In The Magazine

By Julius Businge Msgr Lawrence Kanyike formerly leaves his position as Chaplain of St. Augustine’s Chapel, Makerere University in February after serving for the last 30 years. He spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge about his experience and future plans. What informed the decision for you to leave Makerere where …

By Andrew M.Mwenda Museveni’s biggest problem has been to overpromise and under-deliver hence the recurrent frustrations of his utopian supporters This week, President Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) will be celebrating 28 years in government. In a moving inaugural speech in January 1986, he promised that “This …

By The Independent Team and Agencies Oil money and bad politics As we went to press, media reports were indicating that forces loyal to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir backed by Ugandan forces had retaken Malakal, the main town in the country’s oil capital , Upper Nile state. Former vice …

By The Independent Team Eating oily fish can delay the breakdown of brain cells in later life, slowing the ageing process, a study has found. People with higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish like salmon and anchovies, also preserve bigger brains as they aged, research revealed. In …

By The Independent Team Ugandan President Opens Meeting Of East African Parliament President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has blamed the conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan on selfish and opportunistic politicians, who take advantage of weak state structures as well as on meddling by foreigners. …

By Julius Businge The speaker of Parliament of Uganda Rebecca Kadaga has officially launched the World Wide Fund’s ‘Earth Hour 2014’ environmental campaign which will see the international institution plant one million trees across the country this year. The Fund’s campaign aims at fighting the adverse effects emanating from environmental …

Could this be the HIV cure we have been waiting for? Danish scientists are hoping for results that will show that “finding a mass-distributable and affordable cure to HIV is possible”, according to an article in The Telegraph of the UK. The article says the scientists are conducting a clinical …

By Ronald Musoke Jinja Road jam defies city planners’ latest attempt to tackle it Once again, the 1.4km stretch of road into Kampala City from the eastern side; starting at the Immigration Offices to the Lugogo Stadium area, is enveloped in billows of dust. The road is being remodeled for …

By The Independent Team The existing curriculum in Uganda is highly theoretical, exam oriented, limited in scope and relevance Acursory look at the existing public education curriculum in Uganda at all levels provides glaring inadequacies and loopholes that need to be addressed if we are to rely on it to …

By The Independent Team She was in Uganda recently and spoke to The Independent’s Joan Akello and other journalists about why Uganda and other countries need to adopt modern technology to improve agricultural production and food security. Agriculture can be transformed in Africapling with currently? I am Ugandan and at …