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By Haggai Matsiko & Ronald Musoke Good news: Why the minority private sector is praising it Bad News: Why the majority poor are cursing A day after Finance Minister Miria Kiwanuka presented 2013/14 FY budget, a meeting of the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU) on June 14 praised her …

By Independent Team & Agencies Was President Museveni right to join the heated exchanges with Egypt? If a single drop of the Nile is lost, our blood will be the alternative,” Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi warned on June 10, “We are not warmongers, but we will never allow anyone to …

By Joan Akello After delays over jitters of bribery amongst bidders and ministry of energy officials, government has contracted Sinohydro Corporation, a Chinese firm to construct the 600MW Karuma dam. It is estimated the project will cost $1.65 billion (about Shs 4.2 trillion) to develop the dam and a transmission …

By Haggai Matsiko It was in the last part of his speech to the UPDF High Command, but President Yoweri Museveni’s comments about his son, Brig. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, have become the talking point among the officers that The Independent has spoken to since. On May 22, just a day before …

By Abushede Angella People should also cover their mouths when sneezing or coughing The hospitalisation of former South African President, Nelson Mandela has once again drawn attention to the medical challenge posed by lung infections among the elderly. Mandela is 94-years old. He was rushed from his home in Johannesburg …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the selection process in our politics tends to produce low caliber leaders I am inclined to believe countries get leaders they deserve. I am also inclined to believe that countries don’t get leaders they deserve. How does one reconcile this apparent paradox? Well, each statement …

By Tumusiime K. Deo Whenever someone is delivering a very predictable message, the audience is always going to nap They slept in 2007, slept in 2008, slept in 2009, slept in 2010, slept in 2011, slept in 2012, and even in 2013 they slept again each time the President was …

By William White It is impeding the necessary process of deleveraging, threatening the `independence’ of central banks, raising asset prices The world’s central banks are engaged in one of the great policy experiments in modern history: ultra-easy money. And, as the experiment has continued, the risk of failure – and …

s By Stephen Kafeero The Rwandan Ambassador to Uganda H.E Frank Mugambagye has refuted claims attributed to Rwandan students who fled to Uganda in pursuit of asylum, that they were being conscripted into the M23 rebel group among others as baseless and ridiculous. The diplomat who was speaking to the …

By Abushedde Angella An estimated 1.8 trillion Ugandan shillings is lost annually as a result of under nutrition according to the findings of a ground breaking study on the cost of hunger launched yesterday at Imperial Royale Hotel. The study was conducted by the government of Uganda with the support …