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By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Constitutional Court ruling could bar Mulyagonja from taking office Justice Irene Mulyagonja Kakooza may never take up her appointment as Inspector General of Government (IGG) because a Constitutional Court ruling that President Yoweri Museveni seems not to have been aware of at the time he appointed …

By Agather Atuhaire No good news, no new promises expected in new budget President Yoweri Museveni has been forced to face the 9th Parliament twice in seven days – a situation he would have been glad to avoid if he had a choice. On June 7, he was reading a …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Executive Director in midst of several legal and personal battles In an attempt to stamp her authority on matters at City Hall, critics are accusing Kampala Capital City Executive Director (KCCA) Jennifer Musisi of using unorthodox means. Complaints have as a result been made to the …

The Independent Team The challenge behind the numbers Belt-tightening without suffocating the patient; that is the balancing act Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka is attempting in the 2012/13 financial year budget. It will not be easy. For the first time in two decades, the minister of Finance is unable to report …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati As senior judges retire and others pursue greener pastures the courts are left hopelessly empty As Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki prepares to retire next year and his deputy, Alice Mpagi Bahigeine, later this year, the delivery of justice in Uganda is hampered by staffing gaps in …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi With Uganda’s economic growth slowed down to zero, Maria Kiwanuka needs some magic to save the day A mixture of high expectations and anxiety will greet Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka when she steps up on June 14 to read next year’s budget. There is likely to …

By Omar Mohammed In March 2006, Juma V. Mwapachu was in Paris; a few months away from completing his four-year stint as Tanzania’s Ambassador to France, when he received a call from State House telling him that President Jakaya Kikwete needed to see him. Mwapachu quickly bought a ticket and …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Presidents of the two parties may pay the ultimate price for the EALA fiasco The full extent of the damage exacted by the controversial election of Uganda representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) will take some time to unfold. But the elections reopened old …

By Agather Atuhaire NRM favourite for speaker loses to a “rebel” as parties assess damage, victories and future The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party was supposed to be the ultimate victor in the election of Uganda’s delegates to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Of the nine seats, it took …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Varsity left short of 1,200 lecturers Makerere University is daunted by vacant academic staff posts leaving its few lecturers overloaded and fatigued, a 2011 value for money audit report by Auditor General reveals.  The university is supposed to have 2,491 academic staff in its eight colleges …