By Julius Businge Senior economist Augustus Nuwagaba from Makerere University has called on government to spend resources on critical sectors like infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing among others to grow the economy in the New Year, 2013. The central bank recently said the economy grew at 5.2% for the period ending December …

By Julius Businge The government of Uganda recently directed the Chinese embassy not to give out travel permits to Ugandan women under the age of 35 intending to travel to China for business. The directive came at a time amid reports that some women end up into prostitution instead of …

By Joan Akello MTN has announced that it has started installing Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, a ‘standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminal’, known as 4G technology. The network infrastructure upgrade plan will provide its customers with faster data access and speed of …

By Julius Businge Lawrence Bategeka, the acting principle and research fellow at the Economic Policy Research Centre at Makerere University has urged all players of the economy not to repeat the wrongs committed in the past year so we can have a better 2013. Bategeka told The Independent in an …

By the Independent Team The UN peacekeeping department has asked the Security Council to back the use of surveillance drones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), The UN wants to use the drones to monitor the vast eastern DRC border, where Rwanda has been accused of helping rebels fighting the …

By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition Uganda People’s Congress says it will not participate in 2016 elections if the electoral laws are not revised. While addressing Journalists at the UPC headquarters on Wednesday in Kampala, Prof. Lutalo Bossa the Vice President of the party said that the country is in crisis if …

By Julius Odeke The National Agricultural Advisory Services has transformed the livelihood of the rural farmers and they are doing pretty well compared to urban dwellers. The publicist for NAADs Anthony Wanyoto while in an interview with The Independent in Coline Hotel, in Mukono on Tuesday gave an example of …

By Aloysious Kasoma Uganda People’s Congress has said that the silence of the president Olara Otunnu is not because he is hiding or out of party activities but he is in Sierra Leon on international duties. The Vice President Prof. Lutalo Bbosa explained this in a discussion with journalists at …

By Aloysious Kasoma Adam Suleiman Kalungi the former Butaleja Woman MP Cerinah Nebanda’s boyfriend has been sent to Luzira after pleading guilty for having a part in the death of the youthful Member of Parliament. He claimed that Nebanda consumed cocaine so as to gain courage to air her views …

By Aloysious Kasoma Over 600 children between the ages of 6 and 18 yesterday started the annual two-week long training camp on cultural and life empowering skills code-named Ekisaakaate at Trinity College Nabbingo on Masaka Road. The office of the Nnabagereka says the camp, which has drawn participants from across …