COLUMNISTS

By Andrew M. Mwenda How our admiration of Western systems has more do with how it perceives itself than the reality of its being I still cannot explain what got into my head recently to re-read William Shirer’s, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, a 1,200 pages tour …

By Nicholas Opiyo WENRECo needs government support in West Nile electrification plans Recently, West Nile Rural Electrification Company (WENRECo) applied for a tariff review to the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA). This follows earlier attempts in 2008 and 2010 to increase the tariffs both of which were deferred by the power …

By Nabusayi L. Wamboka State House, which caters for the welfare and security of the President and his VP, is perennially underfunded The Monitor story published under the headline “State House budget hits record Shs 200 billion” (Daily Monitor April 11, 2013) is not only alarming and ill intentioned, it …

By Martin Neil Baily and Susan Lund The trend is leading to fragmented global financial systems, with countries relying on domestic capital For three decades, financial globalisation had seemed inevitable. New information technologies made it possible to conduct transactions halfway around the world in the blink of an eye. Savers …

By Denis Musinguzi The irony of enforcing discipline within an undisciplined system The expulsion from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party and, according to NRM Secretary General from parliament, of the four rebel-dubbed Members of Parliament, MPs Wilfred Niwagaba, Muhammad Nsereko, Barnabas Tinkasimire Ateenyi and Theodore Ssekikubo for indiscipline has, …

By Kavuma-Kaggwa Political coalitions about power and wealth are best negotiated before, not after, the signing The people of Kenya have just completed their big and historical general elections. The elections were big and historical because they ushered in a new and young generation of leaders from the old guard. …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How party’s tolerance of rebel MPs was typical of its tolerance of other ills and a danger to democracy Finally, the NRM decided to expel it’s so called “rebel MPs”. Many critics of President Yoweri Museveni and the NRM have denounced this decision. The MPs themselves …

By Nokwanda Mngeni Eskom needs more water to generate more electricity Refer to the article “Jitters over Eskom money troubles” (The Independent March 8) that mainly covers implied financial troubles in South Africa emanating from the awarding of a lower tariff than requested for by National Energy Regulator of South …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the President’s success in retaining power rotates around his obsessive focus on all threats to it. A friend recently sent me a text message saying: “Man, what’s up with the Mbuya and Bombo attacks and an attempt on Kale. Ankunda’s answers in the Observer and …

By Haggai Matsiko Uganda survives fatal precedent on US$404 m Heritage Oil case Uganda’s recent win in the US$404 million tax dispute against Heritage Oil and Gas Limited (HOGL) is critical not only because of the money involved but the precedent it sets for the country’s oil sector. By challenging …