By Dicta Assimwe IGG Bakus critics say releasing yet another report is pointless When the Acting Inspector General of Government (IGG) Raphael Baku released a new report on Nov. 18, he ironically was the first to throw mud at it. He derogatively described his statutory biannual Report to Parliament January …
Read More »Why Uganda is a dysfunctional state
By Andrew .M.Mwenda The 2011 elections are being contested against the background of an almost virtual collapse of the public spirit in Uganda. With our infrastructure and public services largely malfunctioning, with corruption the key organising principle of power, and with nepotism and personalism dominating our lives, we must ask …
Read More »New scramble and partition of Sudan puts AU on big trial
By Yusuf k. Serunkuma The battle to shape the future of Africa’s politics; put its growth on the correct line and ensure the security of its future generations is one filled with trials and tribulations. January 2011 will see Africa’s largest country, Sudan; get divided into two fragile dominions. (The …
Read More »Unusual expectations
By Marjoke A.Oosterom Acholi man says of President Museveni: “If you have many children, you cannot love all of them equally”, another wants to vote for the World Food Programme instead I am a development researcher based in the Acholi sub-region of northern Uganda. Recently, I was taken aback when …
Read More »Kagame meets Rwandans in Belgium
By the independent team & agencies Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrived in Brussels over the weekend at the head of a large delegation for a four-day state visit to Belgium, the government said on Monday, Dec.6. An official statement from the President’s Office in Kigali said attended the fifth edition …
Read More »Budget priorities
By Independent Team & Agencies Rwanda’s child policies praised in new Africa report A new report launched Dec. 6 by the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) has listed Rwanda among countries committed to investing in children. The report measures African government’s investment in children and confirms that a country’s commitment …
Read More »NRM’s tough choices Why Museveni will not support Mbabazi against independents
By eriasa mukiibi sserunjigi On Dec. 20, President Yoweri Museveni will take his re-election campaign to Kamuli district, home to three important members of his government. There will be no controversy around Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, who is looking to retain her seat as district Woman MP on …
Read More »NRM’s internal fights heat up
By the independent team Bukenya, Otafiire dropped from Museveni campaign team Mbabazi named in the plot Mid this year, President Yoweri Museveni received an intelligence report written against Vice President Gilbert Bukenya. Signed by then chief of Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Amos Mukumbi, the confidential report claimed that Bukenya was …
Read More »Bonding doctors
By Rukiya Makuma Government to retain certificates of medical workers to stem loss of human resource to better paying countries The College of Public Health in Mulago Hospital is a busy place as medical students, in their over-size white lab coats scurry around with what seems like a sense of …
Read More »Copyrighting ‘Another Rap’ is theft of Banyankore cultural property
By Mwambustya Ndebesa President Yoweri Museveni has applied to the Registration Service Bureau for exclusive intellectual property rights over the Banyankore Children’s rhyme song under the title “Another Rap”. For the non-Banyankore the general perception is that the two songs/rhymes/poems were a composition of Museveni. Those two songs/rhymes are old …
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