaiming the Future”.

Prof. Nabudere will be remembered for his distinguished contribution in the education sector and politics of the country.

His son Mudimi says Prof. Nabudere will be buried next week to give time to his sons and relatives outside the country to come and burry.

May his soul rest in eternal peace.

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