The Independent Team As the scent of an impending reshuffle of President Yoweri Museveni’s cabinet persists, The Independent conducted a random survey of the public rating of the current cabinet. In a startling finding, the survey revealed an increasing clamour for a complete overhaul of up to three-quarters of Museveni’s …

By Geoffrey Onegi-Obel Limitations of the government’s `resource envelop’ budget driven response to the global economic slowdown including its impact on Uganda’s job creation, domestic savings and domestic direct investment We are already being dragged down by the world wide economic recession. How Uganda comes out of it is a …

By Independent Team Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to moderate in the face of the financial turmoil, especially as terms of trade gains from the surge of commodity prices moderate. Overall, growth is projected to decline from 7% in “07 to 6% in 2008-09. South Africa, the region’s …

By The Independent Reporter Statement by the government of Rwanda on the report of the UN group of experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo The Government of Rwanda expresses its deep disappointment at the report of the UN Group of Experts, which contains dangerous inaccuracies and outright lies. This …

By Roland Atinkson On 30 November, Joseph Kony failed ” once again ” to sign the Final Peace Agreement negotiated in Juba between the LRA/M rebels and the Government of Uganda (GoU). The absence of Kony’s signature (and, thus, that of President Museveni), worries many in Acholi, and has contributed …

By Independent Reporter President Yoweri Museveni may have to visit Sembabule to try and quell the political fever that is once again engulfing that young district amid squabbling by factions of his NRM party. This follows the Supreme Court ruling of November 10 that dismissed yellow girl Hanifa Kawooya from …

By Onghwens Kisangala Civil Society Organizations, the government, donors and other stakeholders appear agreed that major reforms are necessary to improve the electoral process in Uganda. Yet little has been done so far although the 2011 presidential and parliamentary elections are bare two years away. Prof. Joe Oloka-Onyango pictured below, …

By Patrick Kagenda. One year since fuel scarcity hit, Uganda is still grappling with the shortage without a solution by the government. It started on Dec 30, 2007 with post-election violence in Kenya that saw the economies of its landlocked neighbours that depend on the northern corridor for imports, including …

By The Independent Reporter Commodity prices expected to tumble in 2009 The global financial crisis that started to show its effects in the middle of 2007 exploded in 2008. Around the world, stock share prices tumbled, financial institutions previously considered impregnable collapsed or were bought out, and governments even in …

By the Independent Reporter In spite of a booming real estate sector in Uganda, the country is suffering from a growing housing deficit of over 1.6 million units. In spite of the sector growing at 30% annually, the deficit keeps growing by 10,000 homes. But with over 200 companies involved …