By Agather Atuhaire Government officials tell blatant lies even as Museveni begs public to trust him On Oct. 12 journalists in Kampala received messages at around 9am summoning them to a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni later that day at State House Nakasero. This was unusual because press conferences of …
Read More »Cranes, sporting failure and politics
By Allan Ssekamatte What the mammoth crowds at Nambole say about the state of our democracy To my left was John Kanyanya, 72, a diehard Cranes aficionado who has not missed a national team game in two years. The septuagenarian is a brother to 1970’s freedom fighter Mawumbe Mukhwana. To …
Read More »Reformer at parliament
By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Speaker Kadaga confronts great expectations with an array of reform proposals, but sceptics linger Rebecca Kadaga has as much to smile about as she has to worry about. She is the only woman in Uganda to have had an uninterrupted stint in parliament for the last …
Read More »More controversies rock Wildlife Authority
By Agather Atuhaire Ministry of Tourism officials were paid for trips they never made Tourism minister Ephraim Kamuntu has been in the news lately for stopping a commission of inquiry into alleged corruption in one of his departments; the Protected Areas Management for Sustainable Use (PAMSU). Now fresh information appears …
Read More »Coach Williamson wanted me to lie – Obua
By Andrew Mwenda and Eriasa Mukiibi Coach Williamson wanted me to lie – Obua Moments after the Uganda versus Kenya match, which ended in a goalless draw and saw Uganda fail to qualify for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations finals in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, The Independent’s Andrew Mwenda …
Read More »Bring the other CHOGM suspects to court
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Former vice president Gilbert Bukenya was sent to Luzira Prison over the Chogm contract he awarded to Motorcare Uganda Limited allegedly disregarding procurement procedures. The Inspectorate of Government took up the matter in the anticorruption court. The Independent’s Mubatsi Asinja Habati spoke to Cissy Kagaba, executive …
Read More »The Amazon or Oil?
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 …
Read More »To cure the economy
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 …
Read More »The children of Independence speak-out
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 …
Read More »A Global Agenda for Seven Billion
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 …
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