By Andrew M. Mwenda Given Museveni’s long rule and potential for family succession, is Uganda now vulnerable to an `Arab Spring’ I argued in this column last week that Africa has almost similar structural conditions as the Middle East on the eve of the Arab Spring – sustained economic growth …
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By Haggai Matsiko BIDCO project wreaks environmental havoc, hunger, and human rights abuse in Kalangala The World Bank has come under attack after a new report has exposed how commercial projects funded by the Bank are causing poverty, human rights violations in Uganda sparking a barrage of criticisms. Ironically, the …
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By Haggai Matsiko As the dispute between Sudan and South Sudan over oil transportation dues deteriorates into full-fledged war, The Independent reports of an intense rhetoric that could see Kenya and Uganda sucked in. Following separation, most of the oil fields fell in South Sudan’s territory but Sudan remains the …
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By Robin D. Kibuka Ph. D Uganda’s current challenges with food shortages, food inflation and overall price inflation, and a volatile exchange rate increasingly appear to be more entrenched than originally thought and are likely to continue to exert pressure on overall macroeconomic and poverty outcomes for some time to …
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By Andrew M. Mwenda The disastrous collapse of public services under NRM is a product of the way in which democracy has evolved rather than its absence On Saturday September 24, I went to my old school, Busoga College Mwiri, to attend celebrations marking its 100th birthday. It was a …
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By Agather Atuhaire Uganda would probably not have over 30 percent of its citizens surviving on less than a dollar per day and about half of the population unemployed if one of its top potential industries was not underexploited. Tourism is Uganda’s second biggest foreign exchange earner, directly employing more …
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By Mubatsi Asinja Habati After a two-year stint in Uganda as the US Embassy Public Affairs Officer, Joann Lockard left for Washington DC to study. The Independent’s Mubatsi Asinja Habati was among a group of journalists who spoke to her. What do you think will be the challenges that the …
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By independent team Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice-president, World Bank’s Africa Region on June 11 spoke to BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sucker. Excerpts from the interview: The World Bank has a big relationship with Uganda. Museveni, the President of Uganda just won a big election in February. The African Union observers who were …
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By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Kadiresan Kundhavi has for the last three years been the World Bank’s Country Director in Uganda – her first African posting after working in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Kundhavi has been transferred to manage the bank’s operations in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia. The Independent’s …
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By Arthur Larok Today it’s more profitable to ride a boda-boda or run a small restaurant in town than engage in agricultural productivity in fertile rural Uganda. Very early on May 10 morning as I travelled from Kampala to my home district of Gulu for a meeting with the Institute …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
