By Patrick Kagenda On August 30, 2010 the Uganda Peoples Congress President Olara Otunnu announced his party was out of the Inter-Party Cooperation (IPC). The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda talked to him about his reasons for departure . Why did the UPC part company with the IPC? UPC was a very …
Read More »Homeless, hungry and waiting
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Bududa landslide victims destined for Kiryandongo after six months in IDP camps James Mangu lost more than his home in the Bududa landslides on March 1, 2010. Seated amongst hovering houseflies and half-naked children running wildly through the parade of tents that dot Bulucheke Internally Displaced …
Read More »Who funds NRM?
By Isaac Mufumba The party has no budget, trading arm or known financiers Seven years after the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) was registered as a political party, it has no annual budget nor a clear financial system to guide expenditures on its activities. The NRMs Deputy Spokesman Ofwono Opondo’s …
Read More »Back to class for now
By Haggai Matsiko President’s intervention buys three months for a solution to contested NIC payments A student crosses at the closed faculty of social science Makerere University during the Lecturers strike on August 27. ‚INDEPENDENT/JIMMY SIYA Emanuel Elamoit, an international relations masters student at Makerere University, is a sad man. …
Read More »Uganda faces telecom price war as Kenya, Tz, Rwanda cut call rates
By Eriasa S. Mukiibi Kenya has made drastic cuts in mobile telephone call tariffs, posing a huge challenge to her Great Lakes regional counterparts on how to cope with the competitiveness in the sector following the launch of the East African Common Market. Kenyans have been calling at an equivalent …
Read More »Common Market opens business opportunities and challenges
By Patrick Kagenda Stephen Mwanje is the Managing Director of BM Forex Bureau and chairman of the Uganda Forex Bureau and Money Remittence Association (UFBA) The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda spoke to him When do you start your day? I normally wake up at 4.45am. I stay in Mukono and I …
Read More »Kagame speaks about his election victory, claims on political repression
By Andrew M. Mwenda On Tuesday August 10th, The Independent Managing Editor, Andrew M. Mwenda, hosted President Paul Kagame of Rwanda on a radio show on Contact FM in Kigali, a day after the voting in that country’s presidential election. Mwenda had started the show titled Rwanda Decidesto promote public …
Read More »Bank systems leave homes unwanted
By Eriasa S. Mukiibi Real estate developers want banks to change mortgage rules Joseph Kironde’s house in Kansanga, an up-market residential suburb of Kampala, looks somewhat misplaced amid the storied multi-roomed properties behind high wall fences and fancy gates. Kironde’s house is a four-roomed affair, with whitewashed walls, sitting on …
Read More »We are best in environmental and social management
By Patrick Kagenda Marilyn Hill is the Country Manager of Neptune Oil in Uganda. The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda spoke to her. When do you start your day? I start my day at 7 a.m. with overnight emails received and to make plans for the day whether in Kampala or in …
Read More »What kind of candidate are you?
By The Independent Team Whether in trees or on the road, campaign posters provide insight and at times, a good laugh. As election momentum builds in the country for NRM primaries and the general election, the capital city is awash in campaign props. Dangling from trees and electric wires, or …
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