NEWS ANALYSIS

By Independent Team & Agencies Rwanda’s child policies praised in new Africa report A new report launched Dec. 6 by the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) has listed Rwanda among countries committed to investing in children. The report measures African government’s investment in children and confirms that a country’s commitment …

By eriasa mukiibi sserunjigi On Dec. 20, President Yoweri Museveni will take his re-election campaign to Kamuli district, home to three important members of his government. There will be no controversy around Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, who is looking to retain her seat as district Woman MP on …

By the independent team Bukenya, Otafiire dropped from Museveni campaign team Mbabazi named in the plot  Mid this year, President Yoweri Museveni received an intelligence report written against Vice President Gilbert Bukenya.  Signed by then chief of Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Amos Mukumbi, the confidential report claimed that Bukenya was …

By Rukiya Makuma Government to retain certificates of medical workers to stem loss of human resource to better paying countries The College of Public Health in Mulago Hospital is a busy place as medical students, in their over-size white lab coats scurry around with what seems like a sense of …

By the independent team The opening of the Initial Public Offering on 23rd November 2010 of Rwanda’s largest company Bralirwa Ltd, the beer and sparkling beverages company was a major achievement for the budding Rwanda Stock Exchange. This is the first time a local Rwandan company will be listing on …

By The Independent Team  September 10, 2009 marked the beginning of three dark days of riots in Kampala city and other parts of Buganda and brought back memories of the Buganda Crisis of 1966. Friction which had been simmering between the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Mutebi, the central government and …

By agencies The Hague, November 22, 2010 (AFP) – Democratic Republic of Congo former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba denied charges of war crimes Monday as his trial opened with prosecutors blaming him for his army’s campaign of rapes and killings. Bemba is charged at the world’s top war crimes court …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi New pressure group emerges to oppose Ssuubi When retired Col. Kizza Besigye appeared with two former Buganda Kingdom prime ministers at the launch of the ‘Ssuubi 2011’ pressure group on June 7, most observers concluded that he had put the Buganda block vote in the bag. …

By kabona esiara PricewaterhouseCoopers hired to entice investors for the US $700m project It is common during peak days to find passengers queuing outside the terminal building at Kigali International Airport as they wait to be checked before boarding their flight. The long lines are just one indication that Kigali …

By the independent team Fear of the army loyalty worries voters   Growing cracks in IPC   So far all the eight presidential candidates have restricted themselves on telling Ugandans what their governments would do when voted into power. But the factor of managing the military is coming into play. In …