ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Patrick Matsiko wa Mucoori The National Resistance Movement had no difficulty in supporting cultural revival. We had no difficulty because reviving the cultural institutions will address the following very important points’¦ It was of great significance that in the interlacustrine Bantu area, the kingdoms of Buganda, Bunyoro, Ankole and …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati & Matsiko wa Mucoori Contractors paid before signing agreements In January 2008, Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi gave the Auditor General James Muwanga a 30-day deadline to deliver audited accounts of expenditure on the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Kampala in November …

By Onghwens Kisangala Three weeks ago, the British High Commissioner to Uganda, Martin Shearman who is the current chairman of the Partners for Greater Democracy and Good Governance, (PDG) a grouping of western embassies in Uganda, published donor concerns about the political developments in Uganda ahead of 2011 elections. The …

By Andrew M. Mwenda On October 16, 2009, Oxford’s Prof. Paul Collier gave a talk at Serena Hotel in Kampala on the prospects of an oil windfall in Uganda. Unlike in most of his work, this time Collier did not focus on how the international community (read the West) can …

By Odoobo C. Bichachi, Patrick Kagenda & John Njoroge A whopping Shs 900 million in cash under the pillow, in the mattress cover or somewhere in a wardrobe in the master bedroom! Wherever National Forestry Authority (NFA) executive director, Damian Akankwasa, kept his money, the revelation last week that his …

By Joseph Were Tension over jobs, residence and land The signing of the East African Common Market protocols in Kampala last month could not have come at a better time for the region. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is predicting that East Africa may this year record the continent’s best …

By The Independent Team On October 16th 2009, University of Oxford’s Prof. Paul Collier gave a talk at Serena Conference Centre in Kampala on the prospects of an oil windfall for Uganda. Below we produce a slightly edited version of his speech. Prof. Paul CollierA country’s competitiveness rest on two …

By Independent Team Amount is about half of Uganda’s national budget Tullow Oil Plc, the U.K. explorer with the most licences in Africa has appointed Standard Chartered Plc to sell up to half its stakes in two Ugandan oil fields, the Sunday Times of London has reported. Aidan Heavey, the …

By Patrick Kagenda The East African Common Market is scheduled to come into effect January 10, 2010. The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda talked to Abubaker Muhammad K. Moki, the assistant commissioner economic affairs at the Uganda ministry of East African Community Affairs. Last month there were a series of documents signed …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati In todays world with improved technology that enables breeding of improved and drought resistant seed varieties, there is no reason for anyone to go hungry. Yet more than 1.6 billion people worldwide are hunger stricken. And some 8 million Ugandans are at the verge of hunger. …