ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Eric Chivian and Rigoberta Menchú Amid the richness of the Ecuadorian Amazon, 30% of the population lives below the poverty line Charles Darwin would appreciate the irony of Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Yasuní, home to one of the highest concentrations of biodiversity in the world, is …

By Independent Reporter Until May 23, Prof. Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya was Uganda’s vice president. He spoke to The Independent about life after leaving the office he held for nine years. Did your appointment as vice president the first time come as a surprise to you or did you expect it? …

By Independent Investigations The story behind the news In August 2010, a source brought to The Independent a series of documents showing bank transfers of large amounts of money to two ministers: Sam Kutesa of Foreign Affairs and Hillary Onek, then of Energy and Mineral Development. According to the documents, …

By Andrew M. Mwenda A man who can admit to being a liar should not  make claims and they are taken seriously Former director of cabinet in Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, was a major item on BBC World Service. He claimed that President Paul Kagame boasted to him that it was …

By Joseph E. Stiglitz The prescription for what ails the global economy follows directly from the diagnosis: strong government expenditures As the economic slump that began in 2007 persists, the question on everyone’s minds is obvious: Why? Unless we have a better understanding of the causes of the crisis, we …

By Rukiya Makuma People were poorer than today but they did not notice it – James Tumusiime In 1962, James Tumusiime, now Group Managing Director of Fountain Publishers Limited was barely 10 and a primary four pupil at Kinoni Primary school in Mbarara district. He could tell that something important …

By Ban Ki-moon Women hold up more than half the sky and represent much of the world’s unrealized potential Late next month, a child will be born – the 7th billion citizen of planet Earth. We will never know the circumstances into which he or she was born. We do know …

By Agather Atuhaire Allegations of forged accounts and government meddling leave their once-vibrant union on the brink of closure Coffee prices are at an all time high but farmers of the Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU) in eastern Uganda have never seen darker days as a mixture of local and national …

  Uganda’s Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi and two other ministers were on Oct.10 have allegedly benefited from bribes from oil companies, parliament heard yesterday at a critical debate about the country’s nascent oil sector. A jam parked parliament that had been recalled from recess heard that Mbabazi, Sam Kuteesa, the …

By Independent Reporter Until May 23, Prof. Gilbert Balibaseka Bukenya was Uganda’s vice president. He spoke to The Independent about life after leaving the office he held for nine years. Your Excellency, what is life like outside the corridors of power and the number two guy in the country? I …