By Haggai Matsiko Apprehensive government offers to renegotiate as once-prized wildcatter struggles to stay afloat Since news surfaced that it was being hit hard by the downturn in the global oil markets, the mood at Tullow Oil Uganda’s offices at Plot 15 Yusuf Lule Road in Kampala has been sombre …
Read More »After Kyankwanzi: Museveni consolidates grip on MPs
By Agather Atuhaire Ask any National Resistance Movement (NRM) legislator what the biggest outcome of the recently concluded party retreat was and they will point you to the 15 resolutions the party reached. But for President Yoweri Museveni, nothing was bigger than the opportunity to capture the hearts of some …
Read More »Janani Luwum gets national celebration
By Patrick Kagenda Church of Uganda has, after 38 years since the martyrdom of Archbishop Janani Luwum, reached an agreement with the government to celebrate his life and honour his martyrdom. Effective this year, the day he was murdered – February 16 – is to be marked with a national …
Read More »UNEB experiment goes wrong
By Ronald Musoke 2014 O’Level results show how performance in Sciences is not about to improve It was the usual routine when, on Feb.3, the Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) released results of the 2014 O’Level national examinations. Results of 1,936 students from 31 examination centres in 20 districts around …
Read More »Toro Queen Mother loses multi-billion case, `appeals’ to Museveni
By Independent Team On the morning of August 26, 2010, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of the Uganda Police led by its then head and now Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) in charge of the Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Directorate (CIID), Grace Akullo, raided the Kololo home of Kampala …
Read More »Muntu walking out of Besigye’s shadow
By Edgar Tushabe Muhairwe Muntu’s approach to the 2016 presidential elections campaigns shows major break with the past Since his election in November 2012 as the leader of Uganda’s biggest opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Maj Gen. Mugisha Muntu has shown a taste for a style of …
Read More »Dominic Ongwen at The Hague
By Ronald Musoke When Dominic Ongwen finally had his day at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Jan.26, the simplicity of his testimony contrasted sharply with the complexity of his case. Though Ongwen probably spoke for less than five minutes out of the 47 minutes that the entire event lasted, …
Read More »Smart but unemployable
By Ian Katusiime When a graduate with the right theory meets an employer looking for practical skills By Ian Katusiime Makerere University’s 65th graduation ceremony was the usual excited hubbub of graduands in their black gowns and mortarboards and hoods of many colours. In the medley was Isaac who was …
Read More »Uganda oil now for 2020
By Haggai Matsiko What did the country do wrong? When he arrived in Kampala from Paris in October 2014, the tough talking new Total E&P (Exploration and Production) boss Francois Rafin had one mission on hand; securing a production licence. Where the man he was replacing, Loic Laurandel, had cooed …
Read More »Kampala water scarcity
By Patrick Kagenda City taps to remain dry as NWSC battles self-inflicted problems Kampala city, which sits on the edge of the world’s second biggest fresh water body; Lake Victoria, is reeling from a water shortage reminiscent of the 1990s. Once again, queues of residents can be seen fetching water …
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