NEWS ANALYSIS

By Independent Team How NRM pumped money into Nandala Mafabi’s campaign When the first two candidates on the podium of the WBS TV auditorium for the FDC Presidential Elections Debate on Nov. 19 stood and shook hands, the smiles appeared genuine and the pleasantries uncontrived. Then ululations broke out at …

By Ronald Musoke As the world strives to get to zero infections, Ugandans are getting a confusing message on interventions As World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) was this year marked with increased optimism across the globe, in Uganda a persistent decade-long rise in new infections and prevalence is causing panic …

By Joan Akello Medical experts explain why officials who collapse during interrogations are usually those who are jolly, and love food, fun, and sex If you are standing outside the Serious Crime Office at the Uganda Police Academy in Kibuli, usually male suspects in the on-going corruption cases are going …

By Haggai Matsiko Just days after a parliamentary committee recommended termination of its contract over inflated claims, Umeme is set to again raise the cost of electricity to consumers Ugandans have just days to Dec.07 when review of the application from the nation’s sole electricity distributor, Umeme, ends and it …

By Independent Investigations Team The unreported details On Nov.17, Rwandan President Paul Kagame was addressing cadets at a passing out parade in Gaako, Rwanda when a sentry handed him a handwritten note saying: `intense fighting has flared-up again in eastern Congo as M23 rebels are pushing to Goma.’ According to …

By Independent Investigations Team CID takes hold of Shs 800bn worth of Oloka, Obey properties, over 256 land titles attached Early one morning last month, one Kenneth Tulomwe was arrested by police as he drove out of his gate in Muyenga in a brand new double cabin pick-up truck he …

By Independent Team Murder of a waiter at popular night spot exposes the police, NEMA, and KCCA Mary Mugyenyi, the former MP for Nyabushozi County in President Yoweri Museveni’s Kiruhura district had a big money deal. She was selling land for Shs 275 million. The buyer was the dashing socialite, …

By Peter Nyanzi Ordinarily, the police would arrest anyone found with government property at his home and charge him with “possession of government stores.” But in Sembabule District, the police are instead thanking people who were found using hundreds of school desks and chairs at their homes. The citizens told …

By Independent Team Obama Mitts victory Barack Obama claimed a second presidential term on Nov. 7 as a progressive coalition of women, minorities and young people came together to return America’s first black president to the White House in the US election. The 44th president said he had “never been …

By Joan Akello Speaking against a gathering storm at the Golden Jubilee Celebration at Kololo in Kampala, President Yoweri Museveni made the shortest Independence Day speech ever. It lasted a record 26 minutes. But it had an array of philosophical ideals that have attracted attention. Among them was his `new’ …