ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Ryan Schuette On a normal day, Alexy Agala goes to the library, finds a book on land law and studies land reform. It helps the inmate with his day in court  his clan charged him on a matter related to his familys land  and passes the time while he …

By The Independent Team As President Yoweri Museveni’s third (fifth) term enters the third year and the country once again begins to look forward to the next general elections, the question many Ugandans are asking is: will the Prof. Badru Kiggundu-led Electoral Commission give us a better and well-organised presidential …

By Patrick Kagenda How do East African CEO’s rate Ugandan companies? Not with much respect, according to results of a survey of about 300 CEOs from Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, and Rwanda. In fact the only name with a presence in Uganda that has maximum respect among regional CEO’s is the …

By Independent Reporter The long awaited Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) and Financial Card System were on December 3 officially launched by Uganda’s Central Bank Governor Tumusime Mutebile and the Germany Ambassador to Uganda, Buchholz Reinhard. The new financial card will carry borrowers biodata and once swiped though a card reader …

By The Independent Team Despite Tanzania’s resistance to cross-border investment, a position that contradicts the East African Community Customs Management Act, plans are going ahead to integrate the three major bourses within the region, namely the Dar es Salaam stock exchange, the Nairobi stock exchange and the Uganda securities exchange, …

By Onghwens Kisangala Makerere University, Uganda’s oldest and most prestigious institution of higher learning has been in the news over fees hikes and student strikes, declining standards and dilapidated infrastructure. Inadequate staffing, poor remuneration, accommodation and congestion, high or low fees (depending on whom you talk to; student/parent or administrator) …

By Obed K. Katureebe When President Yoweri Museveni donated the 12 acre Plot 1 Kitante Road in Kampala to Kenya to build a high commission, he effectively kicked city tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia off a prime plot for the second time. The Independents Obed K. Katureebe reports how Museveni’s decision is …

By Melina Platas Call it a broken record, a vicious circle, a merry-go-round  but whatever you call it, the peace process between the Lords Resistance Army and the government is dead in the water; or rather, in the jungle. The most recent attempt to sign the Final Peace Agreement (FPA) …

By Onghwens Kisangala Finance Minister Ezra Nsuruma on December 4 suspended the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Managing Director David Chandi Jamwa and his deputy Prof. Mondo Kagonyera. No official reason was given. The woes of NSSF leadership started when The Independent magazine broke the story about a deal between …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Laetitia Bader from Human Rights Watch accuses me of justifying restrictions imposed on independent media in Rwanda by the RPF government. I do not know how she came to this conclusion. But I have a fundamental philosophical difference with her. I believe that freedom is not …