By Joan Akello Josephine Mbatudde Birungi is an events manager who plans and manages functions of all types; ranging from corporate to traditional events of all sizes. She started out as an usher in 2010 after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Education yet she did not want to practice …

By Agnes E. Nantaba After EPRC report says it failed to create jobs, Labour ministry is reloading it Mondo Kyateka, the Assistant Commissioner for Youths and Children Affairs in the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, is in the middle of an important assignment.  His ministry is currently engaged …

By Flavia Nassaka Hydroxyurea is being called a `miracle drug’ at Mulago Hospital For most days Sharif Kiragga acts like a typical 24 year old.  He’s very ambitious and wants to try out everything to improve himself.  When he finished his Bachelors in Biomedical Laboratory Technology at Makerere University in …

By Agnes E. Nantaba Elly Twineyo Kamugisha is the Executive Director of Uganda Exports Promotion Board (UEPB). He spoke to Agnes E. Nantaba about private sector led development and the economy. Any three things we don’t know about you? I love Uganda; I have always told people around me to …

By Edgar Tushabe Muhairwe Col. Samson Mande who lives in exile fought the bush war with the President, Gen. (Retired) Yoweri Museveni, Maj.  Gen. (Retired) Mugisha Muntu, Col. (Retired) Kizza Besigye, and former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi. He spoke to The Independent’s Edgar Tushabe Muhairwe about their politics. Is the …

By Patrick Kagenda He is bending UPC constitution, says party outgoing VP, Bossa Jimmy Akena, the self-declared UPC party president could be facing court action if the outgoing party vice president, Joseph Bossa, goes ahead with plans he announced recently. Bossa spoke to The Independent after Akena on July 1 …

By Haggai Matsiko FDC members face some tough choices As the two Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) giants—Kizza Besigye, the party’s founding president and Mugisha Muntu, its current president—face off in a contest over who should lead the party in the 2016 presidential race, observers are praising the party’s democratic …

By Enock Nyorekwa Twinoburyo Supervision should be backed by addressing the broader structural and regulatory weakness in the sector On June 22, Bank of Uganda (BoU) published the annual supervision report for the year 2014 in line with its statutory provision of prudential regulation and supervision of financial institutions. This …

By Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa There is a powerful debate, mostly in the West, about the quality of African data Africa’s growth resurgence during the past decade and its persistence have taken many watchers of the continent by surprise. The international media have been busy coining labels to match this unexpected turn …

By Ronald Musoke On April 15 the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) started to enforce the ban on lightweight carrier bags usually given to customers in shops. It was an act of unprecedented defiance as the day before, on April 14, none other than the Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda, had …