By Yoga Adhola Historical facts do not bear the widely claimed view that the Kabaka was exiled because he rejected an East African federo On Oct. 8 Justice James Ogoola, Chairman of the Judicial Service Commission, delivered a lecture to the Uganda Law Society on “The rule of law in …
Read More »Good opinion poll culture
By Patrick Wakida (PhD) Research World International, The Independent and Daily Monitor Polls show high reliability Since the publication of the latest opinion poll on the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential race, which was conducted by Research World International (RWI) between Sept. 25 and Oct.3, a number of criticisms …
Read More »The failed state argument
By Cory Kuklick For everyday Ugandans, there is no clear winner in this annual debate A debate has recently picked up again in Kampala over whether Uganda should be considered a “failed state”. Makerere University professor Frederick Jjuko began the discussion last month at the National Dialogue on Freedom of …
Read More »‘Government must scale-up community-based interventions against Pneumonia’
Kampala, Uganda | Ronald Musoke| As the world marks World Pneumonia Day on Nov. 12, Malaria Consortium, an international public health non-profit is urging the Ugandan government to scale up life-saving community-based interventions to further bring down infant mortality and ensure child survival in the country. According to the NGO, Pneumonia …
Read More »Former MP Odit dies of pneumonia
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Odeke| The former eighth Member of Parliament for Erute North in Lango Hon. John Odit is dead. The late Odit shall be highly remembered for his immense role in unearthing the dirt in NSSF that led to the resignation of Chandia Jamwa. He was one of the …
Read More »Who will fight corruption?
By Andrew M. Mwenda With billions in stolen funds, the thieves are in a position to compromise investigations, prosecution and judgment Over the last few months, it has been exposed that officials in the office of the prime minister and in the ministry of public service stole over Shs 600 …
Read More »Uganda to get Climate Change Policy
Kampala, Uganda | Ronald Musoke| The Climate Change Unit in the Ministry of Water and Environment is in the process of initiating a national Climate Change Policy before the end of the year according to a top Ministry of Water and Environment official. The Climate Change Unit was created by the …
Read More »Economist tips on US economy
By Gerard Lyons The US election results not only see a return of President Obama for four more years but also the Republicans retaining Congress and the Democrats the Senate. Despite the uncertainty of the last few weeks, these are the very results the markets were expecting. The result is …
Read More »Umeme IPO oversubscribed
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The Umeme Initial Public Offering which closed on Nov. 7 has been oversubscribed by 35% by all categories of investors, officials said on Nov.8. They [officials] from Stanbic bank Uganda-the transaction advisor, African Alliance Uganda-the lead sponsoring broker said more than the 622, 378, 000 shares …
Read More »Air traffic controllers discuss safety
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge| The International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Association (IFATCA) has met in Kampala for the last three days [from Nov. 7 to 9] to discuss about safety issues in the aviation industry. IFATCA is an umbrella organisation that brings together professional associations of air traffic controllers …
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