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By Andrew M. Mwenda How democracy in India has promoted the privileges of the powerful while China’s authoritarian state serves its poor citizens By any measure, India is a country that inspires as it disappoints. In spite of its poverty, it has sustained a stable democratic system of government since …

By Agencies Get up! Study says sedentary time means less ability in everyday life It’s not enough for people to get regular moderate exercise as they age. Researchers say it’s also important not to spend the rest your time sitting too much. In fact, for every hour of sedentary behavior, …

By Kaggwa- Kavuma It is known that to develop a country you must economically empower the indigenous people It is generally accepted that each generation of people impacts society by it does and that the future depends on what each generation does in the present. I have full confidence in …

By Joseph Bossa A public letter to Andrew Mwenda Dear Mwenda, Museveni ain’t no Lincoln. I can no longer restrain myself and let pass without answer your opinion piece in The Independent of March 07-13, 2014 (Issue No 307) under the heading ‘’Museveni and Lincoln.’’ I first got acquainted with …

By Haggai Matsiko and Joseph Were `I am here to do a serious job, don’t involve me in politics’ The KCCA executive director spoke to The Independent’s Joseph Were and Haggai Matsiko After three years in charge of KCCA, you have a campaign you are running. Do you want to …

By Haggai Matsiko and Joseph Were KCCA Executive Director explains her plans Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Jennifer Musisi’s current pet project is decongesting the city of motorised traffic.  As she explained to The Independent, part of that project involves some old strategies that her predecessors spoke about; …

By Agencies Pope Francis on Sunday, April 27 proclaimed John Paul II and John XXIII the Catholic Church’s newest saints at a festive ceremony joined by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims for two pontiffs who helped shape 20th-century history. In his homily, Francis praised them as «men of courage» who …

By Patrick Kamara When I quit Voice of Tooro FM radio, I joined then-Monitor FM. Soon I became close to the then-Managing Editor of the Daily Monitor newspaper, the late Ogen Kevin Aliro.  Kevin was a founding member of the Monitor Publications Ltd that had started operating in a rented …

By Jean-Louis Santini An experimental antiviral drug taken orally could help contribute to the eradication of measles, an infection responsible for thousands of deaths per year, scientists have said in a report.  The drug, so far tested on animals, has been effective on a virus closely related to the one …

By Agencies The virus that has caused a deadly Ebola epidemic in Guinea is a new strain that emerged locally, possibly transmitted by fruit bats, virologists have said. The outbreak is the first to be recorded in West Africa, but researchers said the virus causing it did not come from …