NEWS ANALYSIS

By Job A. Kahigwa Time to base the domestic electricity consumers charge on Time of Use formula Once again, the Uganda Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) board of directors is considering a power tariff increment.  A power price rise is being considered just after huge increments of 69% and 36% for …

By Julius Businge But can police expose `true own But can police expose `true owner’ of Dura Cement Ltd? When former Nyabushozi constituency MP Elly Karuhanga left parliament in 2001, eye-brows went up over his next move. The soft-spoken and debonair Karuhanga, with charming smile, and cheeky glint in the …

By Haggai Matsiko How populist NRM firebrands threaten Secretary General’s hold on party When on March 26, the four legislators also known as rebel MPs, accused of defying the ruling-NRM party leadership refused to appear before its disciplinary committee, they put its Secretary General, Amama Mbabazi on the spot to …

By Ronald Musoke Sparks as Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu’s economics theory confronts an ancient political reality Scarce resources and how they can be optimally allocated is the realm of economic theory. In that sense, economics professor John Ddumba-Ssentamu should be adeptly trading off ends and means at ‘the Hill’, as Uganda’s …

By Feliciah Kanyesigye The incorruptible justice of `tough love’ dies at 65 Mummy was tough, very tough and when you combine her with daddy, you can imagine.” That was Constance Byamugisha Kategaya son speaking at her funeral service on March 22 at All Saints Cathedral in Kampala. His frankness sent …

By Ian Katusiime Vatican is watching how Archbishop Lwanga deals with the Fr. Musaala saga “It is a good point for reflection but it will not change the fundamentals of the church.” That is how one practicing Catholic assessed the impact of recent revelations by renowned celebrity Catholic priest, Father …

By Alan Ssempebwa How a worker living on US$1.5 per day could hurt the economy A cane cutter at Uganda’s biggest sugar plantation at Kakira in Jinja has to be at work by 6am. One is expected to gather at least 55 bundles of cane, each bundle containing 10 sugar …

By Haggai Matsiko Allegations expose Tullow and British Foreign Office Reveal danger of Museveni directly managing the sector Reinforce need for transparency Re-awaken debate about Shs 2 trillion oil earnings The on-going tax dispute in London between Tullow Oil and Heritage has lifted a lid off the dark side of …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The likely implications of Ntaganda’s flight On Monday March 18, former leader of the Congolese rebel movement CNDP, Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, appeared unexpectedly at the United States embassy in Kigali to hand himself over to the Americans. He was smarting from a military defeat at the …

By Haggai Matsiko How the UPDF has become a continental billion dollar powerhouse Michael Pelletier, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Democracy for the Africa Bureau has told The Independent that President Yoweri Museveni’s role in finding African solutions for African problems is becoming globally recognised. As a result, Pelletier …