Anthony Natif
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Now that Mr Andrew Mwenda is done issuing a groveling, much needed apology to President Yoweri K Museveni; as well as telling us how he personally knows Bill Gates, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, can we try and understand that DEI Pharma thing using basic common sense? First off; it appears that there’s general agreement that if Uganda wants to have regional industry leaders across different sectors, the state must have a hand and that this can’t be shrouded in mystery, backdoor dealings and corruption. This is not up for debate. With the foregoing, I’ll invite you to scrutinize these investments dispassionately. I’ll start with DEI Pharma coz I’ve spent 20 years building in this space. I know it quite well. From available information, the Government of Uganda has invested 1 trillion shillings in the Matugga based pharmaceutical greenfield for a 9% stake. This figure isn’t easily verifiable because a lot of the documents underpinning these public investments are nearly impossible to get. Even the LOP didn’t seem to know . A clear red flag. (See video in frame 1) We rely on parliamentary committee clips and statements from people like Hon. Dr. Patrick Wakida who is the board chairman of that entity from which he solicits “friendly loans” in millions of dollars. But that’s a story for another day. Going with the UGX 1 trillion shilling investment, Uganda is valuing this entity-by a guy whose entire experience in pharma manufacturing doesn’t go beyond failing at running a flour mill-at just under 3 Billion dollars. For African comparison; Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd, the South African conglomerate that’s the largest manufacturer in Africa, has a market cap of 3.6 Billion Dollars (see frame 2). By local comparison, CIPLA-Quality Chemicals has a market cap of UGX 511 Billion or 132 million dollars (see frame 3). At the time the government made that investment in DEI, the market cap of Cipla-QC was less than UGX 250 Billion. In fact, back in 2023, an investment firm from Mauritius bought controlling stake for under $30 million (here: Basically, the government values this DEI entity more than 25 times higher than a proven pharmaceutical manufacturer of global repute; one backed by the third largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in India; with a history going back nearly 100 years! This is an entity run by a guy who lied to the country that he had found a cure for covid and embarrassed us to no end; a guy who seems to essentially buy publications and slaps his name on them; a guy severally accused of conning people in mineral deals (see frame 4 and other sources on request). You don’t have to be a CFA, CPA, MBA or a finance genius to know that this is theft by valuation. Mr Magoola, you might recall, said upon receipt of the first government investment that the company didn’t even need government money but nonetheless, it was going to pay it back in no time. Same company at the time that had its assets on auction for failure to service debt. Same guy is said to be back for an additional 1.6 trillion shillings in government investment. For this, he has piles of cassava in Kamuli and badly pronounced monoclonal antibody brands to show for our investment. (NTV UGANDA did a recent piece on this. You can find it here: If indeed the government was serious about growing the pharmaceutical industry, they could have spread this investment around into already existing industries and put in place some market protection measures. Putting all this cash in the hands of a man with at best, a dubious history of financial management and no discernible pharmaceutical manufacturing success is a risk at proportions that are hard to describe. We have the example of Malta to show how smart investment in pharmaceutical technology/industry can actually drive economic growth. Why don’t we take those examples instead of betting on snake-oil vendors? How are these promoters chosen? #DEIPharmaHeist
Anthony Natif59,183 Aufrufe • vor 10 Tagen
UgandaVsMollyKatanga Senior Forensic Pathologist calls the possibility that Mr Henry Katanga was shot and killed by his wife Molly Katanga, “extremely slim and highly unlikely”. He said the case before Justice Rosette Comfort Kania is not a homicide but a homicide-suicide where Mr Henry Katanga beat his wife, thought she was dead then sat or stood on the bed and shot himself. He lambasted the postmortem report presented by the state to back up their case as a “very dangerous postmortem report that couldn’t have passed peer review” in a serious entity. Dr Sylvester Onzivua was the first defense witness in this trial. He holds a Degree in Medicine and Surgery, from Makerere University (1993), a Masters of Medicine in Pathology (2003), a Post Graduate Diploma in Forensic medicine from the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (2005). He’s