In The Magazine

By Deogratias Harorimana The African development model is increasingly moving towards the Asian Tigers’ to seek solutions from within. When the North African public protests escalated into the greatest mass social revolution in the Arab world’s history, Western powers were surprised and many development partners remained cynical about its success. …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi When the Court of Appeal last month struck out a notice of appeal filed by Norbert Mao and his Democratic Party (DP) leadership to protect Mathias Nsubuga’s 2008 election as Secretary General, it appears to have thrown him to the wolves. “The ruling has cast aside …

By Peter Nyanzi Isaya Mulondo worked as a mechanic for construction firms in Kampala for 20 years before he retired at 54.  Eight years earlier, he had lost his first wife with whom he had three mature children.  He married again and bore two more children. On retiring, he got …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Activists for Change (A4C) National Coordinator Mathias Mpuuga, organisers of the Walk-to-Work campaigns that paralysed Kampala and neighbouring towns in April and early May spoke to The Independent’s Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi about a new round of protests. Why are the new protests necessary? I wouldn’t call …

By Frederick Golooba-Mutebi Unravels the mystery of cattle kraal diplomacy As soon as it was announced in print media in both countries, President Yoweri Museveni’s recent visit to Rwanda became the focus of attention for journalists and watchers of the two countries and the Great Lakes region in general. It …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The only difference between our politicians is one of power, not policy; eating, not serving Last week, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) held a meeting to discuss whether its members of the 8th Parliament who took the Shs20m “bribe” from President Yoweri Museveni to pass …

By Enock Musinguzi Uganda cannot sit on a green belt and continue to sit on its hands as the terminally arid region starves to death. In his ‘My African Journey’, Winston Churchill wrote “My journey is at an end, the tale is told………concentrate upon Uganda! Nowhere else in Africa will …

By Agather Atuhaire Uganda would probably not have over 30 percent of its citizens surviving on less than a dollar per day and about half of the population unemployed if one of its top potential industries was not underexploited. Tourism is Uganda’s second biggest foreign exchange earner, directly employing more …

By Rukiya Makuma Located at the foot of Nakasero hill, Nakasero Market had become famous for the daily heap of garbage that lay unattended to with a swarm of flies hovering between the rubbish and the fruits displayed for sale. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays would be terrible for road users …

By Stephen Kafeero Mohandas Ghandi once said: “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” The message embedded in these words is at variance with the thinking of many Ugandans today who take it upon themselves …