In The Magazine

By Flavia Nassaka After an impressive start in 2011, the 9th parliament risks ending badly in 2016 Legislators are away in the constituencies campaigning in elections that have been set for February 18, 2016. Many of the MPs will not be in parliament when the new one is inaugurated in …

By Patrick Kagenda Presidential candidate Abed Bwanika began his campaign rallies in Kamuli and Buyende on Monday Nov. 9 while on Tuesday Nov.10 he was in Luuka and Iganga. On Wednesday Nov.11 he was in Namayingo and Bugiri and on Thursday Bwanika was in Kaliro and Namutumba. On Friday Nov.13 …

By Louis Kasekende The main challenges appear to be structural; with  inadequate investment in modern traded goods; sectors like labour intensive manufacturing and low labour productivity Two related issues are integral to the success of Uganda’s medium term National Development Plan and its long term economic prospects. The first issue …

By Agnes E. Nantaba & Ronald Musoke Will Besigye soldiers deliver in his ‘war’ aimed at ‘giving power back to the people?’ Ahead of the official kickoff of the presidential campaign on Nov.09, Dr. Kizza Besigye, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential aspirant in the 2016 general election wasted …

By Morris Ogenga-Latigo The fact about oil in Acholi should be made widely known to Ugandans There has been reluctance on the part of Acholi people to engage in the head-spinning oil pipeline debate that various newspapers have covered over the recent past (see `Oil firms, govts differ on export …

By Agather Atuhaire Reasons why Museveni, Besigye, Mbabazi are locked in fight over big crowds On Tuesday, Nov. 02, Uganda’s main daily newspaper, The New Vision, had on its front page an almost full-page photo of an overflowing crowd at President Yoweri Museveni’s Nov.01 nomination rally at Kololo Recreational Grounds …

Following the tabling of a number of amendments in the KCCA act in Parliament, Electoral Commission announced that it could not go on with Kampala Mayoral nominations until official guidance was given by the Minister of Kampala. However, that has all changed and the Electoral Commission announced that the nominations …

A man many thought of as aloof has slowly earned a position in the hearts of many (if the crowds have a story to tell). Former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi started his campaign in Masaka where he addressed crowds at the golf course. His journey to Masaka showed a man …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why the chaos and violence in the ruling party are a signal of its strength and weakness of the opposition The just concluded parliamentary and district primaries of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) were characterised by unprecedented violence, vote rigging and organisational chaos. For many analysts, …

By Flavia Nassaka Health sector experts say they pose new challenges The new World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, including requiring that Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs  are provided immediately a patient is diagnosedto be HIV positive, could be difficult to implement, according to health sector experts. Previous WHO guidelines required doctors to …