By Kevin Kelly Remembering Ireland’s own recovery as a nation, it stands with Uganda in her journey to prosperity. St. Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s national day, is celebrated on 17th March every year. On this day, Irish people and their friends across the world engage in celebrations of our heritage and …
Read More »Hope and scepticism as Makerere becomes collegiate university
By Rukiya Makuma In July this year, Makerere University will be officially operating as a collegiate university. A collegiate university is a university in which governing authority and functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Previously run around 110 departments, 21 academic units, Makerere will now operate under eight …
Read More »Lukwago must work with Museveni appointee
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati The elderly Ssebaana Kizito is former mayor of Uganda’s capital city, Kampala which has just got a new Lord Mayor; opposition firebrand Erias Lukwago. Ssebaana spoke to The Independent’s Mubatsi Asinja Habati about the challenges Lukwago, who has to work with an executive secretary appointed under …
Read More »I’ll take responsibility for any election outcome
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Just days before the February 18 General Elections, claims persist that the voters register is bloated and that voting without voters cards will be chaotic. The Independent’s Mubatsi Asinja Habati spoke to Dr Badru Kiggundu, the Chairman of the Electoral Commission. Is the Electoral Commission ready …
Read More »Museveni critics living in conjecture
By Moses Byaruhanga If voter turnout was 60% and 68% of this voted Museveni, why should one think the 40% who did not vote were against him? A lot has been written about last month’s presidential elections that were won by President Museveni with a 68%. Some of the critics …
Read More »One cannot transfer the contents of a museum safely – expert
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati The Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry wants to destroy the building that houses the Uganda Museum to pave way for a 20-floors trade centre building that will take 30 years to erect. Members of the public are opposed to the demolition of Uganda’s only national …
Read More »7- year term not about extending Museveni rule
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Kabula County MP James Kakooza, who is also Minister of State for Health, has sparked controversy with a proposal to extend the five-year term of elected politicians at all levels of government to seven years. He spoke to The Independent’s Mubatsi Asinja Habati about it. Why …
Read More »Museveni won elections because he has been a bad, not good, president
By Charles Onyango-Obbo People have lost faith in elections and stayed away in 2011. That’s why he did not use violence this time because people were not fighting back. President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in the February 18 elections, and the fact that his percentage of the vote increased from 58 …
Read More »Election was systematically and comprehensively stolen
By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Rtd Col. Dr Kizza Besigye was the presidential candidate for the Interparty Cooperation, a grouping of some opposition parties in the Feb. 18 election. He is contesting the outcome of the election. The Independent’s Eriasa Mukiibi spoke to him You have said the election was stolen. …
Read More »The Arab world’s impending triple crisis
By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed As early as 2015, the average Arab will be forced to survive on less than 500 cubic meters of water per year, a level defined as severe scarcity Economic want and inequality, as much as political repression, incited the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions. It is, of …
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