About me.

Andrew M. Mwenda is the founding Managing Editor of The Independent, Uganda’s premier current affairs newsmagazine. One of Foreign Policy magazine 's top 100 Global Thinkers, TED Speaker and Foreign aid Critic



Sunday, July 25, 2010

WHY WE SHOULD PULL OUT OF SOMALIA.

Since Uganda was bombed on 7/11, Al-Shabaab “terrorist” group in Somali claimed responsibility. There has been a lot of tough talk in Kampala. President Yoweri Museveni has promised to hit back at Al-Shabaab by increasing our troops in that country. Many Ugandans support the government in its posturing for a “surge.”

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

WHY DEMOCRACY IS FAILING US.


Critics of the government of Uganda accuse it of allocating less money to priority sectors like infrastructure, education and health. Although it is evident that the cost of political patronage and the presidency/first family has grown, it is not true that this has been at the price of budgets of the aforementioned priority sectors.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

WHY THE OPPOSITION NEEDS OPTIMISM.

When I was growing up, my dad always told me that if I have a dream, I should believe that I will realise it. He believed that success comes from optimism and self-confidence. “Believe in yourself and those around you,” he would say, “and always look at why you should succeed rather than why you may fail and you will realise your dreams.”