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Andrew Felix Kaweesi’s successor-Police Spokesperson Asan Kasingye has revealed that he is getting death threats from a one Juma Kagimu. Addressing the press at the Police headquarters in Naguru, Kasingye said that Kagimu had been sending him messages threatening his life over a story published in one of the newspapers …

President launches Ecosystem of Pan-African transformation The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), in partnership with the Government of Rwanda, recently announced the launch of AIMS in Rwanda, a world class ecosystem of pan-African transformation through mathematical sciences. The official launch took place at the Kigali Convention Centre (KCC), with …

Why very few poor countries will escape poverty by taking gigantic leaps into the service industry  By Andrew M. Mwenda Two weeks ago, I had a disagreement with the president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, at a conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Kim had argued that increasing automation and …

President Museveni faces family pressure to quit For the 31-years they have been in power, President Yoweri Museveni’s family has learnt one lesson; to survive, they must think ahead. So it is not surprising that although Museveni has spent barely a year since he was sworn-in in February last year, …

The High Court has ruled that leader of the Tabliq Sect Sheikh Yunus Kamoga and thirteen other Muslim clerics have a case to answer in regard to the murders of rival Muslim leaders. Subsequently, all the accused persons will undergo trial and defend themselves against the charges. Justice Ezekiel Muhanguzi, …

President Yoweri Museveni has renewed the contract of Jennifer Semakula Musisi, the Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), keeping her on the job until April 2020. Musisi’s contract was first renewed on April 14, 2014, and was due this month. Kampala Minister Beti Kamya described Musisi as a …

In a rare episode in the fight against corruption, two officials in the Ministry of Finance were caught red handed taking bribes from investors. The move to arrest the two officials was a high profile operation involving President Museveni and Police chief Kale Kayihura. The President was tipped off by …

  In the Independent this week: COVER STORY Divided State House: The inside story as President Museveni faces family pressure to quit. BUSINESS Next big thing at MTN: Company plans to widen data usage, lower tariffs. ANALYSIS Sex life of Ugandans: Population survey reveals most sexually active, violent at home and …

Our systems of government have been captured by the corrupting influence of vested interests in big oil deals By: Lili Fuhr and Simon Taylor Anti-corruption campaigners achieved a number of crucial victories in 2016, not least by ensuring accountability for one of Big Oil’s most crooked deals: the acquisition of …

It gives an opportunity to both Washington and Beijing to share information to avoid duplication and facilitate effectiveness By: John J Stremlau Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump will meet for the first time at Trump’s opulent Mar-a-Lago golf resort in Florida in early April. There’s no …