ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Joan Akello The World Bank says there is need for more and better jobs   as a prerequisite for transforming Uganda’s economy while launching Uganda’s economic update. While Uganda’s  economy has grown  rapidly over the  last decade and will continue  to do so into  the future,  a significant  proportion  of …

By Joan Akello Civil society organizations involved in trade related issues are urging legislators to take interest in the different treaties the executive is negotiating with the European Union and the United States, the Economic Partnership Agreement and Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement respectively. Ambassador  Nathan Irumba , the Executive …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why Zimbabwe’s ageing president won an election he should have lost and lessons for the opposition in Uganda So at 89 years, Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe won a seventh term of office to remain president of his troubled country. Having been in power for 33 years, Mugabe, …

By Kavuma-Kaggwa No country in the world has transformed its economy without investing in its local people President Yoweri Museveni has launched a Master Plan for Uganda’s Economic Development ahead of the 2016 General Elections. This is a US$200 billion development master plan called Uganda Vision 2040. It is strongly …

By Job A. Kahigwa Urgent action needed as global energy game changers threaten projected benefits Since 2006 when its commercial oil discoveries were announced, Uganda has been preparing to join the ranks of the newest oil producing countries in the world. Seven years down the road (and more to come), …

By Ivan Rugambwa Together with his proposed private Members Bill on extending the age limit of judges, MP Eddie Kwizera has been the subject of debate for close to a month now. The Independent’s Ivan Rugambwa sought him out to explain, the intentions of his bill. What is the aim …

By Haggai Matsiko Major shake-up in management looms at Shs3.4 trillion workers fund Richard Byarugaba, the managing director of the National Social Security Fund, remains firm he will retain his job after Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka directed it should be advertised. But coming at a time when Byarugaba faces mismanagement …

By Independent Team Who won what, who lost what? What happens when a king and his chiefs move too far ahead of his subjects? That is the question Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II and his new Katikiro or Prime Minister Charles Peter Mayiga, now face following events surrounding the 20th …

By Joan Akello At the start of yesterday’s plenary session, deputy speaker Jacob Oulanyah introduced some people like Miria Matembe and school children who were in the gallery.  Drama ensued when Oulanya told the house that voice method instead of roll call to vote the public management bill (2011). Opposition …

By Ronald Musoke Experts have urged the government to sensitize men on their fatherhood duties and responsibilities in order to reduce the number of women in Uganda who are dying during the reproductive process. “We need each other to reproduce and we need each other’s support to reproduce safely. Men …