In The Magazine

By Shamus Khan It starts with recognising that the success of a business depends on the team, rather than individuals In 2007, after the venerable New York law firm Dewey Ballantine merged with another firm, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, commentators heralded the creation of a “global super firm.” As …

By Mohamed Yahya The anatomy of an African tragedy Let no one tell us that Nkrumah died of a cancer to the throat or some other disease; no Nkrumah has been killed by the cancer of betrayal that we should uproot”. Coming across these powerful words uttered at Nkrumah’s funeral …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why supporting Salva Kiir may turn out to be Museveni’s most ill-advised military intervention The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) recent military adventure into South Sudan follows a pattern that has made our country a regional military hegemon and our president, one of Africa’s most influential …

By Haggai Matsiko The ‘teargas king’ plans 2016 comeback Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kale Kayihura’s recent announcement that he is recruiting 3500 more men and women to the force is being praised as equally as it is being criticised.  Critics say the recruitment is another bad sign ahead of …

By The  Independent Team The Lord’s Resistance Army rebel leader, Joseph Kony, has written to Ugandans seeking forgiveness and a resumption of peace talks to end the insurgency. “I want to assure the people of Uganda that, we [LRA] are committed to a sustainable peaceful political settlement of our long …

By Hashim Wasswa Mulangwa January 26, 2014 marks 28 years since the National Resistance Movement/Army (NRM/A) of President Yoweri Museveni came into power. I have been thinking about what this milestone means to me, and trying to reflect on what it probably means of other Ugandans. You see the nature …

By Kavuma Kaggwa Understanding NRM Liberation Day from the perspective of May 24, 1966 when tyranny started on under Milton Obote This year, the national Liberation Day celebrations marked in Mayuge district in the kingdom of Busoga come at an auspicious time. This day marks the day when then-rebel army …

By The Independent Team South Sudan’s government and rebels have signed a ceasefire agreement after talks in Ethiopia. Under the deal, signed in a hotel in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the fighting is due to come to an end within 24 hours. In the past week, government forces have …

By Kalundi Serumaga Debate has camps that think indigenous African society is not capable of formulating its own view of the matter The current debate –or near shouting match- about the legal future of Ugandan sexuality marks the point where two Europes; one from the present and another from the …

By Hussein Lumumba Amin Historically, Uganda has had a long undercurrent of strained relations with the Asian community I have been following with serious concern the story that appeared in The New Vision newspaper of Jan.20 under the title: “Four Ugandan Women Assaulted in India”. The incident first came to …