In The Magazine

By Aloysious Kasoma Victoria University is set to lose support from the United Kingdom citing constraints of freedom of speech and homosexuality in Uganda. The UK based University of Buckingham posted the statement on their website on 8th January 2013 that they have been in discussion with Victoria University and …

By Joan Akello MPs seeking for the recall of parliament submitted signatures to the office of the speaker in her absence. The legislators want the speaker Rebecca Kadaga to summon parliament from recess and have a special sitting over the arrest of some MPs who made remarks following the death …

By Julius Odeke Al Shabaab has again suffered a major setback after AMISOM forces raided their base and inflicted heavy losses to the al Qaeda linked group, some 120km North West of Mogadishu in the thickets of the general areas of Balidoogle. The Ugandan contingent forces who have been following …

By Ronald Musoke Justice David Wangutusi has summoned the Luziira Prisons doctor to come to the Anti-Corruption Court on Jan.8 and explain to Court why Geoffrey Kazinda, the interdicted Principal Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister, is failing to honour his scheduled court hearings. Kazinda who is facing …

By Moses Ngorok China has pursued a bold policy of reaching out to countries in Africa in ways that advance Beijing‘s agenda When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. A phrase repeatedly and calculatedly used in American diplomatic circles to emphasize America’s superior economy and bully …

By Esther Dyson What will be the net economic value of people spending time attracting others’ attention by accumulating “likes”? I was recently posed the following question: “The most important way in which the Internet and online social media are changing our world is [fill in the blank].” My standard …

By Independent Analysts Will Uganda become an open dictatorship in 2013? On December 12, 2012, President Yoweri Museveni was in Russia and met with President Vladimir Putin at the Novo Ogaryovo, the official residence. It was an interesting meeting because, although President Museveni has been in power for 26 years, …

2012 was truly a year of lows; such as the crash of the UPDF choppers in Kenya, the unending tales of corruption in high places, and the spate of virulent attacks of Ebola and Marburg. But it is also a year when Uganda was lifted high when an unknown runner, …

By Julius Odeke The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission  (SRCC)  for  Somalia,  Ambassador  Mahamat  Annadif  has congratulated President  Hassan  Sheikh  Mahamoud,  his  government and  the  people  of  Somalia  on  the occasion of the 41st anniversary of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) and the …

Marking a generational change, Tata, who turned 75 on December 28, 2012, handed over the reins of the group to 44-year-old Cyrus Mistry who was chosen his successor in 2011 year and formally appointed Chairman in December 2012. Ratan Tata, who led the transformation of the Tata group from a …