By The Independent Team Excellencies, Heads of State and Government; Excellencies, Heads of Delegations; Leaders of Rwanda’s High Institutions; Distinguished Guests; Friends of Rwanda; Fellow Rwandans: It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all. I extend a special greeting to my sisters and brothers, Heads of State and Government, …

By Isaac Mufumba But opposition lacks candidates to fill the gap in the troubled constituencies In the run up to the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in January 2010, a group of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) elite vigorously lobbied for support against a motion to introduce universal adult suffrage …

By Eriasa S. Mukiibi Joseph Musoke is a distressed man. On Tuesday July 31, he woke up to the news that all the merchandise in his shop, which took him eleven years to build, had evaporated in a plume of smoke following the fire that gutted Kisekka Market that fateful …

By Patrick Kagenda Roger Siima, General Manager of Mpanga Growers Tea Factory, talked to The Independent`s Patrick Kagenda about the tea industry in Uganda and how it fits in the growing regional competition.’ When do you start your day? My day starts a bit early at about 6:00am. This is …

By Haggai Matsiko In the last weeks, tension has been growing in the country with warring political contestants, especially within the NRM, unleashing mayhem against each other. Every week there seems to be another conflict. As a result, civil society organizations have created various projects to prevent potential violence that …

By Andrew M. Mwenda On Tuesday August 10th, The Independent Managing Editor, Andrew M. Mwenda, hosted President Paul Kagame of Rwanda on a radio show on Contact FM in Kigali, a day after voting in that country’s presidential election. Mwenda had started the show titled “Rwanda Decides” to promote public …

By The Independent Team INFO:  AC. TO FM DGISO. DDG. D/J[T. DT  21/06/04. SITREP. Kony, Lukwiya, Odyambo, Oyoo, Kapere, Ocan Bunia, Angola, Opio Makas, Lapanyikwara, Labongo, Lagulu and Wod Paco were on air. Kony; Kony, Lukwiya, Odyambo, Oyoo, Kapere, Ocan Bunia, Angola, Opio Makas, Lapanyikwara, Labongo, Lagulu and Wod Paco …

By Patrick Kagenda On August 30, 2010 the Uganda Peoples Congress President Olara Otunnu announced his party was out of the Inter-Party Cooperation (IPC). The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda talked to him about his reasons for departure . Why did the UPC part company with the IPC? UPC was a very …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Bududa landslide victims destined for Kiryandongo after six months in IDP camps James Mangu lost more than his home in the Bududa landslides on March 1, 2010. Seated amongst hovering houseflies and half-naked children running wildly through the parade of tents that dot Bulucheke Internally Displaced …

By Isaac Mufumba The party has no budget, trading arm or known financiers Seven years after the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) was registered as a political party, it has no annual budget nor a clear financial system to guide expenditures on its activities. The NRMs Deputy Spokesman Ofwono Opondo’s …