By Peter Nyanzi President’s frustration, lamentations at poor service delivery fail to lift population from hopelessness Of course it will be built, the question is when?” was a mechanic’s terse response to President Yoweri Museveni’s assertion during the State of the Nation Address on June 7 that the 600 MW …

By Ronald Musoke Why tasty Nile Perch is giving way to tiny Mukene Mathias Wafula is a worried man. As deputy executive secretary of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organisation’s (LVFO), he is constantly analysing the fish stock of the world’s second largest fresh water body. That mainly involves analyzing the …

By Agencies At a time when blood banks report dangerously low supplies, the best argument for rolling up your sleeve is still to do someone else some good. But if University of Florida researcher Jerome Sullivan, M.D., is right — and there’s new evidence to suggest he is — giving …

By Agencies Study shows men who eat vegetable oils, avocados, nuts instead of animal fats better off Men with prostate cancer may boost their survival chances if they replace animal fats and carbohydrates in their diet with healthy fats such as olive oils, nuts and avocados, new research suggests. Men …

By Aryeh Neier Military and  guerrilla leaders, Presidents know they could face justice for crimes against humanity When the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was established by the United Nations Security Council 20 years ago, on May 25, 1993, many regarded it as a meaningless gesture. At …

By Henry Zakumumpa Thousands of Ugandan lives at stake after generic HIV/AIDS drugs deadline extension snub The lives of thousands of Ugandans enrolled on HIV treatment hang in the balance after an application by poor countries to extend the deadline for manufacture of generic AIDS drugs was rejected by the …

By Hashim Wasswa Mulangwa It requires the GDP per capita to double in the next four years; from current US$500 to US$1,000 President Museveni, in his State of the Union Address today on June 6, made the same claim he has made numerous times before; that Uganda will be a …

By Ivan Rugambwa New taxes to make Ugandans poorer, increase cost of doing business When the Finance Minister, Maria Kiwanuka reads the budget, she will announce a tax increment on fuel that experts fear will hike transport fees and prices for commodities. The increment was first announced on April 10, …

By Haggai Matsiko Making resource rich regions become food poor Deep in Bukuya Sub County in Mubende district, a gold-mining company, AUC Mining Ltd owned by the British and some influential Ugandans, evicted about 400 peasants. At the gate to the mining company, one finds not ordinary security guards but …

By Harold E. Acemah Africans are no longer at peace and their leaders are restless May 25, marked the 50th anniversary of African unity. Unlike May 1963 when the OAU was established, African leaders who assembled in Addis Ababa for the recent AU summit, such as YahyaJammeh of Gambia, Teodoro …