By Julius Odeke Its three days to elections in Butaleja district where electorates shall go to polls to vote for the woman Member of Parliament filling the vacant post that was left empty after the death of Cerinah Nebanda. The electoral Commission has slated February 11 to be the day …

  By Haggai Matsiko Maverick army general’s letter divides army Gen. Muntu, Maj. Kazoora, Col. Kulayigye, Col. Mwesigye react It’s difficult to guess what Gen. David Sejusa aka Tinyefuza, the maverick Coordinator of Military Intelligence and Senior Advisor to President Yoweri Museveni, is thinking. But you can bet anytime that …

By Andrew M. Mwenda An examination of the growing power and tyranny of international human rights organisations International human rights groups largely founded and financed by the West have increasingly become powerful voices shaping politics in Africa. Their voice is respected by governments and mass media in the West. Given …

By Feliciah Kanyesigye The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) released the Uganda Certificate of Education results on Feb. 7 at statistics house in kampala. According to the UNEB executive secretary, Matthew Bukenya, the UCE examinations were conducted successfully with no leakages and few cases of malpractice. Statistics indicate that of …

By Sarah Namulondo President Museveni has responded to the Sunday Monitor Feb 3rd published interview of Dr. Besigye. In his letter “clarifications of Besigye’s lies” he said Dr Besigye submission that the NRM has failed the economy by not living up to the point number five of the NRM programme …

By Julius Odeke 20 journalists in Uganda have completed a training workshop on safety and personal security run by ARTICLE 19. The training sessions have been designed to provide vital skills to enable them to work more effectively in an increasingly hostile environment for journalists. “This is a timely training …

By Julius Odeke The African Water Facility offered a 1 million euro grant to the Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI) to support their Kawempe Urban Poor Sanitation Improvement Project (KUPSIP). The project is designed to provide affordable and sustainable sanitation services to over 100,000 urban poor living in the Kawempe …

By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition Uganda People’s Congress has called for critical reforms in the education system to avoid the division in some parts of the country. Prof. Joseph Bossa the UPC Vice President while addressing journalists on Wednesday in Kampala said that UPC is concerned that the future of Uganda …

By Geoffrey Mutegeki Araali Journalists and other human rights defenders are to get better legal, medical and family assistance under a 1.8 million Euros project launched byPan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (PAHRD-Net). The chairperson of PAHRD-Net, Hassan Shire Sheikh, said the3-year project aims at meeting the protection needs of human …

By Aloysious Kasoma The administration of the Nakivubo Blue Primary School has rubbished allegations that the school was closed down by Kampala Capital City Authority. Lwanga Kizza the headmaster of the more than 50 years old school confirmed to The Independent that what is circulating in the media about the …