ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Julius Odeke After one year in office, the authorities in Zambia arrested an ex-information minister and three journalists for old stories that were critical of the then opposition leader — and now president — Michael Sata. The former information minister Ronnie Shikapwasha was charged with abuse of office for …

By Joan Akello This new theatre is an addition to five other theatres that the national referral hospital has been using. Dr. Christine Ondoa, minister of health opened the theatre today in the general Theatre (1B). “My heart is very glad with the service delivery here despite so many challenges …

By Joan Akello National Referral management has cut its oxygen spend after installing an oxygen processing plant. Oxygen is running in the wards, theatres. It is also being stored in two tanks and cylinders as buffer. Edward Kataaha, senior hospital Engineer who supervised the project says the plant can produce …

By Julius Odeke The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has equipped MV Kalangala ship with first aid supplies to enable the operators attend to any minor injuries and ailment of passengers on board. MV Kalangala operates on Lake Victoria from Nakiwogo in Entebbe and docks at Lutokoba in Kalangala. Through …

By Julius Businge Senior economist Augustus Nuwagaba from Makerere University has called on government to spend resources on critical sectors like infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing among others to grow the economy in the New Year, 2013. The central bank recently said the economy grew at 5.2% for the period ending December …

By Julius Businge The government of Uganda recently directed the Chinese embassy not to give out travel permits to Ugandan women under the age of 35 intending to travel to China for business. The directive came at a time amid reports that some women end up into prostitution instead of …

By Joan Akello MTN has announced that it has started installing Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, a ‘standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminal’, known as 4G technology. The network infrastructure upgrade plan will provide its customers with faster data access and speed of …

By Julius Businge Lawrence Bategeka, the acting principle and research fellow at the Economic Policy Research Centre at Makerere University has urged all players of the economy not to repeat the wrongs committed in the past year so we can have a better 2013. Bategeka told The Independent in an …

By the Independent Team The UN peacekeeping department has asked the Security Council to back the use of surveillance drones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), The UN wants to use the drones to monitor the vast eastern DRC border, where Rwanda has been accused of helping rebels fighting the …

By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition Uganda People’s Congress says it will not participate in 2016 elections if the electoral laws are not revised. While addressing Journalists at the UPC headquarters on Wednesday in Kampala, Prof. Lutalo Bossa the Vice President of the party said that the country is in crisis if …