Daily Monitor
Sunday April 11 2021
Summary
For millions of Ugandans, here and in the diaspora, it marked the end of what many thought, albeit mistakenly, was the end of a dark era in the post-colonial history of Uganda. There was enormous goodwill for Uganda from the international community in 1979 and 1980, but it was squandered by the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) regime.
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Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the downfall of a military dictator amid jubilation and great expectations in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. The downfall of Gen Idi Amin on April 11, 1979, was welcomed throughout the world.
For millions of Ugandans, here and in the diaspora, it marked the end of what many thought, albeit mistakenly, was the end of a dark era in the post-colonial history of Uganda. There was enormous goodwill for Uganda from the international community in 1979 and 1980, but it was squandered by the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) regime.
Daily Monitor
Sunday April 04 2021
On March 8, death robbed Africa and the world of a distinguished son, the Rev Can Clement Guya Janda, who passed on in Arua City. A funeral service was held for him at Emmanuel Cathedral, Arua, on March 18 and he was buried at his ancestral home in Yei, South Sudan, on March 20.
I would like to convey heartfelt condolences to Ms Joyce Janda, a Ugandan from Koboko District, and the bereaved family. May God comfort them during this difficult time and transform their sorrow into joy of Easter. Jesus Christ is risen today, alleluia!
I first met Clement in Geneva, Switzerland, when he was working at the World Council of Churches. I had gone to attend a UN conference. We struck friendship from day one and as a son of an Anglican priest, it was natural for me to relate to Clement.
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Daily Monitor
Sunday March 14 2021
On January 29, 1986, at the entrance to Parliament a ceremony took place at which a lean guerrilla leader was sworn in by the Chief Justice of Uganda as President.
In a humble speech to a crowd gathered to witness the historic occasion, the guerrilla leader told Ugandans that what happened on that day was not “a mere change of guard; it is a fundamental change in the politics of our country.”
Thirty five years later, patriotic Ugandans are wondering whether what happened was really a fundamental change. Recent events have raised serious concerns and doubts in the minds of Ugandans and as Sabalwanyi predicted accurately in the same speech: “We have had one group getting rid of another, only for it to turn out to be worse than the group it displaced.”
The East African
Monday March 08 2021
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at State House in Entebbe, Uganda, in 2019. PHOTO | AFP
Summary
East African Business Council says EAC have potential of earning $10b annually from trade with DRC, but most of this is being lost to China.
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The East African Community member states are eyeing the Democratic Republic of Congo market of 86.7 million people and are eager to have the vast country join the bloc.
In what was seen as fast-tracking of the DRC application of June 2019, the recently concluded EAC heads of state summit directed the Council of Ministers to undertake the verification mission to Kinshasa and report to the next summit, while the application of Somalia that has been pending since 2012, was again pushed to the back burner.