Monthly Archives: February 2012

REVEALED: How Museveni’s NRM trained Moi’s opponents

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

By Collins Wanzala in Nairobi Members of an organization called Mwakenya  which was proscribed by the former President Daniel Arap Moi in the 1980s received massive military training from the then rebel Ugandan National Resistance Movement (NRM). Speaking in Nairobi today during a forum organized by the country`s Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission, a founder member of the Release Political Prisoners (RPP) and People Against Torture (PAT) movements, Mr Kangethe Mungai said that they travelled to Uganda during the 1980s where they got training on different forms of sabotage from the NRM led by now Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni but were allegedly not trained in the use of firearms. Kangethe … Continue reading →

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UN Secretary General’s visit leaves Zambians with sour taste

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

By Michael Malakata, Lusaka, Zambia Tempers and anger are flaring in Zambia after the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon openly made known he was in Zambia to promote homosexuality. The purpose of the UN chief’s historic visit to Zambia last week was made secret until he openly said he was visiting the country to advocate homosexuality. Ban Ki-Moon is the first UN Secretary General to visit Zambia since independence from Britain in 1964. The Zambian government has so far not given its reaction to Ban Ki-Moon’s statement but tempers are very high with people, the church and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)  demanding an apology from the UN chief. Ki-Moon arrived … Continue reading →

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Not all is going according to plan with Kenya’s Somali incursion

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

 By Robert Asketill Kenya has gone to war and nothing is going according to plan within the country they have decided to attack. Their soldiers are holding sand bank defensive positions under a relentless scorching sun and no doubt the situation is best summed up in a Kenyan newspaper today with the comment of one of its soldiers that says: “This is a terrible place, a dangerous place.” Much like the troops from Burundi and Uganda, Kenyan troops are peering over their dug- in parapets, World War 1 style, eyes blinking in sweat with a relentless fly born wind and everything as dangerous as that created last October by the … Continue reading →

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Is this man the future leader of a united Somalia?

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

By Twaha Mukiibi The leader of Ahal Suna Wal Jama (ASWJ), Khalifa Abdul Kadir Moallin Noor has claimed that his organisation is the main stream political group in Somalia and will be ready to take over the leadership of Somalia after the end of the transitional government of Sheikh Sharif Ahmed. According to Khalifa Abdul Kadir, ASWJ has been fighting for the leadership of Somalia since 2008. Its main aim is to fight against Wahabism and the terrorists of the Al Shabaab. Speaking to The London Evening Post (TLEP), the Khalifa said that his fighters are spread all over Somalia with their main body at Benadir. He claimed that his organisation … Continue reading →

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Museveni left squirming in hard-hitting BBC interview

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

By Henry D Gombya Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was left squirming and looking for answers in London on Thursday after Stephen Sackur, a veteran BBC journalist who anchors a BBC current affairs programme HARDtalk asked him hard-hitting questions regarding his lengthy stay in power, the behaviour of his security forces with regards to demonstrators especially during the Walk to Work demonstrations, the overruling of his own national parliament over oil contracts, the endemic corruption eating away his quarter of a century administration, whether he was happy to be in the company of African leaders like Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, Equatorial Guinea’s Nguema Mbasogo and Senegal’s Paul Biya, all of whom have … Continue reading →

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