In The Magazine

By Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Lack of democracy and peace, corruption and weak states  interfere with the building of the economy As far as Uganda is concerned, you cannot build a robust and sustainably developing economy if you do not deal with the following eight bottlenecks: A human resource that is …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The closure and reopening of Daily Monitor and Red Pepper exposed the weaknesses, not the strength, of the state Finally, the government re-opened Daily Monitor and its affiliate radio stations KFM and Dembe on the one hand and the Red Pepper and her sister newspapers Kamunye …

By Julius Odeke Outgoing French Ambassador Aline Kuster-Ménager spoke to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke. What has been your impression of Uganda? Before coming to Uganda, I read the book, My African Journey, written by Winston Churchill in 1906 describing Uganda as the “Pearl of Africa.” During my stay, I confirmed …

By Julius Odeke Dr Ian Clarke aka Busuulwa is the LC III Chairperson for Makindye Division. He spoke to The Independent’s Julius Odeke about his political plans, the future of Kampala City, and the challenges of urbanization. More Ugandans are moving into urban areas. What are the implications of this …

By Ronald Musoke The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has come out to deny claims carried in both local and some international media that a bullet was fired near President Yoweri Museveni shortly after he had finished addressing members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) on June 5. “The …

By Joan Akello Civil society organizations (CSOs) in Uganda have organized a peaceful protest to the offices of Head of European Union Delegation to stop Least Developed Countries (LDCs) such as Uganda to uphold the Trade Related aspects of Intellectual property (TRIPS). The activists said they will thereafter proceed to …

By Sarah Namulondo Stefano Dejak, Italy’s ambassador to Uganda speaks to The Independent’s Sarah Namulondo about good governance, vision 2040 and the Uganda-Italy cooperation. On June 2 you will be celebrating the Italian day, tell us about the significance of the Italian Day to the people of Italy? It is …

By Morris DC komakech Fear of severing state patronage makes intellectual mediocrity in Uganda’s politics inevitable In “The missing intellectual voice” (The Independent June 21), Andrew Mwenda revealed interesting traits of the social and political transformation in Uganda. Mwenda validated my long standing belief that Uganda’s politics has become the …

By Joan Akello After the hosts- Uganda Christian University choir warmed the congregation through African praise and dances, a fire spitting Nigerian preacher convinced   hundreds to get Born Again just like the Uganda Martyrs. That was not all; he preached for a record one and half hours against tribalism and …

By Julius Businge Bank of Uganda has responded to the rise in banks’ non-performing loans and other assets (NPAs) recorded in 2012 arguing that the rise was mainly attributed to the macroeconomic challenges in 2012. The bank however, in an email to this magazine was quick to say that the …