In The Magazine

By Rajab Kakyama The monarchy should not be held back by claims that “we should move together as a country” Refer to: “Divided we stand, united we fall” (The Independent Feb.14). Well done, Mwenda. Finally you augment Buganda’s “Federo” (Federal) demand. You argue that “all political systems are capable of …

By Cissy N. Kagaba Why should Sembule Group chokes on debts while BIDCO is awarded a tax holiday of 25 years? The Auditor General’s report to parliament this month put the Ministry of Finance on the spot for gross abuse of tax payer’s money when it decided to settle tax …

By Katinka Barysch Governments have become as skillful at using the Internet and modern communications technology as activists Most people used to think of the Internet as a force for good. It was supposed to allow us not only to shop, stay in touch with former classmates, and find a …

By Morris DC Komakech It’s an opportunity to have pupils’ intellect judged not by scores in English alone but math and sciences also A couple of MPs have been fuming that the thematic curriculum is responsible for poor performance of some pupils in the just concluded Primary Leaving Examination. They …

By Joan Akello The Executive Secretary of the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) What do people say about you that shocks you? I thank God that there is nothing which can shock me. People can say this and that but they do not shock me because I know I am …

By Andrew M. Mwenda What the humiliation of Mbabazi at Kyankwanzi portends for the succession of Museveni in NRM and Uganda Last week, the Prime Minister and Secretary General of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) was forced to sign a resolution saying that President Yoweri Museveni will be the …

By Haggai Matsiko President challenged on his military coup warning On Jan. 27, President Yoweri Museveni made remarks that have become a talking point and renewed debate about how his long stay in power will end. Museveni, who has been in power for 28 years, while addressing a judges conference …

By Joan Akello Investiture of Prof. John Prancas Mukasa  Sebuwufu as vice chancellor of the second largest public university is ongoing at Kyambogo University hall. In attendance is the minister of education and sports Jessica Alupo,   Prof. Mondo Kagonyera , Makerere University Chancellor ,  chairman and members of Kyambogo University …

By Ronald Musoke The rate at which Ugandan women are dying from unsafe abortion is alarming, Dr. Charles Kiggundu, one of Uganda’s leading Gnaecologists and Obstetricians has said. Kiggundu, a consultant at Mulago Hospital made the revelation at a meeting called by the Ministry of Health to update Ugandans on …

By Haggai Matsiko U.S. President Barrack Obama has expressed disappointment and warned that enacting the Anti-Homosexuality Bill will complicate U.S.-Uganda relations. “As we have conveyed to President Museveni,” Obama has said in a statement, “enacting this legislation will complicate our valued relationship with Uganda.” Obama is not happy with the …