Daily Monitor
Sunday February 21 2021
Summary
I appeal to the EAC summit to urgently find a lasting political solution to the feud between Gen Kagame and Gen Museveni. In this regard, I appreciate the mediation efforts of the Angolan president.
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The long-awaited Summit of the six partner states of the East African Community (EAC) will at last take place in Arusha, Tanzania, on Saturday, February 27. I guess, better late than never. The summit will be preceded by a ministerial meeting of the EAC member states, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda; this meeting will prepare the ground for the summit to be chaired by president Paul Kagame of Rwanda.
Daily Monitor
Sunday February 14 2021
Summary
Paul concludes his classic letter as follows. “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13 v 13 (NIV)
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Today, February 14, is celebrated worldwide as St Valentine’s Day. It’s a day when lovers express their affection for one another with greetings and gifts and generally a day on which people celebrate love. The colour scheme of this special day is red, which is the colour of the political party I belong to, namely Uganda Peoples Congress, a party of ideas.
May I, at the outset, wish our esteemed readers a Happy Valentine’s Day!
Daily Monitor
Sunday February 07 2021
Summary
The book was a Christmas gift from my son Mr Chris Acemah, who is based in the USA, and it has kept me busy since the beginning of the New Year. It’s a fascinating book which I recommend for students of political science and thoughtful men and women of integrity.
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A Promised Land is the title of a 751-page book by Mr Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States of America (USA), 2009 Nobel Peace laureate and the first African American to be elected to the highest office in the USA in November 2008. He served for two consecutive terms from 2008 to 2016 and did America, Africa and the world proud.
Daily Monitor
Sunday January 31 2021
Summary
January 26, 1986, marked the beginning of a painful chapter in Uganda’s history characterised, inter alia, by corruption, moral decadence, oppression, violence, impunity, witchcraft and tyranny which reminds me of Psalm 13 by King David.
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On Tuesday, January 26, about 50 invited guests assembled at State House Entebbe to mark the 35th anniversary of “NRM Liberation Day” which for the vast majority of Ugandans, especially those who hail from Luweero, Teso and the Greater North is a day of infamy which opens old wounds which will take many decades to heal.
January 26, 1986, marked the beginning of a painful chapter in Uganda’s history characterised, inter alia, by corruption, moral decadence, oppression, violence, impunity, witchcraft and tyranny which reminds me of Psalm 13 by King David.
Daily Monitor
Sunday January 24 2021
Summary
I can remember vividly the weekend before that reactionary putsch took place. My uncle, Lt Col Michael Ombia, had just returned to Uganda from a one-year course at a Staff College in the UK.
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Tomorrow, January 25, marks the 50th anniversary of a military coup d’état which brought to power Gen Idi Amin Dada who ruled Uganda with an iron hand for eight years until he was overthrown in April 1979 by Uganda exiles backed by the Tanzania People’s Defence Force.
I can remember vividly the weekend before that reactionary putsch took place. My uncle, Lt Col Michael Ombia, had just returned to Uganda from a one-year course at a Staff College in the UK.