ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Odoobo C. Bichachi For three straight days, riot police and the military battled rampaging demonstrators  in Kampala and several parts of Buganda who were protesting the government’s decision to block Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi (king) from touring Kayunga district, where he was due to preside over Buganda Youth Day …

By Peter Otika Uganda and Chile may seem thousands of miles apart; different in cultures and climate, but they share something in common ‘” a history of brutal dictatorship. Since the return to Uganda of Dr Olara Otunnu, the former Ugandan foreign minster and United Nations Under-Secretary for Children, the …

By Patrick Kagenda Uganda Wildlife Authority offers a rare opportunity to millions They are rare, shy and their DNA is 99% similar to yours. But they are also huge, weighing up to 200 kgs sometimes. So you can imagine that even their most passionate lover would have trouble hugging one …

By Patrick Kagenda After the launch of the Stanbic Bank Uganda Shs 30 billion bond on the Uganda Securities Exchange, the fixed income market is awash with speculation about three other listings that have been on the cards for some time. The Shs 40 billion Eastern and Southern African Trade …

By Patrick Kagenda Haji Abasi Kazibwe Musisi processes the Nguvu Coffee brand with an outlet at Natete to the west of Kampala. He tells The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda about the coffee roasting business. What is Nguvu and how did it come about? Nguvu is a brand name of the coffee …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Almost every two years we are treated to the spectacle of all the ills at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). An inquiry into the Fund has always exposed rot leading to the board and top management getting fired, ministers responsible being reshuffled, sometimes the managing …

By Ashad Sentongo The apparent route President Yoweri Museveni has taken in Banyoro tribal conflict is a dead end yet the solution may be within his very government that now appears divisive. As quoted in the Daily Monitor newspaper of August 11, 2009, the suggestion by the Minister of State …

By Independent Team Members revealed Command structure Tactical base at CPS Sticks kept in UTODA, KCC outlets At first it was the Black Mamba. Then came the Kiboko Squad. When these two squads first unveiled themselves in 2005 and 2007 respectively, it was a puzzling experience. They emerged from total …

By The Independent Reporters Workers of the Tanzania Railways Ltd (TRL) went on a go-slow in Dar es Salaam and upcountry stations last week to protest delays in payment of their salaries, leaving hundreds of upcountry passengers stranded. The go-slow was apparently aimed at pressing the management to pay their …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati & Bob Roberts Katende Claims of marginalisation and dispossession of the indigenous communities have intensified in Bunyoro over the last couple of weeks. As a panacea to the problem of domination of Banyoro indigenes by migrant Bakiga (Bafuruki), President Museveni prescribed what he thought would be …