By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Is the low-key launch of the Uganda @ 50 celebrations a sign of disenchantment with independence? Something seemed amiss at the launch of celebrations to mark Uganda’s 50-year independence anniversary. Whether it was due to lack of preparation or enthusiasm, the festivities at Serena Hotel on …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Political interference cited in appointments as government committee pockets billions to pre-qualify Chinese firm If constructed, the 600 MW Karuma Hydropower Dam will be the biggest dam in the country. For now however, the project that should have started in the 1990s faces further delays. In …

By Peter Nyanzi What Ugandans need urgently is a transport regulatory framework and institutions That Kampala City is choking under a horrifying level of congestion, pollution, traffic jams and a public transport crisis is general knowledge. These are issues that have bedeviled cities worldwide for decades. But what is baffling …

By Jude Kagoro Why music industry is replete with brand-names related to military ranks, weapons, and jargon For any system or practice to survive there must be enough deep-rooted mass support for it. Democracy can only survive in a society that has enough democrats. Equally true is that for tyranny …

By Aloysious Kasoma Fish farming considered a gold mine that will lift household incomes and boost exports Sylvester Adia, a resident of Kajjansi off Entebbe Road, defied unemployment by venturing into commercial fish farming at his home. He has no regrets Armed with Shs50, 000, he bought 2,500 young fish …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Why is President allowing Madhvani sugar but blocking Tirupati? In December last year, the cultural leader of the Baruuli, Ssabaruuli Mwogezzi Butamanya, petitioned President Yoweri Museveni after Tirupati Development (U) Limited, a real estate investment company moved to evict 3,000 people hailing from Lwabyata sub-county in …

By Moses Odokonyero The Uganda police join a long list of African despotic forces that have sought PR services from Europe and America They are men and women from Dublin, capital of Ireland, armed with cleaning brushes.  Their monumental task is to clean the dirty image of the Uganda Police …

By Richard Byarugaba At the end of the 2009 fiscal year, the balance was Shs95 billion, by end of the 2011 it had dropped to Shs28 billion Our attention has been drawn to recent press reports regarding Shs28 billion reported by the Auditor General as being held in a suspense …

By Sandrine Perrot From now on, non-profit organisations will strive to meet the benchmarks it set On April 20 hundreds of thousands of young activists worldwide covered the walls of their town with posters of Joseph Kony to make him famous. They were responding to the call of the young …

By Agaba Rugaba An unfortunate misdiagnosis of our socio-economic challenges I believe the Return-term-limits campaign offers nothing fundamental to our country’s socio-economic transformation efforts.  Its crusaders, ranging from the opposition political parties, Members of Parliament, Civil Society and church leaders, all seem to suggest that our political and social economic …