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Museveni's ousted vice president battles for ambassador job in Beijing

The vice president Edward Ssekandi is currently the favourite to represent Museveni in Beijing. A Sinophile, he is one of the many big guns of the National Resistance Movement who lost their seats in parliament and are now eyeing a diplomatic career. [...] (399 words)

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Museveni's ousted former confidant Amama Mbabazi back in the game

The former prime minister is making it loud and clear that he is once again a trusted member of the president's entourage after a difficult period out in the cold.

Former Ugandan prime ministerAmama Mbabazi and President Yoweri Museveni in 2019.

CHINA UGANDA Politics Diplomacy 12/01/2022

Crispus Kiyonga, the politician forever at the heart of relations with Beijing

The former minister and ambassador is now a member of Uganda's ruling NRM party's executive committee, but he is still in charge of the country's relations with China.

Former minister and ambassador Crispus Kiyonga.

UGANDA Politics 26/03/2021

Museveni's advisors jostle for their places in his sixth administration

Following Yoweri Museveni's re-election as president, a major government reshuffle is expected in May. His current advisors are pulling out all the stops to retain their posts in the new administration.

UGANDA Politics 25/02/2021

Museveni deploys armada of young legal guns from KAA, K&K and Kashillingi to do battle with Bobi Wine

The legal battle enjoined between Yoweri Museveni and his main political rival Bobi Wine, who is contesting the Ugandan president's re-election, looks like being short-lived. More than anything else, it has allowed a myriad of young lawyers to hog the media spotlight.

UGANDA Business 19/02/2021

Motorsports federation becomes rallying point for Kampala elite

The Ruparelia family, one of the most powerful in the country, has taken charge of Ugandan rallies. Many business dynasties have followed in its footsteps and discovered a passion for motorsports.

Dipu Ruparelia, president of the Federation of Motorsport Clubs of Uganda.

KENYA UGANDA Diplomacy 08/02/2021

Kenyatta dashes Bobi Wine's asylum hopes

Bobi Wine had hoped to challenge his 14 January presidential election defeat to Yoweri Museveni from neighbouring Kenya, but this plan was flatly rejected by Uhuru Kenyatta, who is keen to stay on good terms with his Ugandan counterpart.

Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, better known as Bobi Wine.

UGANDA Infrastructure Business 22/01/2021

World Bank defers possible Mota-Engil investigation until after elections

The World Bank's inspection panel has given itself an extra month to decide whether or not to launch an investigation into allegations of illegal expropriation against Mota-Engil in Uganda.

UGANDA Politics 05/01/2021

Leonard Mulekwah, the election body chief Museveni can count on

Behind Judge Simon Byabakama, the very embodiment of the Uganda Electoral Commission, it is its secretary Leonard Mulekwah who is laying down the rules for the 14 January presidential poll and Covid-19 campaign restrictions hated by opponents Bobi Wine and Patrick Oboi Amuriat.

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UGANDA Energy 22/12/2020

Museveni entourage's taste for cushy Total and CNOOC jobs

Uganda's political and business elite are keen for their children to land a position at Total or CNOOC and get a head start in the well-paid oil sector.

CHINA UGANDA Politics Diplomacy 06/11/2020

Beijing advertises Museveni-China relations as the February elections approach

Intent on protecting its numerous investments in Uganda, China is singing the praises of Yoweri Museveni, who will be seeking a new term in February 2021.

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni (left) and Chinese president Xi Jinping met in Beijing in 2018.

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Kiyonga family keeps grip on Beijing-Kampala relations

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