NEWS ANALYSIS

By Joan Akello Charles Ocici, Richard Byarugaba, Maggie Kigozi, Kenneth Kitariko reveal tricks of surviving at the top Survival rates at the top are declining for C.E.O’s in Uganda and the men and women in the top office are buffeted by a sea of pressures. As a result most large …

By Ronald Musoke Gun culture gives way to agriculture but nature still rules Karamoja is in the news again— and it is the familiar story for which this sub-region of north eastern Uganda has come to be associated with for generations: drought and hunger. The Karamoja most Ugandans who have …

By Haggai Matsiko Can MPs’ petition to EAC court stop Museveni, Muhoozi? The decision by some MPs to sue President Yoweri Museveni in the East African Court of Justice over the army promotions announced on May 24 and 25 has raised question over what it seeks to achieve. Nicholas Opiyo, …

By Joan Akello & Ivan Rugambwa MPs worry as donor aid cuts, budget indiscipline bite The salaries of MPs are late, teachers have not been paid for months, and police officers are being given food rations to stave off hunger as the government struggles to find money to pay them. …

By Muthoni Karubiu Youthful prime minister unveils vision for ancient monarch Everything seems muted in the spacious office of the new prime minister of the powerful Buganda kingdom, Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga, at Bulange palace in Mengo, Kampala. F rom his radio, which is barely audible, to the small television …

By Joan Akello Does he have a deal with Museveni? On February 4, 2005 while launching his book, `The Search for National Consensus’ at the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe, then-Chief Justice Benjamin Joseph Odoki made a statement that has become quite relevant since finding a replacement for him became …

Lessons from Aronda, Muntu, Muhoozi promotions ANALYSIS | HAGGAI MATSIKO & IVAN RUGAMBWA | Recent promotions in the army have re-ignited the continuous debate of how President Yoweri Museveni uses the forces to stay in power.  Hundreds of low rank officers, from 2nd Lieutenant to Major, were in May promoted …

By Haggai Matsiko What next after Museveni militarises cabinet? Even as the Appointments Committee sat on July 15 to deliberate, for the third time, on whether or not to approve the former army boss, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, as new minister of Internal Affairs, the decks were staked in his favour …

By Ronald Musoke As Ugandan biotechnologists push to have their products onto a farm near you, should you curse or celebrate? Usually, the leaves of the apple banana or, as it is commonly called here, the ‘sweet banana’ are apple green. But the one Dr Privah Nakamya likes to show …

By Independent Team How did ivory seized in Kenya, with estimated worth of Shs4 billion, enter from Uganda? When Kenyan customs officers on July 8 confiscated about 3,500kgs of elephant ivory alleged to have been smuggled into the country from Uganda, the ministry of Wildlife and related organisations in Kampala …