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 …

By Patrick Kagenda Turning homes into offices not a solution Bukoto Street was until recently a quiet residential in a narrow backstreet in the Kampala City suburb of Kamwokya. Today, the former colonial-style homes of civil servants and Asian business people have been converted into offices. To walk along the …

By Joe Powell & John Njoroge I understand that Green Futures is going to assist us in the city (Kampala) by providing one of their high-tech monitoring cameras in different strategic areas so we can see who may be misbehaving and causing trouble. Thank you for bringing these surveillance skills …

By Bob Roberts Katende It is common knowledge that the Kabaka is loved and revered in Buganda. But on Friday, September 18, the many people who turned out to welcome him were not just the usual crowds that line up the roads to wave at him during his visits. This …

By Jocelyn Edwards When Leya Chedde, of Pallisa, scratched out her name for the first time in an adult literacy class, she took on authorship of her familys future prosperity.  For the rural woman, getting an education proved a path to establishing food security for her family and contributing to …

By Patrick Kagenda Registration procedures for land, licenses, high taxes, and low electricity supply are major obstacles What is the most crucial factor in setting up, running, and ending a business? Is it the ease of procedures involved, the amount of time required, the flexibility of policies, or the financial …

By Charles Onyango Obbo Mr Yoweri Museveni has made many notoriously bad mistakes in his 23 years as president of Uganda. However, there are two things he hardly does: One, it is rare for Museveni to lose initiative in any big political confrontation. And he almost never leaves an opponent …

By Joe Powell Reliable information in times of crisis is a precious commodity. For many Ugandans, however, news was hard to come by during the three days of rioting in Kampala and the surrounding area. A key reason for this was a significant media crackdown by state security operatives, the …