By Andrew M.Mwenda If you criticise the opposition about their lack of an alternative policy, they do not present it, they instead accuse you of having been bought by the President.  A striking feature of intellectual life in Uganda is the paradox of political debate; the country is at once …

By Bob A. Kasango Whether Gaddafi outlives the NATO airstrikes or not, he is the wrong man for Libya and Africa must ask him to go as they ask NATO to stop the shelling. Rebel leaders rejected a plan presented by the African Union (AU) for a ceasefire and an end to …

Lydia Draru, the suspected killer of former Army Commander Maj. Gen. James Kazini, is still in Luzira Prison. She has been there since November 11, 2009. Her trial has never come up and the Director of Public Prosecutions does not say when her case will be heard. No one really …

By Rohan Patnaik Uganda must do more on poverty, insecurity, and state trust Foreign Policy, the global ideas magazine published in the USA on June 20 released its 2011 Failed States Index. As in the past,  this 7th annual report ranks 177 countries worldwide from worst to best based on …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Lukwago takes on Gen. Tinyefuza and UTODA Barely a week after evicting former Kampala City Mayor Al-haji Nasser Ssebaggala from the official residence of the town clerk, Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago says he now wants the Mayor’s residence back too. Located on Plot 2 Mabua Road …

By Rosario Achola Not silence and listening to the buzzing sound of a teacher Fagil Mandy is a former commissioner in the ministry of education and is in private consultancy in the sector.   He spoke to The Independent’s Rosario Achola about how education can be used to reduce the youth …

By Andrew M.Mwenda Forgive a public servant who delivers a quality product even if he violated 100% procedural rules but punish one who follows every rule and gives a bad product. In this column last week, I argued that the various institutions mandated to exercise oversight functions on the executive …

By Julius Businge Bank of Uganda to introduce consumer protection mechanism What would make you borrow Shs 500,000 from a money lender at an interest rate between 15% and 30% per month? Many reasons but at the heart of each is on common feature; desperation – you want money badly. …

  By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Will Museveni step in to save loyal cadre? Money released by the ministry of Finance and allegedly used by President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign team is at the centre of former Vice President Speciosa Kazibwe’s recent sacking from the Microfinance Support Centre Ltd (MSC), The Independent …

By Stephen Kafeero Baku has worked for or under him since 1992 Inspector General of Government (IGG) Raphael Baku Obudra’s announcement on June 20 that Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has no case to answer over alleged wrongdoing in the procurement of security communication system for the 2007 CHOGM in Kampala …