By Aloysious Kasoma Makerere University students have vowed to continue striking if the government doesn’t look into the university conditions. The students want the government to order the university to scrap off the 60% payment policy introduced by the university last month. According to Kata Ivan the university Guild President, …

By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition Democratic Party has accused president Museveni of hijacking parliament whenever issues of accountability and corruption arise. Democratic Party Deputy Spokesperson Kenneth Kakande said that the president is protecting corrupt officers which will lead to the country’s loss of billions from the donors. “Museveni is also involved …

By Ronald Musoke Judith Payne, the e-business Advisor at USAID in Washington has reminded agriculture-dependant countries like Uganda to harness the potential of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) if their farmers are to improve their livelihoods. With about 70% of Ugandans believed to derive their livelihood directly from agriculture, Payne said …

By Julius Odeke Police on Sunday evening at around eight o’clock moved swiftly and arrested the Vice President for Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Proscovia Salaamu Musumba on allegation that they were distributing basic commodities to voters. Musumba who was in the company of five other FDC district officials including …

By Aloysious Kasoma The Catholic church all over the world has been surprised by the news from the Vatican that Pope Benedict xvi is set to resign due to health conditions. Pope Benedict delivered in Latin to members of a consistory or church council, announcing his planned resignation on Monday. …

By Julius Odeke The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has expressed their disappointment on how some of their party members were arrested on Sunday Feb. 10. The Chairman Electoral Commission for the FDC Dan Mugarurua told The Independent “Musumba is likely to be produced before court on Tuesday at …

By Julius Odeke The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has in strong terms denied supporting the Independent candidate, Betty Hamaba in the Butaleja’s by-elections that are slated for February 11. The Director in charge of recruitment and mobilization in the NRM secretariat Hassan Galiwango in an interview with The Independent …

By Aloysious Kasoma Members of Parliament on Local Government Committee took a day off to move around some parts of the city to inspect different projects done by Kampala Capital City Authority. The MPS however were not convinced with the quality of the work done by the authority in the …

By Julius Businge The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has urged strongly telecom subscribers to register their SIM card registration before the set deadline of Feb. 28. In a statement released on Feb. 8, the commission said no unregistered SIM Card will be connected on any network in Uganda after Feb. …

By Julius Odeke Building on its Kenyan experience in the East African Rift Valley with the Menengai geothermal project, the African Development Bank is working on an ambitious geothermal development program for Africa. Chawki Chahed Principal Communications Officer  said in a press that apart from the gigantic projects such as …