also trained in Forensic Anthropology from Durban. He worked with Mulago Hospital, attached to the Department of Pathology of Makerere University and part of his deployment was in the City Mortuary where he was the Head of City Mortuary. He worked there from 2005 up to 2013. He said he has testified in numerous cases, mostly for the prosecution, including in the military courts. In a session whose start was marked by early heated exchanges between defense attorney Elison Karuhanga and Chief State Attorney Jonathan Muwaganya, Dr Onzivua took on the mantle of courtroom forensic pathology Prof, basically reliving a teaching role he continues to play in real life at Makerere University, even after his retirement. Early court proceedings were anything but smooth, with the Judge calling both sets of lawyers to her chambers for more than 2 hours because the state was adamant that Dr Onzivua shouldn’t use the postmortem report on court file but should instead use copies availed to him by the defense. On resumption and with a 50 slide PowerPoint presentation, Dr Onzivua took Justice Kania through the science of bullets and bullet injuries. He told her how to tell a bullet entry wound from an exit wound. He then used images of the late Henry Katanga, taken during postmortem, to show that the pathologists who conducted that postmortem wrote an erroneous report that misled the court to think the bullet that killed Mr Katanga went from left to right as opposed to what he said was a scientifically incontrovertible conclusion that the bullet direction was right to left. This point is very key because when Justice Kania put Mrs Katanga to her defense, she relied in part on prosecution evidence that claimed that Mr Katanga was shot on the left side of his head and since he was right handed, this would be very difficult. Dr Onzivua scoffed at that and using a combination of human props and postmortem images, he showed that indeed the state had it wrong; that it was scientifically wrong to conclude as they did. He pointed to the absence of tattooing, lacerations on the hole on the left side of Mr Katanga’s head and wondered why the state pathologists concluded that it was an entry hole despite showing all characteristics of an exit hole. He said there’s “no tattooing, no blackening, no muzzle imprint on a close contact bullet entry wound? So how, how, hoooow would they have called this an entry wound in the absence of blackening, tattooing or muzzle imprint? There’s no scientific basis of calling the wound on the left an entry wound.” “The wound on the right was stated to be 5cm by 3cm and this was described as an exit wound. The entire dimensions of the ear were taken and then stated to be the dimensions of the exit wound. This, scientifically is not correct. The true dimensions of the skull defect on the right side were not taken and there is therefore no scientific basis to call it an exit wound. A comparison of the right and left ear shows blackening on the right and none on the left. On the contrary, the external features of the wound on the right side are those of an entry hole” Cont’d…
Anthony Natif40,323 Aufrufe • vor 22 Tagen
During the cross examination, Chief State Prosecutor Joseph Kyomuhendo was asked for a single statute that provides for witness protection. He tried to “intimidate” Frederick Mpanga by throwing around a 2008 case; Soon Yeon Kong Kim & Another Vs Attorney General (Constitutional Ref No 6 of 2007) It’s a constitutional court case upholding the basic constitutional principles of fair hearing including the right to full disclosure instead of trial by ambush that the DPP seems to prefer, etc. I’ve seen it repeatedly quoted by the defense in the Katanga case as they repeatedly reminded the prosecution to disclose evidence against their clients. So it was curious to see this prosecutor quote it back to Dr Besigye’s defense lawyer as some sort of basis for their prayer to somehow keep the identities of the witnesses pinning Dr Besigye and his co-accused hidden. One problem for the Chief State Attorney; the lawyers he was quoting the case to are the very ones who successfully argued it in the constitutional court. And they knew it didn’t say what he was claiming it said. They let him rumble on, trying to bamboozle them with his half-knowledge then handed him the decision and asked him to point them to where it says what he claimed it said. It was embarrassing beyond belief. Another Chief State Attorney Richard Birivumbuka asked for a one and a half hour break “to study the decision”. The Judge gave them a safe corridor and asked to pack that part of the cross examination. If I were Mr Kyomuhendo, my Gishu pride wouldn’t let me stay on that stand. I’d walk out and go for a run or go grab a drink. Uganda siinze njizaala, I can’t allow such embarrassment. 🤭 Anyway, here’s a video clip for those like me who like legal violence.
