By Independent Team & Agencies New study finds people are more relaxed at work than at home Many working class people would say their jobs are stressful. Many would possibly mention unreasonable targets, unappreciative bosses, low pay, bad working environments, and too little leisure time. So would they rather stay …
Read More »The Millennium Village Projects
By Morris DC Komakech The debate raging between top American entrepreneur and former Microsoft CEO, Bills Gates, and the world celebrated micro-economist, Jeffrey D. Sachs of the Earth Institute at Columbia University touches on the core of Global Health. (Refer to Uganda’s The Independent magazine: Why Jeffrey Sachs matter by …
Read More »Use garlic, pumpkin to de-worm
By Flavia Nassaka Doctors recommend regular de-worming for adults and children Many of us know that children require regular de-worming to stay healthy. However, only a few adults consider it equally important to de-worm. In reality, both children and adults are exposed to the same risk of worm infestation. The …
Read More »Uganda’s homosexuality debate
By Jude Kagoro Why homosexuality and alternative sexuality will be tolerated in Uganda in the near future In the course of my recent working visit to Uganda I, on countless occasions, found myself holding discussions on the Anti-homosexuality Bill (now law). This was not surprising because the discourse surrounding the …
Read More »State of silence isn’t golden
By Peter Nyanzi The unaddressed issues in President Museveni’s State of the Nation address At any particular time, there are five things that should be of utmost interest to any head of state. These are the things they are expected to talk about at any opportunity; more so during mandatory …
Read More »UCC warns broadcasters on World Cup rights
By Julius Businge The Uganda Communications Commission Executive Director, Godfrey Mutabazi has today (June 11) told broadcasters that do not have authorisation to broadcast the World Cup, not to infringe on the rights of those that have acquired these rights. Mutabazi said in a notice dated June 11. The Commission’s …
Read More »Ugandans happy about economy
By Julius Businge New poll indicates majority of Ugandans happy with the economy but… A poll conducted in April this year by Research World International (RWI) in partnership with Monitor Publications Limited and Uganda Governance Platform paints a good picture about Uganda’s economy since 2011. The major objective of the …
Read More »Uganda’s angry classes
By Ronald Musoke The wealthy, at 42%, are the least optimistic Political opinion polls by their nature are supposed to be situational, often times, commissioned to gauge those things that are in the public domain at the time. If responses of Uganda’s richest people in the recently released opinion poll …
Read More »Opposition’s next loss
By Haggai Matsiko Can the opposition build enough muscle to change its poll-predicted fate in 2016? It is only 18 months to 2016 when Uganda goes to the next polls. Yet while President Yoweri Museveni, hit the campaign for these polls as early as 2012, not much has been going …
Read More »Who developed South Korea?
By Andrew M. Mwenda The problem is that economists, journalists, politicians, analysts, and everyone else think they know I am writing this article from Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Sitting on the reading table in my suite in my hotel, I can see through the window a forest of …
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