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Television screenshot from NTV news, Nov. 11, 2009, of Phoebe Kazini, widow of Kazini. Photograph by Timothy Kalyegira

Details of Kazini's last day shed fresh light on his murder.

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Television screenshot of President Yoweri Museveni addresses the congregation during Kazini's memorial service at All Saints Cathedral at Nakasero, Nov. 12, 2009

Conspiracy whispers at All Saints Cathedral during Kazini memorial

Whispers and conspiracy theories did the rounds at the All Saints Cathedral at Nakasero yesterday at the memorial service for the late Maj. Gen. James Kazini.
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Downpour of rain on day of Kazini burial

During the burial of Lt. Col. Jet Mwebaze in Sept. 1997 at Nakaseke (his ancestral home was in Kashari, Mbarara) there was a heavy downpour of rain.
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Editorial  Comment

Why is Uganda such a violent country?

Since the murder on Tuesday morning of Maj. Gen. Kazini, there has been aroused a keen interest in political news in Uganda, the highest level of interest since the Sept. 2009 riots in Kampala and other parts of Buganda.

All the traffic to Ugandan newspaper websites shows top stories or most read stories almost entirely about Kazini's death, Betty Nambooze's health, Bidandi Ssali's questioning if an accident had been planned on him, and other stories whose theme was intrigue and bloodshed.

This interest in the political intrigues in Uganda is encouraging to the news media, as it re-affirms the centrality of the media in national life.

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Press  Briefs

Finally, the media reports skepticism over Kazini murder

Friday November 13, 2009
Newspaper review

NTV, the television station owned by the Nation Media Group in Nairobi, Kenya, has the best lighting and tonal colour feel of all the Kampala TV stations.

Its news anchors are formally and stylishly dressed and come across as cordial and civil.

What NTV lacks, however, is content. That is to say, they have news that is not news, very much like their cousin the Daily Nation newspaper of Nairobi, which has good form, good print quality and colour separation, good font type and general layout and good distribution and circulation by East African standards....
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Opinion

Most frequently asked question: “Are you safe?”

The mood of fear has once again reasserted itself in Ugandan society.

When I wrote the article explaining that the 1994 Rwandan genocide was masterminded by the RPF I got many SMS from frightened people
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Letters to the editor and reader's feedback

I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know much I (and quite a few other people) appreciate the super job you are doing on reporting these mysterious deaths in high places. Your young paper has proven to be a giant in a crowd of midgets that Uganda's collective media have become lately.
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