By Kavuma-Kaggwa Former President Idi Amin Dada’s words fit perfectly into the behaviours of African president kicked out of power African countries started to achieve Independence from European colonialists in 1960 although Ghana, in West Africa gained Independence on March 6, 1957. Many wonderful things have happened in Africa since …

By Irene Atim Lakony Islamic banking should increase access to investment finance and see a rise in entrepreneurship projects The Ugandan government has embraced Islamic banking as evidenced by Cabinet’s recent approval of the same with the proposed Islamic Banking Bill 2014 currently before the Uganda Law Reform Commission undergoing …

By Haggai Matsiko Police chief’s new term begins years amidst stiff criticism as his force celebrates a hundred Inside the Uganda Police Force command centre on the second floor of the three-storeyed Shs9 billion plush Police headquarters located in Naguru in Kampala, about 30 police officers, neatly clad in khaki …

By Haggai Matsiko Parliamentary Defence Committee says wrong priorities threaten national security If not addressed, problems in the way the way the UPDF is run pose national security threats, according to analysts including some on the powerful Parliamentary Defence Committee. An indication of this emerged this September as the parliamentary …

By Joan Akello Justice Bart Magunda Katureebe of the Supreme Court talked to Joan Akello about his legal and political life. Any three things we don’t know about? I ’m a very private person; a family man with a wife, six children and 9 grandchildren and; I’ve met two living …

By Eric Kabeera East African Community Secretary General Dr. Richard Sezibera in an exclusive interview with The Independent’s Eric Kabeera about the regional integration process. How far is the implementation process of some of the regional projects that have already been ratified? The implementation process in on track, the single …

By Patrick Kagenda `As KCCA reaches out to Kidandala, they are creating a more complex situation’ On his view of the happenings at the KCCA: It is an attempt by President Museveni to overthrow the sovereignty of the people of Kampala. You know for sure President Museveni lost Kampala politically …

By Patrick Kagenda Kidandala speaks to The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda On working with KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi: I tried a lot to reconcile Jennifer Musisi with the Lord Mayor. However whenever we would be approaching an amicable solution the lord mayor would throw tantrums and the situation would go …

By Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Should we involve Uganda in endless wars with our trade partners on account of this? “Abaine enaama, baita abatagiine” – meaning the ones who caucus first, can overpower the ones who do not caucus. Ekitetekatekirwe, embwa ekahuunga omukaro – sudden confrontation can lead to surprising outcomes …

By Moustapha Ndiaye Lack of enforcement actions such as the recovery of assets and application of sanctions The Inspectorate of Government (IG) recently released the Fourth Annual Report on Tracking Corruption Trends in Uganda, which includes data from the National Governance Baseline Survey conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics …