ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Independent Reporter Frank Tumwebaze, the minister for the Presidency and Kampala Capital City, might live to regret Nov.08, when he sent to a hastily recalled Parliament a Bill that was destined to become controversial.  Called `The Kampala Capital City (Amendment) Bill, 2015, the Bill was intended to block the …

By the Indepenent Team Iga enjoyed gardening and landscaping working with his father who owned and ran several tree nurseries in Entebbe. He later turned his passion into business by starting a tree and flower nursery of his own in Makerere. He says growing plant seedlings is a faster way …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why Besigye’s promise to cut down the number of political appointments in government is a pipedream Opposition presidential candidate, Kizza Besigye has promised a 50% increase in public sector wages. According to his handlers, he will save money by cutting wasteful spending on political appointments like …

By Isaac Khisa Olumuyiwa Asagba is the chief executive officer of Interswitch  East Africa.  He spoke to Isaac Khisa about their operations, agency banking, and the financial services sector in Uganda. What is your leadership philosophy as a chief executive officer? Every leader needs to have a vision. That vision …

By the Indepenent Team Growing vegetables is a business that anyone with a passion in farming can start and make money within a short while.  Tom Okurut started growing vegetables in a sack at his house because he had limited land. It would also be easy to manage.  “If you …

By the Indepenent Team Fact is many of us are preparing to run Uganda’s big Marathon this November or, more accurately, the 10K series of it. Since the 10km run should present few challengers for routine runners, this article targets especially individuals who jump in because – hey, everyone is …

By David Nyende Infrastructure investments alone will not result in economic growth and development In answer to the question: “How do you make an economy grow?”, one economist wrote: “The secret of economic growth remains mysterious despite the tremendous efforts by economists into trying to solve it: neither free market …

By Joseph Were The scandal in yellow shows why manifesto writing should only be attempted by the most committed thinkers Have you seen President Yoweri Museveni’s manifesto for the 2016 elections? If you have not, thank your gods. As one commentator said, it is a ‘PhD thesis”. That was in …

By Agnes E. Nantaba Mary Goretti Nakabugo (PhD) is the Twaweza Lead and Manager-Uwezo an initiative that aims to improve competencies in literacy and numeracy in East Africa. She spoke to Agnes E Nantaba Any three things we don’t know about you? I am a single mother of many children …

By Ian Katusiime  Control of 11 million men and women shaping 2016 election at stake Henry Tumukunde is back. Barely two months after the long-time brigadier was promoted to Lieutenant General and retired from the army after over ten years on punitive demobilisation (katebe), Tumukunde is once again in the …