By Miriam Mukama Cases might be lower than those of lung or breast cancer but this cancer is growing at a quicker rate Annet Nakawesa, 30, woke up on a hot day, eight months ago feeling fatigued. She realised she had swollen bumps around her neck. Thinking it was a …
Read More »Uganda: Government promises oil refinery in 3 years
By Julius Businge The Assistant Commissioner for petroleum exploration and production in the ministry of Energy Robert Kasande says the refinery to process Uganda’s crude oil will be ready in three years after government completing a feasibility study regarding its size, products and costs of the facility. The official made …
Read More »The economics and politics of Kampala city traders strike
By Dr. Robert K. Rutaagi The greatest paradox is that 20 years after privatisation, the traders want the government’s assistance in businesses The popular cliché that ‘man is a political animal’ can manifest in various versions and situations. One such is that ‘man is a rebellious animal’. For example in …
Read More »Tullow trouble
By Haggai Matsiko Tullow, CNOOC and Total get $2.9 bn oil deal amidst allegation of corruption What could prompt Tullow, CNOOC and, Total to disregard a raft of cases in international courts, a court injunction at home and a resolution of parliament and sign a deal with Uganda? Money. Possibly …
Read More »In defence of Agaba and Komakech
By Andrew M. Mwenda We need to place their actions against international practice even in democracies like the USA, France, and Italy Since the late January shooting incident in Luzira that killed one person and injured two, the public has been baying for the blood of the “culprits” to wit …
Read More »One year after the elections
By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Opposition, donors divided on how to remove Museveni As President Yoweri Museveni struggles to get a handle on affairs of state a year since the February 18, 2011election, major donors say the political opposition doesn’t seem to be capitalising on the key issues and could be …
Read More »Born to fail PLE
By Rukiya Makuma and Miriam Mukama Why Busoga, Gulu children fail and Masaka, Fort Portal excel Over the years, the eastern and northern regions have always performed poorly at the first major evaluation of a Ugandan child’s education cycle, the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). Over the same period, central and …
Read More »Museveni’s election funding blues
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati President Yoweri Museveni’s Advisor on Microfinance, Dr Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe, is in a pickle over dubious allowances she allegedly collected from the government’s main lending arm to the poor, the Microfinance Support Centre (MSC). A report issued by the Inspector General of Government (IGG), Raphael Bakku …
Read More »Killer laughs last
By Haggai Matsiko Lawyers sneak ex-LRA commander Kwoyelo past conviction because of problematic legal framework and poor structure of war crimes division When the UPDF arrested Thomas Kwoyelo, one of the commanders of the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels from the Garamba forests of DR Congo in March 2009, …
Read More »Reflecting on last presidential election
By Andrew M. Mwenda NRM had historically suffered major defections before every election but it enjoyed a big infusion of opposition figures in 2007-11 It is almost a year since last year’s presidential elections. The dust over the recriminations over it has settled. We have had sufficient time to reflect …
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