In The Magazine

By Haggai Matsiko Bank of Uganda (BoU) officials are planning a major investigation into MTN Mobile Money dealings following an expose by The Independent. A source at the central bank has revealed that the Executive Director Supervision, BoU, under whose docket supervising financial institutions falls, has directed Stanbic Bank to …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How Uganda’s politics cannot create a government that delivers public goods and services efficiently Last week, I proposed the need to rethink the role of the state to fix our education system. I argued that we should separate the financing of education from its provision. The …

By Dennis Adim Enap The dawn of a new era is upon party members who are fully prepared to meet challenges The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) is locked in political and constitutional crises following the un-honourable departure of Ambassador Olara Otunnu from the presidency of the party. Otunnu left without …

By Peter Nyanzi How President Museveni can get public institutions to work without antagonising democratic principles After reading the article; “Looking at Museveni-Kagame frustrations” (The Independent, Issue 361) in which columnist Andrew M. Mwenda commented about how the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda are getting “increasingly frustrated” over non-performance in …

By Flavia Nassaka Uganda approved to be EAC’s center of Oncology,but will it manage the numbers? As happens with every unit at the congested Mulago Hospital, every ward on the six-storied Uganda Cancer Institute is very busy—the first and clearest sign that cancer is no longer a small problem. The …

By Joan Akello  Last night, Senior Principal State Attorney Joan Kagezi was shot dead. Twice. In the neck and head. But some reports say twice in the neck. According to Kampala Metropolitan Spokesperson Patrick Onyango, she was killed by assailants who trailed the car Number plates were in using a …

By Flavia Nassaka Despite all government interventions into averting HIV/AIDS in the country, Uganda is still rated among the top three countries in Africa with the highest prevalence whereby on a daily basis, close to 380 acquire the disease. According to Dr. Christine Ondoa the Director General of the Uganda …

By Agather Atuhaire Barely 10 months to the 2016 elections, opposition activists, NGOs, and civil society organisations pushing for electoral reforms are getting desperate. Time is running out. There are about 45 issues raised in the proposals submitted to the executive and they require amending five laws which include the …

By Joseph Were How President’s political rivals can give him a serious contest instead of a consecration in 2016 It is a pity the FDC President Mugisha Muntu could attract only a handful of wanainchi to his launch of the party’s Policy Agenda; a 48-page pamphlet in party colours bound …

By Patrick Kagenda Far from resolving the impasse over the party operations, out-going UPC President Olara Otunnu’s March 4 announcement that he will not be seeking re-election has created a new deadlock. Despite Otunnu’s announcement, however, UPC party activities remain in the balance as mistrust between the opposing camps persists.  …