ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Cissy Kagaba The national ID scandal is one of those things that depict how deep corruption has become entrenched in our system. It exposes the levels to which our leaders will go to take the citizenry for granted.  The ID scandal had been on-going for some time without government …

By Naomi Wolf Redressing women’s underrepresentation in land ownership and politics requires individualised leadership and skills training Is it always offensive to advise women to change something about themselves in order to ensure that they can achieve their goals? To suggest the need for any self-scrutiny on women’s part is …

By Harold Brown The US is reducing defense spending and will likely avoid commitments of military forces in Africa The European Union already faces considerable risks concerning its structure, uncertain economic recovery, north-south imbalances, and British ambivalence about membership. Exposure to bad outcomes in Africa, with its myriad security problems, …

By Tracy Gwambe Hooliganism tramps issues as FDC’s Adeke wins at Makerere University Anna Adeke Anna is the new guild president of Makerere University after she swept the polls on March 4 with 6000 votes and won in all, except one, polling stations. Her nearest challenger, Okot Boniface managed 2000 …

By Haggai Matsiko Uganda is only country in region with ties to embattled South African power generation giant Just days after cash-strapped ESKOM failed to secure a much anticipated tariff hike in South Africa, power sector players in Uganda fear trickle-down effects as the energy giant seeks alternative funding. Eskom …

By Charles Onyango-Obbo The normal, the unusual, and very strange things about Kenya election Kenya went to the polls on March 4. It was the first election under the new and quite liberal constitution that was adopted in August 2010. For Ugandans seeking to understand how the election played out, …

Kenya’s deputy Prime Minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, has won the presidential election by a very tight margin. Mr Kenyatta garnered 6,173,433 votes out of 12,338,667 total votes cast in last Monday’s election giving him 50.03 per cent required to win while his main challenger Raila Odinga garnered 5,340,546 (43.28) per cent. These figures …

By Andrew M. Mwenda In his willingness to change his mind in the face of new facts, he embodied the finest traits of intellectual self-confidence I spent most of Saturday March 2 night staring at my computer at home trying to write an obituary of the First Deputy Prime Minister …

By Ian Katusiime Ugandan student Titus Mawana, 22 who emerged among the winners of Apps4Africa, a technology business challenge that was conducted online with participants from 27 countries in Africa. Mawana stood out alongside two other African students from Nigeria and Ghana. His initiative Ffene is a low cost business …

By Julius Businge The Bank of Uganda has for the fourth consecutive month maintained the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 12% in March, according to the Monetary Policy Statement issued by the bank on March 5. The Bank said inflationary pressures have remained below single digits and that meant maintaining …