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By Bob Roberts Katende In light of the increasing road carnage, The Independent’s Bob Roberts Katende interviewed Police Commissioner for Traffic and Road Safety, Bazil Mugisha about the causes and the way forward. What explains the increasing accidents? Our situation has been bad for some time. I don’t remember anytime …

By Bob Roberts Katende Loss of a dear one is one thing that different people react to differently. Not even the mighty on earth can easily come to terms with this somber moment. The awakening I received in Primary 5 at only 11 years was rude enough to make me …

By Bob Roberts Katende Margaret Namuyanja, 60, lives in a one-room house with her grandchildren along Salama Road in Makindye, a Kampala suburb. It is midday and she is hurriedly preparing food for her two grandchildren, who are about to come home from school. Namuyanja finds her life troubling trying …

By Bob Roberts Katende The former UN secretary for children affairs Olara Otunnu returned to the country recently after 23 years in exile. He toured various parts of the country and got diverse impressions about Uganda’s development. The Independent’s Bob Roberts Katende and Joe Powell had an interview with him …

By Bob Roberts Katende On August 25, Aswa County MP Reagan Okumu presented a list of 200 people he claims were killed by the UPDF in northern Ugandan at the height of the LRA insurgency. Why did he bring it out now? The Independent’s Bob Roberts Katende spoke to him …

By Bob Roberts Katende Conservative Party president Ken Lukyamuzi is the current head of the opposition Inter-Party Cooperation. Bob Roberts Katende spoke to him about its recent retreat in Jinja. What’s your take on the appointment of Electoral Commissioners against the interparty cooperation’s call to have an input in composition …

By Bob Roberts Katende Patience  we use one name to preserve her anonymity – faces a gloomy future. For the past one year, she has been suffering from incessant malaria, headache, and an irritating skin rash. She is HIV positive and has been advised to start taking anti-retroviral drugs. Unfortunately, …

By Bob Roberts Katende It is 10.45 am on July 15 and the place is Room 408 of Parliament Building. The house is buzzing with activity as journalists swarm around with their notebooks and cameras loosely craning their necks. Five men from the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) emerge from the …

By Bob Roberts Katende After the death of the Omukama of Toro kingdom, Patrick Olimi Kaboyo, in 1993, disagreements rocked the monarchy over the management of the kingdom’s property. The ensuing battle pitted the kingdom’s Prime Minister John Katuramu against the royals, especially prince Happy Kijanangoma and princess Elizabeth Bagaya. …

By Bob Roberts Katende Last week President Yoweri Museveni delivered the state of the nation address to the country. In his address, he provided impressive figures on how the country had improved in various sectors of the economy. The president reminded the country of how the economy has stayed insulated …