Muwado – Africa's Storytelling Platform | Andrew M. Mwenda | Activity https://muwado.com/members/andrewmmwenda/activity/ Activity feed for Andrew M. Mwenda. Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:28:00 +0300 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 1408425885099312d3a9d799309f4c70 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the Profile Complete badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37386/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:40 +0300 0 1408425885099312d3a9d799309f4c70 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the First Follower badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37384/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:40 +0300 0 bd1db8b197f18ce5acfe7c00129219a6 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the 1K Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37382/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:39 +0300 0 bd1db8b197f18ce5acfe7c00129219a6 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the 500 Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37380/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:39 +0300 0 bd1db8b197f18ce5acfe7c00129219a6 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the Profile Complete badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37379/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:39 +0300 0 6fbf93f2cd9265012963220080516ede Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the 100 Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37378/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:38 +0300 0 6fbf93f2cd9265012963220080516ede Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the First Follower badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37377/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:38 +0300 0 6fbf93f2cd9265012963220080516ede Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the Monthly Consistent badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37376/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:38 +0300 0 6fbf93f2cd9265012963220080516ede Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the 1K Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37375/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:38 +0300 0 fe9f1c6c7437971baf85a44821706f19 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the Marathon Writer badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37374/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:37 +0300 0 fe9f1c6c7437971baf85a44821706f19 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the 500 Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37373/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:37 +0300 0 fe9f1c6c7437971baf85a44821706f19 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the Storyteller badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37372/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:37 +0300 0 fe9f1c6c7437971baf85a44821706f19 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the 100 Views badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37371/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:37 +0300 0 1bcb26ec4a795cde609ab7f23a4734f9 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the First Story badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37370/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:36 +0300 0 1bcb26ec4a795cde609ab7f23a4734f9 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the Monthly Consistent badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37369/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:36 +0300 0 1bcb26ec4a795cde609ab7f23a4734f9 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the Marathon Writer badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37367/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:36 +0300 0 a26f93f3b58ac6e424f4d8a01453f409 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the Storyteller badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37365/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:35 +0300 0 a26f93f3b58ac6e424f4d8a01453f409 Andrew M. Mwenda just earned the First Story badge on Muwado! https://muwado.com/activity/p/37363/ Wed, 20 May 2026 20:47:35 +0300 0 953ca19249b11cac4cf78584da6aabcc Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=39754 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 03:28:02 +0300 Uganda’s homophobic madness So, Uganda’s parliament once again passed a law to hang homosexuals. This was done in the most democratic manner possible: 400 out of 557 M […]

]]> 96037d66801f6eab18567d48558a492b Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=39124 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 16:14:10 +0300 On June 19th 2022, France’s ruling party of President Emmanuel Macron, lost its absolute majority in parliamentary elections. The biggest winner was the National Front, a right-wing party led by Marine Le Pen. I […]

]]> a206a649a772d5b416d588c281772bdf Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=39000 Tue, 03 May 2022 17:22:26 +0300 On March 29, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) joined the East African Community (EAC). This brings the number of members from the original three to seven. On the same day, M23 rebels attacked a Congolese […]

]]> 760df97463a036c41a4a61afa67b6657 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=39003 Mon, 02 May 2022 17:38:17 +0300 The power, influence and dubious deals of Enrica Pinetti There is a fundamental problem with Enrica Pinetti, the “foreign investor” behind the controversial Vinci Cof […]

]]> e873c5a6c21afe3dc631d5b27e2cfa5c Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=38830 Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:39:49 +0300 There is a huge misunderstanding of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Many people see it as an unprovoked act of aggression by a megalomaniacal President Vladmir Putin against a small neighbor. Yet Moscow […]

]]> 68b3db43964ecdb3b282d7f4796e6f4b Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post https://muwado.com/?p=38573 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:28:46 +0300 At exactly 5.30 am on Sunday morning January 23rd 2022, the governor of the Bank of Uganda, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, breathed his last in a Nairobi hospital. He had been battling illness for several years. […]

]]> 3a09dfd632c17f7358331216280068cf Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=34379 Thu, 01 Apr 2021 14:34:31 +0300 Since his death, former Tanzanian president, John Pombe Magufuli, has been an object of much praise from many commentators, including a large number Tanzanians. He has been lionized among others for his fight […]

]]> e43ed3a8fe261266164d22f83d6c98ad Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=32577 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 04:41:03 +0300 On Wednesday, Kampala went on fire after police arrested pop star turned politician/presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. The riots continued through to the following day. The partisans on […]

]]> a17fd07d2ba3a0eafc3a62ab1f1d2925 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=31883 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 08:56:17 +0300 Nearly two years since Gen Omar El Bashir was removed from power through a popular uprising, Sudan is tottering on the edge of collapse. The government increased public sector wages by 400%, thereby throwing the […]

]]> ec38020959128c5f035ff8eb8f07ef8c Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=31880 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 08:49:20 +0300 It is seven months since Uganda locked down due to COVID. The lesson I have learnt from the lockdown is not related to health but economics. It concerns the method we use to measure poverty (indirectly, […]

]]> 92576ffb6a66611a348d78e9506ed87c Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=31877 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 08:37:45 +0300 I woke up yesterday morning only to hear that the deputy head of the Uganda Media Centre Col. Shaban Bantariza is dead. The news struck me like a thunderbolt partly because I least expected it but largely because […]

]]> 469b0c13289b96b3011247230f831869 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=31873 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 08:27:05 +0300 Today President Yoweri Museveni was nominated to run for an eighth term of office. When he wins this election, it will take him to 40 years as president, a remarkable feat. His efforts to cling to power, in spite […]

