Prince David Kintu Wasajja of the Buganda Kingdom on April 27 wed Marion Nankya in a religious ceremony at Rubaga Cathedral in Kampala. Dignitaries from the kingdom and government, including the Buganda monarch, Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II and Queen Naginda Nabagereka, and the Vice President Edward Sekandi, attended the …

By Joseph Bossa Trust in the government ability to deliver is needed if any plan, let alone Vision 2040, is to succeeed The recently launched Uganda Vision 2040, the master development plan for the next 27 years promises, among other things , to raise the GDP per capita ( the …

By Morris Komakech The next time any member of the Ugandan ruling regime becomes ill, Rwanda will be a destination of choice. The numerous reports of children and their mothers dying in Uganda’s healthcare system is not something that a citizen should be proud of. Clearly, most of the maternal-child …

By Julius Odeke Maj. Herbert Kikomeko Itongwa, the former commander of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), has died aged 51. He died on April 19 in Germany.  Itongwa, whose army number was R100, led a rebel movement that operated in Central Uganda comprising army deserters mostly from Buganda region fighting …

By Pearl Natamba Health minister to launch programme as part of Africa Vaccination Week A little baby boy coughs like he is about to lose his breath and die. His mother grows more desperate and weary as she struggles to comfort the coughing boy. The mother and son are lying …

By Independent Reporter Possible remedies include having more sex and more vegetables A new study published in the British Medical Journal from researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York has resurrected the debate about the benefits or otherwise of preventive prostate cancer screening. The new research suggests that …

By Nicholas Opiyo WENRECo needs government support in West Nile electrification plans Recently, West Nile Rural Electrification Company (WENRECo) applied for a tariff review to the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA). This follows earlier attempts in 2008 and 2010 to increase the tariffs both of which were deferred by the power …

By Nabusayi L. Wamboka State House, which caters for the welfare and security of the President and his VP, is perennially underfunded The Monitor story published under the headline “State House budget hits record Shs 200 billion” (Daily Monitor April 11, 2013) is not only alarming and ill intentioned, it …

By Martin Neil Baily and Susan Lund The trend is leading to fragmented global financial systems, with countries relying on domestic capital For three decades, financial globalisation had seemed inevitable. New information technologies made it possible to conduct transactions halfway around the world in the blink of an eye. Savers …

By Denis Musinguzi The irony of enforcing discipline within an undisciplined system The expulsion from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party and, according to NRM Secretary General from parliament, of the four rebel-dubbed Members of Parliament, MPs Wilfred Niwagaba, Muhammad Nsereko, Barnabas Tinkasimire Ateenyi and Theodore Ssekikubo for indiscipline has, …