By Independent Team & Agencies Contec Global, the company that was once at the centre of the Uganda National ID tender has surfaced in a report condemning the Australian Reserve Bank for involvement in the payment of multimillion-dollar commissions to shady middle-men in its drive to win banknote printing deals …

By Agnes Asiimwe Two deadly strains of TB are quietly and steadily spreading and will claim more victims if deliberate efforts arent put in place to check the spread. The multi-drug resistant tuberculosis or MDR – TB and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis or XDR TB are both very difficult and very …

  By Patrick Kagenda Traders say Central Bank lacks capacity to stop it Following the rapid loss of value of the shilling in the past six months, foreign exchange dealers and traders are questioning the Central Bank’s ability to stop further decline. Asked to comment on Bank of Uganda’s explanation …

By Patrick Kagenda How does your day start? When you are self-employed, or even when you are employed you have to be responsible to the highest level. You have to be committed and determined. By seven o’clock in the morning I am in my office and I am always the …

By Patrick Kagenda Interest payments plunge from 14% to 3 %, inflation hits 15% As the July deadline for the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to declare the annual interest to its members nears, speculation is mounting that the compulsory saving scheme for all private sector workers could announce a …

By Agencies The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s Chief Economist, Louis Kasekende,(left) has said that the Natural Resource Charter – a set of economic principles for governments and civil society organizations, detailing best approaches to managing opportunities created by natural resources for development – would help governments and societies rich …

By John Njoroge Rewinding clock to the second that took his life There was excitement in the village of Magezi-Tonyeze in Mityana district that Saturday afternoon. The second leg of the KCB Pearl of Africa Rally 2009 was coming that way and there was no missing the fast and furious …

By Odoobo C. Bichachi Why a limping Museveni remains solid against toothless opposition According to the recently published findings of the Uganda Afrobarometer Survey conducted between July and September 2008, most Ugandans are dissatisfied with the way the country is being run not just on issues of bread and butter …

By Onghwens Kisangala Leaders from northern Uganda are bitter that their region is marginalised. The Independents Onghwens Kisangala asked the chairman of the Greater North parliamentary group to explain what their woos exactly are. Below are excerpts. Why do you say the north is marginalised? The facts are very clear …

By Patrick Kagenda BoU says it has no means of forecasting value of currency A top Bank of Uganda official last week confirmed the continuing depreciation of the shilling. Mary Katalikawe, the director for research at the central bank spoke as the world’s leading financial market analysts predicted that the …