NEWS ANALYSIS

By Ronald Musoke World Bank responds to ‘incompetent Ugandan doctors’ report On March 21, the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council disputed a World Bank survey report which measured the competence of Uganda’s health service providers. The Service Delivery Indicators report had noted that “doctors in Uganda performed at about …

By Ronald Musoke On May 26, the WBS Television Auditorium at Naguru, in Kampala hosted the public to debate the recently released opinion poll done by Research World International (RWI) which was commissioned by Monitor Publications Limited and the Uganda Governance Platform to assess the opinions and attitudes of voting-age …

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 Joan Akello and Haggai Matsiko Incompetence or Strategy? Reports that the Uganda Law Society (ULS) has failed to shake President Yoweri Museveni into appointing a chief justice have led to questions about his motives. The ULS is the latest group to meet President Museveni `reminding’ him to appoint a …

By Patrick Kagenda Why journalists are under attack Robert Kabushenga, Paul Kihika, Andrew Mwenda, Agnes Asiimwe Konde, James Tumusiime, Alex Asiimwe, Richard Tusiime. These five men and one woman have something in common. President Yoweri Museveni fears them – or at least the work they and their staff do. They …

By Haggai Matsiko Energy sector attracts big money, investor makes Shs 200 billion Despite leading to a 5.5% drop in share value, Actis Capital LLP’s sale of 45.1% of its 60.08% stake in Uganda’s sole national power distributor, Umeme Ltd, appears to have gone fairly smoothly. The shares sold at …

By Haggai Matsiko Did Belgium’s gay prime minister block president from Summit? Tensions were already high when President Yoweri Museveni set off on April 1 for the 4th EU-Africa Summit in the Belgian capital Brussels. There had been an attempt to get all 82 African leaders to boycott the event. …

By Independent reporter Uganda might finally stop being the `bad boy’ of the region Surname: Museveni.  Given Name: Yoweri. Nationality: UGA. Sex: M. Date of Birth:15.09.1944. Card Number: 000000001. Those are some of the entries on President Yoweri Museveni’s National Identity card. The President got his card on May 21, …

By Haggai Matsiko More chaos feared as police clamps down on opposition to Museveni Uganda could be entering a new phase of chaos as the security forces defending President Yoweri Museveni turn their wrath on leaders of opposition political parties. Opposition leaders, diplomats, the Internal Affairs Minister, army Gen. Aronda …