By Matsiko wa Mucoori During celebrations for the NRMs 24th year in power on January 26, 2010 President Museveni awarded medals to 190 people for their role in Uganda’s liberation wars. The national function had passed as any other previous ones under the NRM reign until a member of one …

By Kundhavi Kadiresan The development partners recognise that the 2010/11 budget is being developed in tandem with the National Development Plan. This provides an opportunity to focus the budget on Uganda’s development priorities. Past accomplishments by the government of Uganda have been remarkable. However, the real test of prudent and …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Ugandans pay high price for governments failure to prosecute Global Fund thieves Rachael Nalubega, 10, sits on her mothers lap near the entrance into one of the childrens wards at Uganda’s top medical facility, Mulago National Referral Hospital. Nalubega’s eyes are motionless and unblinking. The crowded …

By Dicta Asiimwe Can getting more directly elected women change trend? On February, 2006, the Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET) led other women NGOs to the launch of the Women’s Manifesto 2006 at Hotel Africana in Kampala. The Women’s manifesto was designed to help women get a common understanding of issues …

By Agencies Uganda’s oil production target could more than double to 350,000 b/d by 2018 from the current target of 150,000 b/d in 2013 if the right business plan is adopted, according to Tullow Oil PLC. “When the oil basin is in full production, we are probably talking about 350,000 …

By Patrick Kagenda Kuwaiti-based Zain, which was last year a headlines maker after its July announcement that it was looking at its options in Africa including a possible sale of its networks, is back in the news. This time newswires report that it is in talks with Bharti Airtel the …

By Sue Shellenbarger It is good for you and the business Like many workers, Ivelisse Rivera, a physician at Community Health Center, Middletown, Conn., feels stressed-out by mounting workloads. And she didn’t expect to get much help during her employer’s annual staff meeting last November””just the usual speeches on medical …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati A round wattle hut painted black at the bottom and gray at the top stands 200 metres ahead. As one gets nearer, four circular unbaked brick but grass thatched huts emerge. A young woman in her late teens is baby-sitting one yard from the kitchen door. …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati What use is a First Class degree if holder cannot earn a living? When the Music Dance and Drama (MDD) degree course was introduced at Makerere University in 1971 many students looked at it with contempt. They coined a derogatory name for whoever enrolled for the …

By Abbey Kibirige Semuwemba It is very wrong for people to portray polygamy as a Muslim thing yet it is well known that the Bible is pro-polygamy. Polygamy is one of the grand Bible-based values people don’t like to talk about. You will find nothing in the Bible, Old or …