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By Andrew M. Mwenda I argued in this column last week that multiple checks and balances in public procurement in a country like Uganda tend to accentuate rather than control corruption. This is because multiple centres of control in a neo-patrimonial system do not create checks and balances as would …

By Kalundi Serumaga This is the second and last part of this Outlook as the author comments on technocrats and leaders `who remain silently loud on issues they once propagated. In Africa, capitalism first came in search of free labour giving rise to the transatlantic slave trade. It then developed …

By P. Matsiko wa Mucoori & Steven Kibuuka The LRA rebellion dates way back to 1987. It has now lasted about 22 years under Joseph Kony. Its quite intriguing how Kony, a semi-illiterate man who hardly went beyond Primary Seven and is not a known military strategist, could sustain a …

By G. Pascal Zachary The writer is the author of three books, Endless Frontier, The Diversity Advantage and Married to Africa. He was columnist for The New York Times, was foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and had taught journalism at stanford University and is now a visiting scholar …

By Obed K Katureebe Since Mr Chris Rutimbirayo Rwakasisi walked out of Luzira Maximum Security Prison in Kampala on January 20, speculation has been rife as why President Yoweri Museveni pardoned the man who spent 20 years on death row. Rwakasisi, who was the minister for security in the late …

By The Independent Team Muwanga at murder scene                                                                Witness sees victims being shot This is an edited version of the judgement of court which convicted Chris Rwakasisi on murder and sentenced him to death. Rwakasisi, the former Minister of State for Security in the President’s Office, was one of the …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Many people believe the existence of multiple institutions for accountability in public procurement provide ‘checks and balances’ on the process. This belief is born of the efficacy of such checks and balances in Western democracies rather than an objective study of how they work in a …

By Kalundi Serumaga There are times when a moment of silence can seem louder than actual noise. The current silence of those who were previously the vigorous advocates of imposing the Western neo-liberal economic doctrines of ‘donate, privatise and sell’ on Uganda, is one such moment. What little commentary they …

P. Matsiko wa Mucoori & Ongwens Kisangala Look, we have been told a million times: President Milton Obote rigged the 1980 elections. True, it happened. There is credible information of various forms of election irregularities orchestrated by Obote’s Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) in diverse places across the country. The rigging …

By Rosebell Kagumire Justice Joseph Mulenga has been a judge at the Supreme Court of Uganda for the last 12 years. Last week he retired from the bench. The Independents Rosebell Kagumire spoke to him on his last day in office about a range of issues. Excerpts:- My Lord, you …