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Happening now: Uganda Police Force in Mbarara has just arrested this old woman alleging trespass on land for which she has letters of administration and for which a legal fight (estate issues) has been ongoing for the better part of ten years. The land is opposite the Coca-Cola plant in Mbarara. The lady is called Victoria Kabatoraine Ariau and is currently being held at CPS Mbarara. Her daughter’s phone has also been confiscated by police officers because she dared record this video. Kituuma Rusoke, surely, there’s a better way to handle this. Surely!! Also, why would land cases take more than ten years in court? #RuleOfLaw
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And finally, here’s part of the response to the former Speaker’s threats from NRM Party Chairman and President of the Republic, Yoweri K Museveni. In his usual self-assured style, he reminds Becky from Kamuli that he’s a revolutionary freedom fighter of FRONASA heritage who revenged for his people the Basoga. She’s a mere politician who joined the struggle at “a road junction”. Basically: toli wa’kitalo nga bwolowooza. He also threw in a historical family anecdote that put some light on the recent events that saw his young brother (and “son”) 𝐍𝐳𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐊𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐭𝐚 kicked out of the CEC race against DR. CHRIS BARYOMUNSI. It’s never dull here.
Anthony Natif186,097 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten
As you know, Public Square was invited to an anti-corruption conversation with President Yoweri K Museveni at State House Uganda. We spoke about anti-corruption, climate change and energy transition as well as the need for non partisan civic education, rule of law and decolonization. While we acknowledge some sections of the public will meet such conversations with skepticism, we believe that we shall find more wins in speaking to each other and finding common ground than by saber-rattling and canceling each other. Thank you Col Edith Nakalema for making this happen.
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Who has the full video? I don’t think it’s fair to judge Mr Kyagulanyi on a 30 seconds answer.
Anthony Natif182,335 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten
Wabula Jet John Tumwebaze isn’t easy! After nomination, the first place the man went to was Aine Godfrey Kaguta Sodo’s side of the constituency. They even run into each other (see video). It’s a nice way to announce his arrival in the Mawogola North political arena. “We are here, we aren’t going anywhere!”
Anthony Natif138,819 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten
This clip never gets old. With each passing year, it becomes more relevant.
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Here’s a defiant response to the former Speaker’s speech from her opponent, the current Speaker Anita Annet Among. She basically told her I may be new here but I’m more valuable to the NRM Party and I’m the future, you’re the past. She also questioned her loyalty to the party that she said has been her only party since her RC days.
Anthony Natif136,979 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten
This is so sad to witness. Really sad. But also, Uganda Police Force, whoever paid these boda boda guys to go on a ride next to the Kyagulanyi rally ground in Gulu city should face some scrutiny. They seemed to be intent on provoking his supporters into a reaction and they got it. Those running battles between two sets of supporters above Kaunda grounds could have been avoided if this overzealous supporter of Mzee hadn’t chosen to throw some petrol to the fire.
Anthony Natif91,681 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten
Thanks for the longer version of the natural resources Uganda has. But here’s a summary. 🔥🔥🔥
Anthony Natif139,772 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten
By popular demand, I’ve been asked to share Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga’s speech, Anita Annet Among’s speech and Yoweri K Museveni’s response. Here’s part of the former Speaker’s speech. It sounded like a bunch of threats to her party’s Chairman. Basically: choose me or my people walk. If she succeeds, she might go down as one of the few NRM Party members who have publicly dared the son of Kaguta and gotten their way.
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