ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Ronald Musoke Bus only lanes, pedestrian walkways, cycle ways in new mix. If Dar can do it, why not Kampala? Imagine spending four hours in crawling city traffic every working day of your life. That is Emmanuel Kihaule’s fate. He has spent most of his 37 years in Dar—as …

By The  Independent Team Adam Kalungi, the prime suspect in the death of the late Butaleja woman MP, Cerinah Nebanda, has been convicted of manslaughter on grounds that he was negligent and never took Nebanda to hospital in time. The Makindye Chief Magistrate’s court, however, acquitted Kalungi on the other …

By Ronald Musoke There was a collective sigh of relief inside the conference hall at Statistics House as the Minister of Education and Sports, Jessica Rose Alupo Epel finally announced the release of Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) for 2013. Relief, because, it was on the final day of January, which …

By André-Michel Essoungou In recent years, civil society groups have become major actors in the fight against corruption, both nationally and on the global stage Under the glaring sun of a recent Monday, an unusual group of protesters marched on the streets of Kampala, Uganda’s capital. All dressed in black …

By Shamus Khan It starts with recognising that the success of a business depends on the team, rather than individuals In 2007, after the venerable New York law firm Dewey Ballantine merged with another firm, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, commentators heralded the creation of a “global super firm.” As …

By Mohamed Yahya The anatomy of an African tragedy Let no one tell us that Nkrumah died of a cancer to the throat or some other disease; no Nkrumah has been killed by the cancer of betrayal that we should uproot”. Coming across these powerful words uttered at Nkrumah’s funeral …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why supporting Salva Kiir may turn out to be Museveni’s most ill-advised military intervention The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) recent military adventure into South Sudan follows a pattern that has made our country a regional military hegemon and our president, one of Africa’s most influential …

By Haggai Matsiko The ‘teargas king’ plans 2016 comeback Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kale Kayihura’s recent announcement that he is recruiting 3500 more men and women to the force is being praised as equally as it is being criticised.  Critics say the recruitment is another bad sign ahead of …

By The  Independent Team The Lord’s Resistance Army rebel leader, Joseph Kony, has written to Ugandans seeking forgiveness and a resumption of peace talks to end the insurgency. “I want to assure the people of Uganda that, we [LRA] are committed to a sustainable peaceful political settlement of our long …

By Hashim Wasswa Mulangwa January 26, 2014 marks 28 years since the National Resistance Movement/Army (NRM/A) of President Yoweri Museveni came into power. I have been thinking about what this milestone means to me, and trying to reflect on what it probably means of other Ugandans. You see the nature …