By Haggai Matsiko Experts divided over the value in trying former LRA commanders locally Hours before the ground-breaking trial of Thomas Kyoyelo started in Gulu on July 11, hundreds had gathered outside the newly established International Crimes Division of the Uganda High Court. They could not find space in the …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Heather Grady, the Vice President of the Rockefeller Foundation, an international humanitarian organisation, on July 4 spoke at Makerere University about climate change, food security, and the introduction of agriculture insurance. The Independent’s Mubatsi Asinja Habati interviewed her. Insurance for agriculture is new in Uganda. How …

By Andrew M.Mwenda Because the CPA did not define borders clearly, Khartoum will not want to see the evolution of an effective state and stable government in South Sudan Last Saturday, South Sudan became the newest nation in the world. Yet beyond the celebrations in Juba that featured President Omar …

By Stephen Kafeero But lack of facilities at the Special Care Unit imposes tough choices on them When you arrive at the entrance to the Special Care Unit (SCU) of Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, the personnel politely ask you to take off your shoes. It is a good …

By Joseph Amon Congestion is over 200%. Some prisoners wait for more than five years to be tried while exposed to deadly diseases. President Museveni’s proposal to eliminate bail for certain nonviolent crimes is a challenge to the constitutional rights of Ugandans. But it also raises an interesting question: Where …

By Mubatsi Asinja Abati Karimajong rustlers send Teso cattle herders back to IDP camps As thefts increase, cattle herders in the Teso sub-region of north east Uganda have since January been bringing their stout, short-horned cattle to community kraals every evening instead of keeping them at home. They hope to …

By Agather Atuhaire Received money purporting to visit wildlife areas on voting day The alleged misuse of PAMSU funds, now under investigation, could be just a part of a larger scheme in which top officials in the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry abused money meant for the Uganda Wildlife …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi FDC’s leader tells party he will continue with protests FDC President Kizza Besigye has declared that he is opting out of electoral politics by 2015, but he has left a wide open window for his active participation in his party’s struggles against the NRM government. The …

By Independent Reporter Traders, manufacturers, consumers wait in vain for solution from government President Yoweri Museveni’s solution for the depreciating shilling to the dollar, as enunciated in the press on July 6 is the correct one; bring more dollars into the economy and the shilling will stabilise. Unfortunately, his means …

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 …