ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Joan Akello Robert Ssempala, the coordinator of the Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ) talked to The Independent’s Joan Akello about why individual officers should pay for their crimes What activities is HRNJ carrying out? Since 2005 when HRNJ was established and formalised in 2006, we have been monitoring …

By Joan Akello 32 year old 42km Kenyan Marathon champion speaks with Joan Akello about his greatest fear and why police officers are great athletes. Who is the world record breaker Kipsang? I am a humble guy from a humble background, hardworking, focused, and an achiever in whatever I try …

By Patrick Kagenda What Museveni should fear Recent events in the districts of Kasese, Bundibugyo, and Ntororo show that President Yoweri Museveni’s strategy to politically and strategically capture the volatile region could be failing, experts say. For some time, Museveni has been attempting to have the Bakonjo and their leader, …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the internet has led to the growth of radicalism and the erosion of restraints associated with democracy The growth of social media has created an important avenue for people to express themselves to audiences freely without the restraining hand of the governance structures of traditional …

By Flavia Nassaka You might be getting more of these than you think, and more might not be good The round glass disc, upon first glance, looks like nothing special. In fact, information on the product’s website indicates that a bio disc is only 9 centimeters in diameter and only …

By Ronald Musoke Who cares about maimed victims, killed children? On the wet and cold Saturday morning his nephew, Abdallah Mawejje died, Ddumba Ssentongo was mainly speechless and distraught looking, with his eyes red from crying. On that day of July 12, Ddumba’s nephew became the third child to die …

By Emmanuel K. Tabaro The government’s response in Kasese (or even the greater Rwenzori) should not be military To understand the Basongora – Bakonzo conflict — ignoring the obvious, simplistic narrative being peddled by different interest groups — it’s imperative we look at Garrett Hardin’s economic theory, “the tragedy of …

By Harold Acemah Romantic stories about tobacco sales paying school fees for our children is lopsided and short-sighted Right from colonial days, West Nile and the kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara have been the major tobacco growing regions of Uganda and in the West Nile region, Terego County – where I come …

By Independent Team Sexually active adolescents want to avoid, delay, or limit pregnancy More women are accessing contraceptives in Uganda today. However, some reports show that the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) continues to hover around the 50% mark. That means one in every two women is not accessing contraceptives even …

By Julius Businge The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has started the process of revising some clauses in the mining laws to attract the highly mobile capital and finance needed to establish a modern and viable mining industry. The laws in question are; the Mineral Policy, which was put …