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By Julia Spiegel & Noel Atama In the months since the armies of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan launched Operation Lightning Thunder, a joint military offensive against the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, the threat to civilians in the region has dramatically intensified. Efforts to negotiate …

By Julia Spiegel & Noel Atama In the months since the armies of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan launched Operation Lightning Thunder, a joint military offensive against the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, the threat to civilians in the region has dramatically intensified. Efforts to negotiate …

By Odoobo C. Bichachi Why a limping Museveni remains solid against toothless opposition According to the recently published findings of the Uganda Afrobarometer Survey conducted between July and September 2008, most Ugandans are dissatisfied with the way the country is being run not just on issues of bread and butter …

By Onghwens Kisangala Leaders from northern Uganda are bitter that their region is marginalised. The Independents Onghwens Kisangala asked the chairman of the Greater North parliamentary group to explain what their woos exactly are. Below are excerpts. Why do you say the north is marginalised? The facts are very clear …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The election of Jacob Zuma as President of Africa’s richest and most sophisticated country, South Africa, once again manifests the pitfalls of democracy in Africa. Zuma was on trial for rape (but was acquitted) and corruption (charges of which still remain). If he was a candidate …

By The Independent Team  Top Pub killing of 9, Mbabazi shooting raise questions about the state of the PGB, military Providing security to Ugandans was once high on the list of priorities of President Yoweri Museveni’s government. In his inaugural speech in 1986, President Museveni announced: ‘The second point in …

By Margaret Wakuri Madanda Colin Barigye’s piece ‘œFreedom Vs efficiency’ that appeared in The Independent (Issue 058) made interesting reading. Barigye takes on Andrew Mwenda’s seeming inconsistencies. He cites examples that when President Kagame, for instance, punishes corrupt officers, Mwenda praises him yet when President Museveni does the same, Mwenda …

By Onghwens Kisangala Last week, David Pulkol, the Director of African Leadership Institute (AFLI), was schedulled to present AFLIs parliamentary performance scoreboard prior to the release of the report on the performance of MPs. The MPs protested. The Independent’s Onghwens Kisangala talked to Pulkol about the issues surrounding the matter. …

By Patrick Kagenda As the Global Fund scandal nears a turning point following the conviction of Teddy Sseezi Cheeye for corruption and the list of suspects growing every other day, it has sucked in the Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry over Shs 380 million received from the Global …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Dear Colin, I read your letter regarding my views on the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, with interest and disappointment. Although you raise some legitimate issues, I was disappointed by its innuendoes and insinuations where you accuse me of being “journalist of fortune” and of ‘selling …