ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Joseph Bossa We have a situation where the employee is extremely vulnerable and the employer is extremely strong When the chairman of the National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) rose to speak on May 1, during the celebration of Workers’ Day or Labour Day, as he had done on …

  By Rugaba Agaba Game changer or game over for Uganda? The Independent’s cover: “Inside Umeme shares deal: Energy sector attracts big money, investor makes Shs 200 billion” (Issue 318, May 23, 2014) covered the Secondary Public Offer (SPO) by national electricity distributor, Umeme Ltd. The story insinuated that the …

By Mwambutsya Ndebesa Christians at the shrines be offered theological guidance Uganda is a superstitious prone country.  There are some Ugandans who must sacrifice an animal and sometimes human beings because they want to be rich.  Ugandans sacrifice in order to get blessings or to cover a new car or …

H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA On Election Rigging in Uganda 1961 – 2014 25th May, 2014 As soon as the Universal elective processes were introduced in Uganda, the shallow opportunists immediately hatched two schemes of winning power against the democratic phenomena.  One scheme was sectarianism …

By Devorah E. Klein, Gary Klein, and Shawna J. Perry Three reasons to be wary include issues of trust, shifting conditions, and flawed research Every health-care system balances coverage, quality, and cost – often focusing on one or two at the expense of the others. European systems, for example, tend …

By Patrick Kagenda Ugandan traders stare down an uncertain future as South Sudan war rages Anyone wanting to see how the war in south Sudan has affected Uganda can look at the cross-border trade statistics of the World Bank. Better still, they can visit a place called “Arua Park” in …

By Independent Team As Museveni’s election cash is set to flow again The forthcoming 2014/2015 budget is set to Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka’s first election budget. She faces a common dilemma; uncontrolled public spending on elections, which requires an uncommon response; tough controls, especially on the foreign reserves.  Of course, …

By Andrew M. Mwenda What the new executive editor at Daily Monitor is doing and what it means for our profession The new Executive Editor at Daily Monitor, Malcolm Gibson, has begun a very important conversation about journalism at that newspaper which may be important for our industry generally. He …

By Patrick Kagenda Uganda’s forgotten martyr As hundreds of thousands of Christians throng to Namugongo Martyrs shrine to commemorate the Uganda Martyrs day that falls every June 3, one Ugandan 20th Century Martyr seems not to feature on the list of the martyrs.  Could it be because he was laid …

By Flavia Nassaka What Pastor Imelda’s mats to tiles story says about religion in Uganda Does God approve of the new big churches? Does the emergence of the mega-church phenomenon in Kampala signify a rise in religiousness? These questions and more have been aired since the charismatic Pentecostal Christian preacher; …