By Amir Englund and Robin MacGregor Murray Much depends on how old you are when you start, your genes, and how much, how often, and what kind you use Is cannabis; also called marijuana, harmful to mental health? That question has provoked much debate over the years, often generating more …

By Ellady Muyambi Proposed construct of mini-airport in the Kabaka’s  Mengo palace threatens historical treasures I am compelled to write this article after reading the New Vision newspaper article of Aug. 11 about the proposed construction of a mini-airport at the Kabaka’s palace grounds at Lubiri, Mengo in Kampala. The …

By Stephen Kafeero & Ivan Rugambwa Planned loan scheme could throw students into the debt pool without a clear payment plan Tonny Nalima completed his Senior Six and hopes to join university for a degree in Petroleum Engineering. When we met the university admission lists were not yet out but …

By Luke Phillips How I won second gold After shutting out strong Ethiopian and Kenyan squads to add the world marathon gold to his Olympic title on Aug.17, Stephen Kiprotich, says he is very happy the race was competitive. “I realised I could win after 40km. Then I just kept …

By Ivan Rugambwa Healthcare workers are the heart and soul of healthcare delivery systems, says Ambassador Scott DeLisi Every two days, at least one doctor heads to the airport of a poor African country and flies off to work in Europe or America. Up to 2000 doctors have left in …

By Kennedy Odede For how long will a majority serve a minority, accept a lack of water, sanitation, education, and dignity? My mother, like her mother, her grandmother, and so on, was born into poverty in the rural village of Rarieda, Kenya. I, too, was born in the village, and …

By Justin Yifu Lin But to overcome cyclical challenges and maintain a 7.5% growth rate, it needs to exploit its latecomer advantages After three decades of 9.8% average annual GDP growth, China’s economic expansion has been slowing for 13 consecutive quarters – the first such extended period of deceleration since …

By Ahmadou Moustapha Ndiaye Creating more productive jobs in sectors that employ more people will accelerate Uganda’s economic transformation Jobs are central to development, because they affect living conditions, determine the pace of economic transformation and foster social cohesion. This was the key message of the World Bank’s World Development …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga spoke to The Independent’sAndrew Mwenda about life after losing the presidential election. You are no longer in Parliament, no longer a prime minister, are we seeing the last of Raila Odinga the politician? Raila Odinga the politician is still around …

By The Independent Team What could she do to cure Kampala’s `multiple-organ failure’? Justice Catherine Bamugemereire’s tribunal hearing the petition filed by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) councilors against Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago seems set to make Kampala’s politics worse, not better. And it does not matter whether Justice Bamugemereire …