By Independent Team Sexually active adolescents want to avoid, delay, or limit pregnancy More women are accessing contraceptives in Uganda today. However, some reports show that the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) continues to hover around the 50% mark. That means one in every two women is not accessing contraceptives even …

By Ian Goldin More, not less, cooperation is necessary to manage growing complexity and integration Recent evidence suggests that much of the world has entered a period of low financial-market volatility. But this is no time for complacency; more turbulent times are likely to lie ahead. Over the last quarter-century, …

By Joan Akello The gospel musician speaks to The Independent’s Joan Akello about not listening to God, love for high heels. What is it we do not know about you? I am cheeky, laugh a lot, and shy. Why are you in music, not tourism? Shortly after graduating with bachelors …

By Angella Abushedde Northern Uganda has the highest infection rate at 23% As the world celebrates the World Hepatitis Day on July 28, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging governments, policy makers, health workers and the public to “think again” about this silent killer.  Viral hepatitis is a group …

By Flavia Nassaka Finally, new regulations to stop quack `doctors’ Do you want to lose or gain weight, find a lost love, cure infertility or increase the firmness of your erection?  Don’t despair; there is someone in Uganda ready to offer an instant cure. It is not unusual in Uganda …

By Joan Akello Corruption on payroll exposed Auditor General expected to submit a 100% clean payroll by Aug.30 President Yoweri Museveni’s spokesperson, , is loud, pompous, and said to be quite wealthy. So when a list of salaries of civil servants who work directly under the president in State House …

By Patrick Kagenda World Drug report 2014 shows why Entebbe Airport is origin destination for traffickers During the first week of this month, July, the Police Anti-Narcotics squad intercepted 32kgs of cocaine with an estimated street-value of Shs3 billion at Entebbe international Airport. The traffickers had stuffed the illicit drug …

By Agencies What did the others get? With the 2014 World Cup tournament over, now is a good time to have a look around and see how much money teams have won for their performances during the tournament. That’s right; FIFA President Sepp Blatter has got his checkbook out. Happy …

By Agencies After the historic and heart-breaking 7-1 loss Germany handed host nation Brazil on July 8 and the 3-0 loss to The Netherlands on July 12, the last thing Brazilians probably want to hear about is another big loss. This one to their pocketbooks. We know that it wasn’t …

By Morris Komakech Why really are the Americans and Europeans punishing Uganda when it hurts the poor people most? I have always wondered why the U.S. pulled the plug on Uganda following the enactment of the Anti-homosexuality Act on February 24, 2014. For clarity, I am one of those Ugandans …