/OpEd/-/689356/689356/-/8xgmfez/-/index.html http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/KaroliSsemogerere/police+state+i+can+t+define+it+but+if+i+see+one++i+ll+know+it/-/878682/1412028/-/11be5er/-/index.html In 1981, there were three dominant forms of government in Africa: One Party State, Military Junta and a hybrid form of one of these forms of government. 2012-05-23T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Letters/Is+clean+leadership+relevant+in+Uganda+/-/806314/1412036/-/w67lj9z/-/index.html Most Ugandans belong to their community clans but how often, if at all, have we looked to clan leaders to resolve our issues? In most communities in Uganda, clan leaders are the custodians of our culture. 2012-05-23T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/disgraceful+that+FDC+s+Besigye++to+put+public+safety+at+risk/-/689364/1412034/-/8qej3az/-/index.html Why did Dr Kizza Besigye inform a couple of hundred of his so-called “followers” of his lunch plans? Why did he have a public address system in place? Why did he refuse to comply with the lawful instruction of police? 2012-05-23T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/DanielKalinaki/NRM+and+Museveni+have+a+great+future+behind+them++so+what+now+/-/878782/1412030/-/civfdb/-/index.html A friend shared the following story recently. A foreign journalist, given a rare interview with President Robert Mugabe reportedly asked when the veteran leader would say goodbye to the people of Zimbabwe. 2012-05-23T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Editorial/Opinion+polls+offer+free+intelligence/-/689360/1412024/-/9b2rjiz/-/index.html There are new insights into the state of the country as the findings of a fresh opinion poll are unveiled to the public. This poll, conducted last month around the country, provides a representation of what Ugandans think of key political issues, on the economy, and other important aspects of public life. 2012-05-23T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Letters/-/806314/1412038/-/11utmou/-/index.html The rate at which our roads and bridges have collapsed leaves me with no option but to think that we lack serious engineers, patriotism or critical supervision. In the last few days, it has been reported that at least 120 bridges countrywide are in dire need of general repair. 2012-05-23T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/CharlesOnyangoObbo/Kony+has+survived+for+25+years+by+stealing+Museveni+s+secrets/-/878504/1411184/-/7nm435z/-/index.html The recent capture of a Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Caesar Acellam by the UPDF in the Central African Republic, has raised the possibility that the Horror Chief Joseph Kony himself, might soon be nabbed. That might well be the case, but the question needs to be asked; “why has Kony survived so long?” There are many old arguments around, but I am more attracted to something else about Kony and the LRA. They are similar to the NRM in their longevity. 2012-05-22T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/NRM+continuing+contradictions+about+Ugandan+women+s+rights/-/689364/1410672/-/d40fsv/-/index.html As a former Secretary to the NRM’s Nairobi-based External Committee in 1984 to 1986, it is easy for me to track NRM’s continuing contradictions on women’s based human rights in Uganda. 2012-05-21T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Letters/Why+innovations+at+Makerere+die+fast/-/806314/1410676/-/otoo0dz/-/index.html Whether you call it the Ivory Tower or the cream of the land, Makerere University should prove its worth by educating students capable of solving both current and future problems of Uganda and beyond. 2012-05-21T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Letters/-/806314/1410680/-/11usdvg/-/index.html According to traffic police records, at least 400 children die in road accidents in Uganda annually. Research shows that 20 per cent of the children who die in car accidents are killed due to drunk-driving, ... 2012-05-21T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/NicholasSengooba/Office+of++DPP++using+the+law+to+abuse+power+and+the+rule+of+law/-/1293432/1410668/-/euk86bz/-/index.html It is variously quoted that it is better to have a thousand guilty men free, than have one innocent man in jail. Having spent close to three years on remand, the so-called Buganda Riot suspects were set free by Justice Ralf Ochan. 2012-05-21T17:34:31Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/Davidsseppuuya/Was+Chelsea+predestined++is+our+destiny+all+fully+set+/-/1268850/1410662/-/145ixbrz/-/index.html It is one of life’s great imponderables whether our destiny is all cut out in stone. Was I always destined to be a journalist, irrespective of (initially) not reading journalism? 2012-05-21T17:32:34Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Editorial/-/689360/1410660/-/b2x6qk/-/index.html One of the major challenges in the administration of effective delivery of justice in Uganda has been persistent increase in case backlog due to inadequate resources, on the part of the police and the Judiciary. 2012-05-21T17:32:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Letters/-/806314/1409872/-/11ud5er/-/index.html With the government desperately trying to convince itself and the populace that it’s committed to fighting graft, we then hear contradicting statements from a minister justifying inflation of government tenders on the pretext of commissions. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/MuniiniMulera/Museveni+fulfilling+50+year+old+promise/-/878676/1409854/-/10mys8w/-/index.html I recall, as if it was yesterday, the firm promises made to the natives of Mparo, Rukiga County in Kigezi, by two distinguished politicians keen to win the pre-independence elections of April 1962. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Editorial/-/689360/1409852/-/b2hx9v/-/index.html As Uganda and the rest of the world marked the International Museums Day on Friday—a day closely linked to the preservation of cultural heritage, it emerged that encroachers are threatening one of this country’s revered archeological relics. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/-/689364/1409864/-/11q23f6z/-/index.html One maintains lack of term limits as the cause of our problems. Another says term limits are the main cause, while admitting that electoral conduct plays a contributing role. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Letters/-/806314/1409866/-/11ud5e0/-/index.html At the closure of induction training for new commission members recently, it was revealed that the recruitment of 309 health personnel was hanging in balance since the commission lacks resources. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Letters/support+initiatives+that+promote+this+countrys+cultural+heritage/-/806314/1409868/-/llb802/-/index.html As the world marked the International Museums Day on May 18, Uganda is yet to recognise and support local initiatives that preserve and promote cultural heritage resources spread across the country. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/-/689364/1409860/-/11q23faz/-/index.html While concerted efforts and measures have been undertaken at national, regional and international levels to respond to the global financial and economic crisis, many of our countries’ economies are still grappling with its adverse effects. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/Curry+colleges+commence+recruiting+British+trainees/-/689364/1409156/-/gi4o5r/-/index.html Everybody knows Britain’s favourite meal is roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. Or maybe fish and chips. Or possibly sausage and mash, bacon and eggs, boiled beef and carrots, tripe and onions or pease pudding and saveloys. The truth is they are all big favourites, but poll after poll has shown that right up there in every top 10 survey is the Indian curry. 2012-05-19T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/It+s+not+possible+for+the+president+to+solve+every+problem/-/689364/1409154/-/6fkg4k/-/index.html Many Ugandans have watched their Presidents endeavour to solve every political, social, legal and religious conflict that has bedevilled this country from time to time. This phenomenon has increasingly become fashionable since the days of Idi Amin. The Field Marshall attempted to solve academic problems, believed he solved or won the economic war which also meant the expulsion of many Ugandans he disliked for a variety of reasons. 2012-05-19T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/Why+innovation+is+dying+fast+at+Makerere/-/689364/1409152/-/yfnedf/-/index.html Whether you call it the Ivory Tower or the Cream of the Land, Makerere University should prove its worth by educating students capable of solving both the current and future problems of Uganda and the World at large. Innovation is the mother of creation and Makerere University should create elites that will out-compete and out-innovate all our neighbouring countries. 2012-05-19T21:00:00Z