ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Joan Akello Lawyer, Commissioner Legal Affairs at the NRM party Electoral Commission, and the Executive Director of Destiny Consults So how did you meet your husband? We met at Gayaza High School when I was in senior three and he had come to sing. It is just that I …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why the anti homosexuality law is most likely going to be used for political rather than moral reasons Finally President Yoweri Museveni has “yielded” to the advice of “our scientists” to sign the anti homosexual bill. Most Ugandan elites who were cheering him on social media …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The US President’s letter to his Ugandan counterpart was the trigger that could have forced Museveni into singing the anti gay bill On February 24, 2014, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda signed into law a bill mandating gays to be sentenced to life in prison for …

By Ian Katusiime  Uganda National Examinations Board released UCE results with notable examination malpractice in science subjects. A total of 289,012 students sat for the examinations marking a 10% increment compared to the 262,987 who sat last year. The Minister of Education Jessica Alupo attributed this to Universal Secondary Education …

By Ronald Musoke President Yoweri Museveni has responded to criticism from the US president, Barack Obama who early this week said Uganda’s enacting of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill would complicate relations between the two countries. On Feb. 16, Obama warned Uganda over its plans to criminalize homosexuality, saying the move was …

By Ronald Musoke American, Indian, Arab companies invade mineral-rich region Acerer village in Nakapiripirit District shows how mineral-rich this north eastern region of Uganda is.  It is your classic Karamoja hamlet with traditional manyatta thorn-stick and mud settlements in lush green acacia thickets located just half a kilometer from the …

By Ronald Musoke Karamoja remains Uganda’s most vulnerable sub-region when it comes to human rights abuses by government agencies, a new report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda says. The report released on Feb. 20 in Kampala says although there has …

By Kavuma-Kaggwa The true and clear historical record of Buganda’s role in the liberation war of 1981/1986 We have to thank the people of Bugerere County, one of the 18 counties of the Buganda Kingdom, for the biggest welcome they accorded the Kabaka of Buganda Sabasajja Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II …

By Rajab Kakyama The monarchy should not be held back by claims that “we should move together as a country” Refer to: “Divided we stand, united we fall” (The Independent Feb.14). Well done, Mwenda. Finally you augment Buganda’s “Federo” (Federal) demand. You argue that “all political systems are capable of …

By Cissy N. Kagaba Why should Sembule Group chokes on debts while BIDCO is awarded a tax holiday of 25 years? The Auditor General’s report to parliament this month put the Ministry of Finance on the spot for gross abuse of tax payer’s money when it decided to settle tax …