COLUMNISTS

By Morris DC Komakech The debate raging between top American entrepreneur and former Microsoft CEO, Bills Gates, and the world celebrated micro-economist, Jeffrey D. Sachs of the Earth Institute at Columbia University touches on the core of Global Health. (Refer to Uganda’s The Independent magazine: Why Jeffrey Sachs matter by …

By Jude Kagoro Why homosexuality and alternative sexuality will be tolerated in Uganda in the near future In the course of my recent working visit to Uganda I, on countless occasions, found myself holding discussions on the Anti-homosexuality Bill (now law). This was not surprising because the discourse surrounding the …

By Peter Nyanzi The unaddressed issues in President Museveni’s State of the Nation address At any particular time, there are five things that should be of utmost interest to any head of state.  These are the things they are expected to talk about at any opportunity; more so during mandatory …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The problem is that economists, journalists, politicians, analysts, and everyone else think they know I am writing this article from Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Sitting on the reading table in my suite in my hotel, I can see through the window a forest of …

By Peter Nyanzi The Daily Monitor boss’ expertise should drive the agenda at macro not micro level On reading The Daily Monitor’s lead story: “Opposition rigged Luwero elections – Museveni” on May 28, I immediately got a worry that someone at the newspaper was going to face disciplinary action from …

By Mwambutsya Ndebesa Christians at the shrines be offered theological guidance Uganda is a superstitious prone country.  There are some Ugandans who must sacrifice an animal and sometimes human beings because they want to be rich.  Ugandans sacrifice in order to get blessings or to cover a new car or …

By Joseph Bossa We have a situation where the employee is extremely vulnerable and the employer is extremely strong When the chairman of the National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) rose to speak on May 1, during the celebration of Workers’ Day or Labour Day, as he had done on …

  By Rugaba Agaba Game changer or game over for Uganda? The Independent’s cover: “Inside Umeme shares deal: Energy sector attracts big money, investor makes Shs 200 billion” (Issue 318, May 23, 2014) covered the Secondary Public Offer (SPO) by national electricity distributor, Umeme Ltd. The story insinuated that the …

By Mwambutsya Ndebesa Christians at the shrines be offered theological guidance Uganda is a superstitious prone country.  There are some Ugandans who must sacrifice an animal and sometimes human beings because they want to be rich.  Ugandans sacrifice in order to get blessings or to cover a new car or …

By Andrew M. Mwenda What the new executive editor at Daily Monitor is doing and what it means for our profession The new Executive Editor at Daily Monitor, Malcolm Gibson, has begun a very important conversation about journalism at that newspaper which may be important for our industry generally. He …