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By Independent Team President Kiir clings on to power in wild-west style Salva Kiir Mayardit was a teenager when he first joined the fight for the liberation of his homeland in the 1960s. By 1972 he was a low ranking officer when he joined the Sudanese army under a deal …

By Independent Team President’s military intervention could spark regional conflict Seven days after fighting erupted in the South Sudan capital Juba, Ugandan army troops landed at the airport and evacuated stranded civilians. The UPDF swift move which also involved securing major infrastructure installations in South Sudan was praised by the …

By Independent Team Why can’t the President sack the PM? A few days after The Independent published the article, “Battle for 2016: An inside account of the war between Museveni and Mbabazi” (The Independent Dec. 6), we caught up with Vice President Edward Ssekandi at the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort after …

January Jan. 5: KCCA unveils $39billion Kampala Physical Development Plan (PDP) to cover the city’s development from 2012 to 2040 Jan. 7: 127 MPs sign petition to the speaker to recall parliament from recess to debate matters relating to the death of Butaleja Woman MP Cerinah Nebanda Jan7: Adam Kalungi …

By Joan Akello Experts explain why the government should first focus on good governance On June 26, the Anti-corruption Court in Kampala found the former principle accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Godfrey Kazinda, guilty on 29 counts including fraud and forgery and sentenced him to five …

By President Yoweri Museveni As a freedom fighter he fulfilled his mission of throwing out oppressors It is with sadness that I heard of the news of Mzee Nelson Mandela’s death. The sad and heroic story of Mzee Mandela starts in 1453 AD when the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople (Istanbul …

By Yusuf K. Serunkuma A freedom fighter who learned the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle and the oppressed is left with no recourse but to use methods that mirror those of the oppressor I always knew that deep down in every …

By Haggai Matsiko Minister Muloni warns against forces behind MPs demand for cancellation of electricity generation, distribution concessions It is hard to single out a Managing Director in Uganda, who has had as rough a time as Charles Chapman’s four years at Umeme, the country’s major power distributor. In just …

By Andrew M. Mwenda An inside account of the war between Museveni and Mbabazi In 2012, President Yoweri Museveni wrote an unusual letter to the Governor of the Bank of Uganda, Emmanuel Tumusime-Mutebile. The President, sources say, told the governor that he had received persistent reports that Amos Nzeyi, the …

By Joan Akello Prof. Ndiege seeks to reconcile an institution haunted by its past Prof. Isaiah OmoloNdiege, the vice chancellor of Uganda’s second biggest university, Kyambogo, has the unenviable task of running a combination of former technical college, a teacher training institute, and a school of special education like a …