By Ronald Musoke So why don’t Ugandans care? The latest poll conducted in Uganda in December 2014 by the International Republican Institute (IRI) – the American non-profit that advances democracy worldwide, two-thirds of the respondents (69%) say the country is headed in the right direction. And 80% of the respondents …
Read More »ICT minister urges government spokespersons
By Julius Businge The Minister of Information and Communications Technology, John Nasasira has urged government spokespersons for different agencies to utilize social media as a means of communicating government programmes. The minister made the remarks in a speech at a one-day social media workshop of over 100 government spokespersons organized …
Read More »EAC to establish Joint Health Research Commission
By Flavia Nassaka The East African Community (EAC) member countries are working on establishing a joint health research commission in Bujumbura this year as one of the efforts by the region to enhance health systems and to also ensure universal health coverage. Speaking to journalists ahead of the 5th Annual …
Read More »Reforming education in Uganda
By Andrew M. Mwenda Why government should separate financing of education in order to allow poor families access quality education On Sunday, I attended a global education forum in Dubai. Sheik Mohammed Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda were there as well as former presidents, …
Read More »Kadaga’s worst moment
By Agather Atuhaire Why is Parliament afraid of media criticism? A letter from parliament directing media houses to have journalists who have covered parliament for over five years, replaced has sparked public fury and debate. It is seen as a disturbing trend in which parliament has tended towards gagging the …
Read More »Should Parliament ratify trade agreements?
By Joan Akello This is the debate The Southern and Eastern African Trade, Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) sparked off in a consultative meeting it held today. Uganda has signed a number of treaties and is still negotiating some which include the European Union –East Africa Community(EAC) Economic Partnership Agreements(EPAS), …
Read More »The attempted coup against Oyo
By Andrew M. Mwenda What Batooro have failed to do about the kingdom and how it forced the king to live in Buganda In early March, David Kijanangoma, a grandson of King George Rukidi III announced that he had overthrown King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba’Iguru Rukiidi IV of the great Kingdom …
Read More »Inside MTN mobile money saga
By Haggai Matsiko and Ian Katusiime Accusers explain how MTN created Shs23 billion `fake’ money Museveni’s PGB guarding witnesses Mobile money services in Uganda are coming under scrutiny and what is emerging is troubling. At the centre of the saga in which President Yoweri Museveni is personally involved, is Uganda’s …
Read More »Fooling others for self aggrandizement
By Andrew M. Mwenda How U S uses the language of freedom and human rights to undermine the cause of democracy in other countries Almost a month ago, Fareed Zakaria hosted Barack Obama on his CNN show, GPS. Zakaria asked the U.S. president why America supports dictatorships like the ones …
Read More »Parliament in trouble with Museveni, again
By Agather Atuhaire A contest raging between President Yoweri Museveni and parliament over a new law on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) could result in a constitutional crisis if no one blinks. So far, in quite unusual style, the MPs have twice refused to do what Museveni wants – give him …
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