By. Andrew M. Mwenda Stealing public funds. About 80,000 children die of preventable diseases each year in Uganda because public officials have stolen money for immunization Kampala. Two weeks ago, I said on the NTV News Night show that the existence of corruption in a country does not automatically impede …

The Economics Crimes Division of Uganda Police has frozen FUFA accounts over allegations of corruption. Besides Government support, it is believed FUFA received UGX 3.4 bn (US$1,050,000) from ‪FIFA and the money cannot be accounted for. Speaking about the freezing of accounts, Director of Interpol Uganda, Assan Kasingye said; “The …

By Independent Team What it really says about Ugandan politics Until Aug.17, the de facto leader of the Opposition, Retired Col. Kizza Besigye and former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi were on opposite sides in Uganda’s two-horse race politics. Unknown by many people, a major swift occurred that morning when Mbabazi …

By. Andrew M. Mwenda Why the opposition is courting danger in seeking to field one candidate and the risks of a three horse race Last week, the opposition was involved in skirmishes regarding the selection of a joint presidential candidate under The Democratic Alliance (TDA). The alliance seemed biased on …

At the end of 2015, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will expire. These will be replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) soon to be adopted at the United Nations Summit by 193 member states of United Nations. But what are those new Global Goals for Sustainable Development?These are the …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How Nyakairima took UPDF out of headlines and has left a professional respected military Sometime in 2003, President Yoweri Museveni chaired a meeting of the army high command to discuss highly sensitive matters. The proceedings leaked to me. I was happy to publish a story about …

By Agather Atuhaire Why experts want both Besigye and Mbabazi to contest Journalist Daniel Kalinaki starts his book titled, Kizza Besigye and Uganda’s Unfinished Revolution with an April 2011 meeting between former FDC President Kizza Besigye and Western donors and diplomats. At the meeting, the author says Besigye was scolded …

Summary of postmortem findings for the late Gen Aronda Nyakairima carried out at the city mortuary-Mulago on September 16, 2015. “The External findings: Noted red eyes. This was due to reduced blood back into the heart. Internal: The heart was enlarged with presence of bleeding within the muscle of the …

A Muslim teen Ahmed Mohamed was arrested because he created a clock and took it to school to show off to teachers and friends. The prejudiced school administration handed him to police. The school authorities noted that they suspected the 14 year old could have been carrying a bomb and …

CSO’s push for health centered manifestos A recent poll conducted in August 2014 by Columbia University reported that healthcare is the most important issue for Ugandan voters. Across two large public opinion surveys conducted in 2011 and 2014, voters cited healthcare as the most important issue for Parliament to address …