In The Magazine

The Independent Team Justice John Bosco Katutsi, head of the new Anti-corruption Court, on April 8 delivered what the public described as a landmark judgement in the fight against graft when he convicted former director of economic monitoring in Presidents Office, Teddy Seezi Cheeye, for embezzlement and forgery. Cheeye was …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The current financial crisis in the West has exposed many myths that have informed Uganda’s banking policies over the last decade. One such myth was that international banks are well managed; that they cannot suffer a meltdown. This myth has made the governor of Bank of …

By John Njoroge In July 1987, President Yoweri Museveni while attending the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was asked by journalists why his government continued to torture opponents yet it claimed it had come to end torture. According to a report in the New York …

By Independent Team Revenue police disbanded in 2006, no accountability ever given, impounded goods not explained Inspector General of Police (IGP) Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura is in trouble over failure to account for at least Shs 15 billion while he was commander of the Special Revenue Protection Services (SRPS) between …

By P. Matsiko wa Mucoori and Rosebell Kagumire On April 8, Justice John Bosco Katutsi, who heads of the Anti-corruption Court, delivered a landmark judgement in the fight against corruption. He shared his experiences as a judicial officer from president Idi Amins era to the present day – under President …

By Richard Oundo Fifteen years after the genocide, Rwanda is shedding the old coat of political and economic turmoil and replacing it with a bustle of projects aimed at transforming the country into an East African economic giant. As part of that drive, on April 6, the first Presidential Advisory …

By Richard Oundo Fifteen years after the genocide, Rwanda is shedding the old coat of political and economic turmoil and replacing it with a bustle of projects aimed at transforming the country into an East African economic giant. As part of that drive, on April 6, the first Presidential Advisory …

By Andrew M. Mwenda In 2002, Kampala City Council (KCC) condemned the houses comprising what is known as the Nakawa and Naguru Housing Estate. The estate ‘ largely made up of poorly constructed small houses ‘ is a relic of racial discrimination under British colonial rule. Like Soweto in South …

By Independent Team ‘I have a copy of a document which was passed to me by the Speaker of Parliament. It is a petition through him to the House on the IGG. It details issues that require her personal presence; issues of her performance as IGG: her methods of appointment, …

By John Njoroge Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi ‘The process of reappointing the IGG and the deputy is clearly outlined in the constitution. Article 223 (7) states that the IGG shall be appointed for a four-year term and is eligible for reappointment for only one more term. It clearly outlines …