By Haggai Matsiko Election case haunts President’s party On Friday October 22, 2010, President Yoweri Museveni held a heated meeting at State House, Entebbe, with a little-known former aide of his, Capt. Daudi Ruhinda Maguru. Present at the meeting was Adolf Mwesige, who was then-minister in the Prime Minister’s office …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How economic performance indexes contradict assumptions about the corruption and ineptness of our government Sometime in 2001, former Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres visited Uganda. At that time he was Managing Director of the World Economic Forum. At a conference also attended by President Yoweri …

By Angella Abushede and Muthoni Karubiu The Preferential Trade Area Bank (PTA), also known as the Eastern & Southern African Trade & Development Bank, held a Bank Business Seminar at Sheraton Hotel in Kampala on the 27th of June. The event was organized in conjunction with the Uganda National Chamber …

By Stephen Kafeero GEMS Cambridge International School is set to join the growing list of international schools in Uganda and will open its first Ugandan campus this September in Butabika, Kampala. GEMS, the largest K-12 private education operator in the world has a global network educating 130,000 students from over …

By Joan Akello The officer in charge of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Jason Mosomi Mochache says the 2 year local currency bond that attracts 25 percent yield will finance infrastructure and develop African capital markets. It is noted that foreign currency denominated liabilities have frequently financed local currency activities …

By Stephen Kafeero In a drive to bring specialist health services nearer to the masses, the Association of Surgeons of Uganda  has today received a donation of Shs5 million from Umeme Uganda Ltd  as a boost to their week long campaign scheduled to take place in Teso Sub region. The …

By Joan Akello After delays over jitters of bribery amongst bidders and ministry of energy officials, government has contracted Sinohydro Corporation, a Chinese firm to construct the 600MW Karuma dam. It is estimated the project will cost $1.65 billion (about Shs 4.2 trillion) to develop the dam and a transmission …

By Haggai Matsiko It was in the last part of his speech to the UPDF High Command, but President Yoweri Museveni’s comments about his son, Brig. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, have become the talking point among the officers that The Independent has spoken to since. On May 22, just a day before …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the selection process in our politics tends to produce low caliber leaders I am inclined to believe countries get leaders they deserve. I am also inclined to believe that countries don’t get leaders they deserve. How does one reconcile this apparent paradox? Well, each statement …

s By Stephen Kafeero The Rwandan Ambassador to Uganda H.E Frank Mugambagye has refuted claims attributed to Rwandan students who fled to Uganda in pursuit of asylum, that they were being conscripted into the M23 rebel group among others as baseless and ridiculous. The diplomat who was speaking to the …