By Independent Reporters Members of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) chapter in the USA spent what was supposed be a gala evening crestfallen when President Yoweri Museveni cancelled his attendance at the last minute. Museveni’s absence however did not deter some Ugandans from holding placards and demonstrating for most of …

By Joseph Were Uganda, according to a United Nations report launched in Kampala last week, has grown the highest foreign direct investments in the East African region between 2006 and 2008. According to the World Investment Report (WIR) 2009 compiled by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Developed (UNCTD), …

By Solomon Akugizibwe RICHARD MAGEZI spent a year in Iraq as a security Guard, he saw it all and  did it all. He tells his story to Solomon Akugizibwe, which we are publishing in two parts. Initially, I had a job with Kasese Cobalt Company (KCCL) as a security officer …

By Gaaki Kigambo & Kayvan Farzaneh When Father Lazarus Luyinda went to Italy in August 2005, he was surprised to see how interested his Italian acquaintances were in the stories he told of Misindye, his village of birth near Seeta, Mukono district. But as friendly conversations go, he was soon …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati In the 2006 election FDC’s Besigye won 56% of the vote against 43% for Museveni. October 19 is the day set for the official crowning of Prince Charles Wesley Mumbere Iremangoma as king of Rwenzururu kingdom, the Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu, which is found in the Rwenzori …

By Patrick Matsiko wa Mucoori Now I know why it is quite easy to become a witchdoctor or soothsayer in Uganda. Situations or trends in Uganda are so predictable that any ordinary mortal can foretell with precision or close accuracy what will happen tomorrow and it indeed happens as projected. …

By Patrick Kagenda On the Aug 12 Robert Zoellick the President of the World Bank visited three great lakes countries, DRC, Rwanda and Uganda. The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda talked to Kundhavi Kadiresan, the World Bank Country Manager for Uganda, about the visit and the World Bank projects in the country. …

By The Independent Team What is your response to President Museveni’s claim that you and the opposition use Mengo to fight him? In the last 20 years of his administration, Museveni has never taken responsibility for anything that goes wrong. Therefore I was not surprised that he pushed the responsibility …

By Enock Nimpamya Of recent, different parts of Uganda have been severely hit by unexpected drought spells characterised by deepening water shortages, crop failure and abnormal rise in temperatures. Global average surface temperatures have increased by 0.7°c since mid 1800 and future climate change impacts will be significant, affecting people …

By William Mbonigaba Uganda vis a vis Buganda (or is it the other way round?) This question is important because Buganda as a unit existed before Uganda. However, we also know that before Uganda, it was not only Buganda that existed as a political unit: Bunyoro also existed and was …