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The Independent Team Following the flight of Rwanda’s former chief of intelligence services Lt. Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa to exile in February this year, The Independent sought out Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Uganda, Maj. Gen. Frank Mugambagye. Mugambagye was Nyamwasa’s Deputy Chief of Staff in the mid to late 1990s before …

By Independent Team The inside story How Kayumba escaped from Rwanda Details of his last meeting with RPF and RDF officials Kagame’s telephone calls looking for him Tumukunde, Biraro and Pecos Kutesa named in his case Early on the morning of February 28 a bus parked outside the ministry of …

By Rukiya Makuma & Dicta Asiimwe Bad habits, poverty, and bureaucracy have turned Kampala into the pothole capital of the world There was a time when it was fun driving down Rotary Avenue or Lugogo Bypass as it is commonly known. As a dual carriage, with minimal traffic and few …

The Independent Team Bidandi Ssali is the presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Progressive Party (PPP). The Independent’s Isaac Mufumba talked to the former Local Government minister,founder member of the Uganda Patriotic Movement and the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) who quit to form the PPP. Why has the PPP not …

By Andrew M. Mwenda   Last week, President Yoweri Museveni gave his State of the Nation address in a grandiloquent fashion. He was detailed in showing off the key achievements of his administration, not just over the last year but since he came to power. The economy has been growing …

By Dicta Asiimwe International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo said the ICC would intervene to deliver the promise of non-repetition of conflicts and atrocities against humanity. He was addressing parliamentarians for global action at Parliament in Kampala on May 27. He promised to end impunity through the ICC. The …

By Isaac Mufumba Last month President Museveni issued two directives. First was the order to re-document former soldiers to enable government pay pension to them or their families in case of the deceased.The second was the directive to the Ministry of Public Service to lower the retirement age from 60 …

By John Njoroge The success of CHOGM [Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting] notwithstanding, I do not condone the actions of those public officials who abused procedures and mismanaged any resources allocated to them for the event. The Government will ensure that the necessary punitive action is taken against officials abusing …

By Barrack Obama Today, May 24, I signed into law the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009.  The legislation crystallises the commitment of the United States to help bring an end to the brutality and destruction that have been a hallmark of the LRA across …

By John Njoroge IGG says he is ready for the trial Three former health ministers Jim Muhwezi, Mike Mukula and Alex Kamugisha and State House aide Alice Kaboyo could be back in the dock following the Constitutional Court ruling that the Inspector General of Government (IGG) has powers to prosecute …