ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Andrew Mwenda How the US war on terror threatens to undermine the cause of individual liberty In 1948, George Orwell published his novel, 1984, a classic statement of the danger to individual liberty paused by increasing technological sophistication, especially in the hands of the state. The novel is set …

By Agaba Rugaba There is no paradox or contradiction with economic performance indexes Andrew Mwenda’s “Uganda’s Incompetence Paradox” in his column The Last Word (The Independent June 28) makes for interesting reading. He fronts the unorthodox argument of how economic performance indexes contradict the underlying assumptions that we hold about …

By Muthoni Karubiu Increased demonstrations are harbingers of trouble for a region in transition Blood runs down the street. Dark and menacing. Young men gather in a tight circle. Chanting. At the centre of the crowd are a large sow and her piglets. The animals do not seem to notice …

By Julius Businge The government plans to send you that SMS soon, but is it what you really want? A few weeks after Maria Kiwanuka read the budget, officials from her Finance ministry and the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) are showing how transparency and accountability will drive its implementation. At …

By Ellady Muyambi Prof. George Kirya ignores evidence from Mexico, Vietnam, and Kenya that shows how malaria can be eradicated without using DDT. I was compelled to write this article after reading an opinion titled “DDT use would save many lives in Uganda” published in the New Vision of June …

By Kavuma Kaggwa People will always judge you on what you build not what you destroy The whole world is still focused on President Barack Obama, the man who made a political miracle by becoming the first Black President of the United States of America in 2008 and is just …

By Julius Businge Standard Chartered Bank has committed to financing more than US$2 billion in energy projects under the Power Africa Initiative, a five-year partnership between the United States, six African governments and the private sector. It said the partnership represents a coordinated cross-border effort to build the regulatory, economic …

By Julius Businge The National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) has developed the National IT Project Management Methodology to provide guidance on how to manage and provide advice on IT projects to government. The agency’s Executive Director James Saaka said at the launch of the project on June 28 at …

By Julius Businge The Deputy Executive Director at the National Council for Higher Education, Prof. Moses Golola has urged all higher institutions of learning to maintain the needed education standards to ensure they survive the routine operations of the council. Among the standards he mentioned having a well trained enough …

By Ivan Rugambwa & Julius Businge   Second largest commercial bank shakes up loan market with 13 percent cut in interest rate If, as is often said, timing is money; then Standard Chartered Bank could be minting quite a bit of it if its recent sharp interest cut pays off. …