By Cory Kuklick For everyday Ugandans, there is no clear winner in this annual debate A debate has recently picked up again in Kampala over whether Uganda should be considered a “failed state”. Makerere University professor Frederick Jjuko began the discussion last month at the National Dialogue on Freedom of …

By Gerard Lyons The US election results not only see a return of President Obama for four more years but also the Republicans retaining Congress and the Democrats the Senate. Despite the uncertainty of the last few weeks, these are the very results the markets were expecting. The result is …

By Melina Platas Izama Making sense of the contradictions and bipolar reality of Uganda’s health indices Since Uganda hit 50 recently, it seems as good a time as any to check its vitals. There is the heartbeat of the economy and the temperature of the masses, the pressure of the …

By Sarah Namulondo Dr Ian Clarke advocates changes in health sector salaries, budgeting and operations. Others in corruption-ridden sector protest. Even if it happened over a year ago, David Mugerwa, a smallholder farmer in the rural Luwero district of central Uganda, recounts the day his wife and newborn baby died …

By Julius Odeke As events to commemorate 50 years of self-rule continue, Uganda People’s Congress President, Olara Otunnu spoke to The Independent’s Julius Odeke. What is your message to Ugandans about the 50 year celebrations? It is a very important occasion to me, Ugandans and the party.  This is an …

By Haggai Matsiko Henry Okello Oryem, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs spoke to The Independent’s Haggai Matsiko about the allegations that Uganda is backing the M23. After the press conference in which you refuted claims in the United Nation’s experts report that Uganda and Rwanda were supporting the …

By Richard Kikonyogo Re-institutionalising the future; Uganda’s current enigma Andrew Mwenda’s spirited, one sided, and futile defense of former president Milton Obote’s ‘legacy’, however sincere, must be treated with a healthy degree of caution, due to the potential loss of objectivity which arises out of an admittedly close relationship between …

By Aloysious Kasoma Raymond Kananura and two other suspects were arrested recently to help Police investigate the death of Badru Kateregga, a bar attendant at the Panamera bar in Naguru. Badru Kateregga, was allegedly beaten to death over Shs30,000 by the owner of Panamera bar, Desh Kananura, who is still …

By Julius Odeke `Next FDC leaders should maintain public support built by Besigye’ Nandala Mafabi says 1996 was a political turning point for him. The Leader of Opposition in parliament and MP Budadiri West says it is the year he met his leader in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), …

By Julius Odeke Ruranga confronts pollster as Sabiiti says poll is `rubbish’ I was walking out of Research World International director, Patrick Wakida’s 2nd floor office in Kiwatule, a Kampala city suburb, when I bumped into Maj. Rubaramira Ruranga as he squeezed in. Not good news, I thought, because it …