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Inside the discrimination, humiliation and mistreatment of Ugandans of Kinyarwanda culture THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M MWENDA | By And so it was that while going through the Ugandan section of my library this week, I picked a copy of President Yoweri Museveni’s autobiography, Sowing the Mustard Seed; the …

Researcher insists transition must be discussed seriously COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Who will succeed President Yoweri Museveni, and under what circumstances? Given President Museveni’s advanced aged—he turned 78 this year—his transition from power is no longer a purely theoretical debate. The issue looms over Ugandan politics. However, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Muhoozi project is on, say donors: They insist it must be discussed seriously THE LAST WORD Apartheid at Uganda’s immigration: Inside the discrimination, humiliation and mistreatment of Ugandans of Kinyarwanda culture ANALYSIS ICC …

Leaders who attended Kigali CHOGM 2022 must commit budgets to back pledges of doing more to ease Africa’s malaria burden COMMENT |  Tijani Salami & Roseline Orwa |  After a recent work trip to Kisumu City on Lake Victoria in western Kenya, I suffered a bout of malaria that left …

Recession: Three economists give their views NEWS ANALYSIS |  We are in a double bind right now. Prices are going through the roof but all the signs suggest that the economy is weakening. The answer to higher prices is normally to raise interest rates, but this also induces people and firms …

Is it really the most important meal of the day? HEALTH | AGENCIES | Breakfast is often described as the most important meal of the day, but is skipping this morning meal really detrimental to health? Breakfast literally means “to break the fast.” It is the first meal of the …

The choice between a costly, polluting future and low-cost energy alternative that secures us COMMENT |  Jean Baderschneider | Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread environmental disruption and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world faces …

It is unforgivable for NUP leaders to continue deceiving people that elections can bring change in Uganda COMMENT | ABBEY SEMUWEMBA | The Uganda presidential elections were held a year and a half ago, and the divisiveness, lies, and downright ignorance during Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s gamble has …

At least teachers should always schedule to strike during holidays to help students you teach COMMENT | MICHAEL WOIRA | A lot happens in this country of mine and sometimes I am forced to think that people have calendars of activities that they plan at every beginning of the year …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group has commended the government for putting together a pro-people 2022/23 budget, but has outlined areas that it wants prioritised so as to achieve tangible results. Speaking at a post-budget event held in Kampala on June 23, Julius Mukunda, …