COLUMNISTS

By Bob A. Kasango Let us all know that injustice anywhere is ultimately injustice everywhere In the January 31, 2009 issue of Newsweek magazine, Fareed Zakaria wrote about how in May 2006, a unit of American soldiers in Afghanistan’s Uruzgan valley were engulfed in a ferocious fire fight with the …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Given Libya’s tribal cleavages, the contours of conflict will deepen ethnic tensions and threaten the institutional integrity of the state Now, the complexity of the political problems of Libya is becoming apparent. There is a lot of back and forth shift in fortunes between rebels and …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Uganda is now caught up in the contradiction of extreme wealth alongside excessive poverty and extreme luxury alongside mass deprivation After a long period without any public issue around which to galvanise popular discontent in their favour, the opposition in Uganda has finally found one in …

By Bright Arinaitwe I do not know many educated people who support President Museveni’s regime unless they enjoy personal benefits from it directly or indirectly. The level of education has a big role to play in a country’s democratisation process. Poor and uneducated people do not know how their vote, …

By Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba What appears as resistance to college formation is nothing other than some individuals hiding under trivial issues to protect their interests. The idea of turning Makerere University into a collegiate was first discussed by Makerere University Council during the tenure of Professor William Senteza Kajubi as …

By Henry Zakumumpa Researchers are yet to fully understand the causes of discordance among couples although several researches are ongoing. Habib Mukasa plies the Mombasa-Kampala route transporting second hand Japanese cars for a major car dealer with a bonded warehouse in Nakawa in Kampala. Mukasa spends the better part of …

By Andrew M. Mwenda A great business can close in infancy, not because it is loss making but because it cannot get credit to overcome its initial cash flow constraints. Here is the performance of Uganda’s banks in 2010: Out of the 22 registered banks, 14 made profits, two broke …

By Andrew M. Mwenda An African leader who fights corruption will face resistance from powerful vested interests using democracy to subvert his reforms Next month, Rwanda commemorates 17 years since the genocide. Most of its citizens look back at what they have achieved with both pride and humility. The society …

By Bob Kasango Deployment of security forces at Mengo court contributed to the disregard of the High Court order and assaulted independence of our judiciary. The saga involving the vote recount in Rubaga Division in Kampala is bringing to the fore again the clash between the judiciary and the executive. …

By Ellady Nuyambi Ambassador Julius Onen, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, the Minister Kahinda Otafiire and official document on the ministry’s website at www.mtti.go.ug confirm that the museum building will be demolished and the artifacts therein will be stored for up to 10 years until construction of …