By John Njoroge When children play with healthcare waste, tainted blood, needles The air is pungent with urine, fecal matter and cow dung. The narrow walkways are littered with garbage and stagnant water with barefoot children running around innocently. Others rummage through the garbage piles for items to sell. One …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati At 10:30 a.m. Samuel Bukawa, 57, is waiting at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) reception to meet the officer in charge of saver benefits. Sitting on the blue-cushioned reception chairs, Bukawa, is anxious to get his hands on his 16-year-old savings. As more and more …

By Dicta Asiimwe The road from Kampala to Ntungamo, 400km away, is bumpy, especially the 120km stretch between Masaka and Mbarara which is under construction. Fortunately, as our five-car convoy snaked along, we had a police escort car with siren blaring to cut through the mass of slow moving evening …

By Dicta Asiimwe A mean looking policeman stands on guard. His loaded gun is strapped around his chest. A man in a black suit and neck tie walk speedily past him. He must have come to see his representative in parliament or to listen to the parliamentary proceedings from the …

By David Alton In 1960, the year in which the Congo became independent, I was a boy attending the local parish primary school. The good Sisters of Mercy who taught me had links with the Congo and the entire class had been enlisted to raise money to support Congolese children, …

By John Baldoni All leaders have a brand. Whether that term is used or not, leaders have an identifiable persona that is a reflection of what they do and how others perceive them. I call this the leadership brand. When it comes to cultivating a leadership brand, look no further …

By Patrick Kagenda Interview with Charles Musisi Managing Director at Computer Frontiers When do you start your day? I start my day at 5 am. I’m an online man through and through. Naturally I take a quick look at the e-mails and the online local newspapers. At about 7:30 am …

By Patrick Kagenda Capital market rues over Uganda’s oldest brokerage firm In January this year the Merchant Bank of East Africa(MBEA), Uganda’s oldest stockbrokerage firm, was handling the issuing of the National Insurance Corporation Initial Public Offering. Their office on Plot 44 Lumumba Avenue in the plush Nakasero neighborhood was …

By Pascal Gahamanyi There is a lot of debate about Rwanda in Uganda, conducted in Ugandan newspapers and radio stations and the participants are Ugandan citizens. Those involved – whether as critics of the government in Kigali or as sympathisers are largely Ugandans. Rwandans wonder why this is so. Possibly …

By Isaac Mufumba Big Brother is listening Uganda is becoming a Big Brother state upon the passing of the Regulation of Interception Bill 2007 into law. Many MPs especially in the opposition are opposed to the proposed law fearing that it will be used against them. If you want to …