Reflections on East African integration and federation project

Following publication of my article titled "It's time to rethink the East African integration and federation project" some commentators have advised privately that there is need to look more closely at the ‘real' motive(s) behind the federation or closer union project in East Africa. The instruction by the Burundi East African Summit for fresh guidelines has rekindled interest in the need to re-examine the entire project going as far back in history as available information allows. Questions of nationalism, immigration and citizenship, land ownership and jobs, nation-state and a supranational authority etc have been raised.   The idea was first made public by Harry... Read more...

Why & how nonviolence worked in the Iranian revolution - lessons for Uganda
The political, economic, social and moral developments in Uganda that have been accumulating since the 1990s made worse by the stolen elections in... Read more...

Gary Coleman (40) is married to a 22 yr old babe
Gary Coleman has been keeping his six-month marriage under wraps. The UgandaCitizen has learnt that the Different Strokes star wed shannon Price, 22,... Read more...

Exclusive interview with Hussein Kyanjo MP.....'we will not be intimidated'....
The UgandaCitizen caught up with one of the most vocal and influential Ugandan MP Hussein Kyanjo (Makindye West- Uganda) of the JEEMA party(Justice... Read more...

Eid ul-Fitr
I was having a conversation with my friend who asked me what Eid ul-Fitr is all about. I explained to him what this festival means and also thought... Read more...

Failed asylum seekers and immigrants can get money and assistance to return to Uganda
Failed asylum seekers and irregular migrants can now get assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The charity gives out... Read more...

Otunnu vows to unseat Gen Museveni
He has only been party president for a few days but former UN under Secretary General, Dr Olara Otunnu seems to have hit the ground running. In this... Read more...

Mozey's buddies
Mozey agumidde nyo! Mozey was found chilling with his friends in Stockholm last weekend. Read more...