ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Haggai Matsiko Fears of popular resistance fueling army, intelligence deployments In less than a month, the UPDF top brass and top spies have held two unusual security meetings in the oil region. During one of the meetings, on May 5 Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Having removed Mubarak, the revolutionaries in Tahrir Square are realising that the struggle for democracy has just began Last week, Egyptians went to the polls to vote in the second round of their presidential elections. The first round had produced two candidates: Ahmed Shafiq, a former …

By Rukiya Makuma NRM gets a poor report card on democracy and governance The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) government’s performance in the first year of its fourth elected 5-year term has inspired public indictment, with many saying that it was not on track to meet the promises it made …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Constitutional Court ruling could bar Mulyagonja from taking office Justice Irene Mulyagonja Kakooza may never take up her appointment as Inspector General of Government (IGG) because a Constitutional Court ruling that President Yoweri Museveni seems not to have been aware of at the time he appointed …

By Agather Atuhaire No good news, no new promises expected in new budget President Yoweri Museveni has been forced to face the 9th Parliament twice in seven days – a situation he would have been glad to avoid if he had a choice. On June 7, he was reading a …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Executive Director in midst of several legal and personal battles In an attempt to stamp her authority on matters at City Hall, critics are accusing Kampala Capital City Executive Director (KCCA) Jennifer Musisi of using unorthodox means. Complaints have as a result been made to the …

By Peter Nyanzi NRM should have exercised political maturity and used the elections to forge reconciliation One thing that really rubs Ugandan government officials the wrong way is making comparisons between Uganda and Rwanda, especially when such comparisons show things are better in Rwanda.  This thinking is mainly rooted in …

By Heikki Holmås Rio+20 – will be a new opportunity to agree on how to achieve growth, welfare, and protect the environment. Parents all over the world want to give their children and grandchildren a secure future.  This must also be the goal for the world’s leaders when we meet …

The Independent Team The challenge behind the numbers Belt-tightening without suffocating the patient; that is the balancing act Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka is attempting in the 2012/13 financial year budget. It will not be easy. For the first time in two decades, the minister of Finance is unable to report …

By Haggai Matsiko Expectations of oil cash give way to anxiety as oil waste regulations delay The presence of billions of barrels of oil – the black gold- would ordinarily arouse great expectations in the minds of people everywhere. Not so in the Albertan Graben. Increasingly, a voice of communities …