]]> 1c9e843569a376f946c1b4e2cff8eff6 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=31253 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:46:12 +0300 On September 9th, all the major news outlets in Uganda ran with a screaming headline: “Microfinance Support Centre [MSC] officials charged with embezzlement.” It was alleged that Shs 11 billion released to MSC “ju […]

]]> 8355c047e731a19555790616b55aeb64 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=31250 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:10:11 +0300 Opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye has argued that elites in Uganda are the most useless group in the country. Let us test this thesis and seek to prove what it reveals. The beginning point is poverty statistics […]

]]> 47c5829481bf2263bd8a170d2122f848 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=31247 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:00:00 +0300 Last week, NRM primaries degenerated into violence. Candidates and their supporters clashed with opponents leading to the shedding of blood. Some people died. The army and police were called in to keep the peace. […]

]]> 15e7134b8cc011fcc03d2b1be8db104d Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=31244 Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:36:19 +0300 In the age of social media, with its instantaneous dissemination of news, alongside such technologies as deep fake and photoshop, journalists in mainstream media need to be extremely sceptical and cautious of all […]

]]> 854e3c1c86fca2934dd914cc16fc9d8a Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30953 Sat, 05 Sep 2020 15:25:40 +0300 The nationwide youths elections this week should give the opposition in Uganda, especially the National Unity Platform (NUP), time to pose and reflect. Just as polling had commenced, Timothy Kalyegira, a senior […]

]]> ad0434a75937aa10cfc4244d4e3efb21 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30755 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 05:29:52 +0300 Leading opposition figure, Dr. Kizza Besigye, has said he will not participate in the coming presidential elections because they will not be free and fair – never mind the previous ones were not different. B […]

]]> 37d9f0aa5be86ebc6b087e8205267d3e Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30685 Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:01:11 +0300 Last week, the National Unity Platform of Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine launched itself with two defections of NRM MPs and two other independent legislators. This was presented as a big event. The MPs from NRM […]

]]> 14208536995d05a696837990fb14225c Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30592 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 06:17:00 +0300 So today I went to the head office of NUP expecting to be lynched! I was prepared to die at the hands of what I thought was largely a collection of intolerant radical extremists. To my surprise, and except for a […]

]]> d9c57b43ab4c0e7765dca82f77ee1d81 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30520 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 00:29:13 +0300 As we approach the 2021 general elections, it is apparent that the opposition, as expected, has handed over an easy victory to President Yoweri Museveni. Yet after the election the same opposition politicians will […]

]]> 994d3f85c1a144ca00fe8eda881d02e4 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30433 Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:49:53 +0300 In their misguided (even though, perhaps, well-intentioned) war against President Yoweri Museveni, many pro-democracy (but mostly pseudo-democracy) “activists” bring three fundamentally erroneous assumptions. Fir […]

]]> 71a2084252750c19719fd58ac931bac9 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=30230 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:28:59 +0300 Last week, Bank of Uganda (BOU) issued a press statement in which it promised to appeal a ruling by the Court of Appeal in a case against businessman Sudhir Ruparelia over Crane Bank. Yet the statement did not […]

]]> 5a9e66c9cc50060c3ad5b6edccc5484d Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=29099 Sat, 06 Jun 2020 09:53:39 +0300 Last night, President Yoweri Museveni claimed boda bodas are not an effective means of public transport! Who decides this: the president, a committee of experts or commuters? Ugandan commuters have consistently […]

]]> 5de0a9a32ff4343fe6b97a56253c767e Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=28914 Fri, 22 May 2020 11:40:10 +0300 Museveni’s failure in Uganda’s oil In his interview with NBS television aired on May 11, President Yoweri Museveni revealed three things about Uganda’s oil sector that w […]

]]> 8b0bc1ce26716367821d3dba8d3b4801 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=28593 Wed, 22 Apr 2020 06:35:16 +0300 On the night of Monday April 20th, police arrested and jailed NBS news reporter and anchor, Samson Kasumba! He stayed in their cells for an entire night. On Tuesday he was taken to his house and searched for five […]

]]> cec6229007ee90df5d0a4fc442e08349 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=28590 Wed, 22 Apr 2020 06:19:23 +0300 Last night, Sunday 19th of April 2020, I lost a young friend, Phil Manzi, to lymphoma, cancer of the lymph nodes! He was only 19! I had organized to go visit him this morning and got the sad news just after […]

]]> 66906f5d7e1a65051ec3d31dedd209b7 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=28204 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:18:56 +0300 Opposition leader and activist, Dr. Kizza Besigye, has been consistent in denouncing the electoral process in Uganda as a sham. In an interview with Daily Monitor last week, he said: “[Lt] Gen [Henry] Tumukunde k […]

]]> 5ce7ee537add6d3bc7e0adaaa2fab22f Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=28201 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:10:48 +0300 How Museveni built and killed Uganda’s oil industry Uganda’s upstream oil industry is dead. Ok, let me admit this is a bit of an exaggeration. It is more appropriate t […]

]]> e833d8e7fe0626fcb642255866ff0ca3 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=28198 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 16:57:51 +0300 Many Ugandans are wondering about the clinical capacity Uganda has to handle coronavirus patients especially those that may need intensive or high dependency care.Here is information on the newly refurbished […]

]]> 04e47a0a84e4e4d0d81644c282eeff15 Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=27584 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 09:32:33 +0300 6240607fdcea8f7546ebb63fe80f550c Andrew M. Mwenda wrote a new post http://muwado.com/?p=27316 Thu, 19 Dec 2019 12:04:17 +0300