COLUMNISTS

By Joseph Bossa Will Ugandans and donors wake up and fight corruption or tolerate it to the extent that it ceases to shock? A little more than forty years ago, an observation was made that foreign aid was aid from the poor people of the rich countries to the rich people …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The war on corruption is first and foremost a war over values and these have to be embedded in society first Let me finish the argument on corruption I left hanging last week: that actually, a war on corruption is as much a war of values …

By Yusuf Serunkuma Debating the morality verses pragmatism of abandoning a project simply because an official has swindled money Dealing with social ills such as corruption pragmatically, that is, realistically, as opposed to moralistically or ideally continues to divide discourse on how societies should respond to ills for the benefit …

By Sarah Namulondo Four HIV/AIDS patients have died in Amuru district after taking expired ARV’s for eight months. The drugs which were clarified as expired by medical doctors were Nevarapine, Devodine and Namovadine tablets. The relatives of the deceased said that over the period of eight months the deceased started …

By Mugumya Amooti The opposition party’s spirit, character and practices have set an extemporary precedent in Ugandan politics Following the Nov. 22 successful and peaceful Delegates Conference, during which they elected a new party president, Uganda’s leading opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) deserves a warm hug. Other …

Many states in this world have corrupt officials. In Uganda, the corrupt have a state Over the last year Uganda has latched from one major corruption scandal to another. The paradox of our nation’s corruption is that although it goes on with impunity, it does not go on with impunity. …

By Axel Van Trotsenburg Poor countries have to prepare to adjust as traditional donor countries face fiscal hardships at home The World Bank’s fund for the poorest, IDA, was created more than 50 years ago to meet an urgent need—to make sure the world’s most vulnerable have a real chance …

By Kavuma-Kaggwa MTN makes huge amounts of revenue from Uganda annually and almost the whole of it goes to South Africa The giant telecom MTN of South Africa recently marked 14 years of operation in Uganda. In a congratulatory message on the occasion, the MTN Board Chairman, Charles Mbire, said …

By Joseph Bossa Moving forward: the uneasy days ahead A number of factors have been blamed for the unplanned state of Kampala city. The first one as we saw is the historical proximity of kibuga, the Buganda kingdom capital at Mengo, and the colonial Kampala Municipality capital and the dual …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The best way to save DRC is to let it burn. From the ashes of catastrophe lies the chance for a solution Last week, M23 rebels matched into the eastern Congolese town of Goma with very little resistance. The Congolese army simply dropped their weapons and …