How Uganda and Buganda fell out

How Uganda and Buganda fell out The Lubiri that Obote attacked in 1966 TODAY, it is exactly 42 years since former Prime Minister Milton Obote ordered his army to attack the Buganda Palace and depose the then president, Kabaka Sir Edward Mutesa. The move shattered the delicate power sharing agreement that was struck just after independence and sparked off decades of armed conflict and political instability. Events leading to the attack 42 years after the attack More...

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Barman wins sh1m

A MUKONO-based barman has won sh1m in The New Vision’s Cashlines game. More...

Five Ugandan soldiers injured in Somalia

FIVE Ugandan soldiers were yesterday injured when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Army Spokesman, Major Paddy Ankunda, however, said the injured soldiers were out of danger. More...

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Cycads or electric power?

UNITL this week I had not, to be honest, consciously heard of the Cycad Tree. This was highly remiss of me, because cycads have been around for the last 300 million years or so; in existence, branch to shoulder, with now long-vanished beasts like dinosaurs. More...

Editorial

The big lesson in Lubiri attack

TODAY is the anniversary of the attack on Lubiri palace. Prime Minister Milton Obote had developed conflicts with Kabaka Mutesa, who was the President then and, with each passing day, the two groups moved progressively towards confrontation culminating into the attack and exile of the Kabaka in 1966. More...