ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Flavia Nassaka Progress made on immunisation but maternal, child health lagging Starting next year, the Ministry of Health is to introduce a new polio vaccine for children, according to the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunisation (UNEPI) Programme Director, Dr Robert Mayanja. Dr Mayanja was speaking to The Independent …

By Flavia Nassaka The Medical Research Council (MRC), a body under the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), is this year marking 25 years of operations in Uganda. Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu, the director, spoke to Flavia Nassaka about the current state of medical / health research in the country. Briefly, what …

By Independent Team Move could avert costly conflict Continuing backroom deals between President Yoweri Museveni and his former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi are fuelling speculation that open conflict between them can still be averted. However, analysts warn that if the fallout between the two is not handled properly and escalates, …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the discourse on press freedom in Rwanda has missed the promising developments in that country Last week I attended President Paul Kagame’s lecture at Chatham House in London. It was without the usual hecklers i.e. mindless anti-Kagame fanatics. It attracted the more refined minds of …

By Joan Akello Frank Gashumba Mwalingumu, Director General of National Action for Awakening Uganda (Sisimuka Uganda) talked to Joan Akello about single fatherhood and governance. Any Three things do we not know about you? I’m very clean, a strong Christian and I love Jesus but hate churches. Are you rich? …

By Julius Businge On Oct.27, Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka announced the appointment of Doris Akol as new Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority. The Independent’s Julius Businge alongside other journalists attended a mini-press briefing with Akol at the Authority’s headquarters in Kampala. Who is Doris Akol and how did you …

By Independent reporter  The annual International Hospital Kampala (IHK) initiative, The Hope Ward Run, is set for Nov. 16, according to a notice signed by the event organisers. Participants will set off at Kololo Airstrip to places that will be made known later. The Hope Ward Run is the International Medical …

By Julius Businge  The Ministry of ICT through National Information Technology Authority Uganda has unveiled the National Information Security Advisory Group (NISAG) to provide complimentary advisory services to the Government of Uganda on issues concerning information security. Speaking at the inauguration of the team in Kampala on Oct. 30, the …

The government will over the coming months work to demystify the mystery surrounding intellectual property in Uganda according to a top official from the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB). While closing an event during which two books on intellectual property were launched on Oct.28 in Kampala, Judy Obitre-Gama, the board …

While meeting Ugandan business women at Sheraton Hotel yester afternoon, Graca Machel, former first Lady of Mozambique and South Africa, urged Uganda business women to come up with a network because all other women in the other African countries face the same challenges they encounter here. “We need a common …