In The Magazine

By Juma A. Okuku In the last 20 years, President Museveni has continuously talked about the need for Uganda to industrialise so as to be able to provide for its people. In this five-part insight, Juma A. Okuku looks at why we have failed so far and what we must …

By Onghwens Kisangala The Indenpendents Onghwens Kisangala interviewed eminent Ugandan academic Prof. Dani Wadada Nabudere about a broad range of issues. This interview was done before the final results of the US election were known, and before Parliament absolved Security Minister Mbabazi in the Temangalo scandal. Below, excerpts: The country …

By Andrew M. Mwenda A few weeks ago, a Western diplomat invited a couple of us to lunch to discuss the major challenge facing our nation and what the West ‘should do’ (I would have preferred ‘should not do’) about it. As I listened to Ugandan colleagues speak, I got …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Presidential pledges in Uganda today stand at a record Shs 120 billion. These are promises of assistance the president makes to different groups, individuals and institutions and are paid for by the state. They have been accumulating over the years, some for over a decade. Intended …

By Independent Team On the evening of Wednesday October 29, Adolf Mwesigye, the minister of State for General Duties in the Office of the Vice-President, led a group of MPs to Buziga Country Resort in Kampala. The MPs had earlier attended a meeting at Security Minister Amama Mbabazi’s Akii-Bua Road …

By The Independent Team The Independent interviews former Mbarara Municipality MP, Winnie Byanyima You are the director of UNDP in New York. Dont you think you left a gap in the opposition politics in Uganda? Not at all! I think that my exit from national politics here gives opportunity for …

By Andrew M. Mwenda On November 4, Americans go to the polls to elect a president in what USA media has been calling a ‘historic election.’ Of course, there is nothing ‘historic’ about it except for the fact that one candidate ‘ Barack Obama ‘ is referred to as African …

By The Independent Team When embattled Security Minister and NRM secretary general John Patrick Amama Mbabazi gave his first media interview amid allegations of misconduct in the Shs 11 billion NSSF-Temangalo land deal involving himself and business partner Amos Nzeyi, the minister warned his detractors [read political vultures] that their …

By Onghwens Kisangala Two weeks ago, over 40 people died in separate road accidents across the country in just one week. The Independents Onghwens Kisangala spoke to State Minister for Works, John Byabagambi, and asked him for how long will the carnage continue. Excerpts: There are more deaths on our …

By Rosebell Kagumire It was a teary reunion as Florence Nakyanzi met her 17-year-old son just over eight years since he was taken from their home in Kikonda village, Kibale district. For Irumba Bushobozi, Nakyanzis son, it was ray of light on his long way back home. Nakyanzi, a widow …