In The Magazine

By Andrew M. Mwenda Dr Duncan Clarke, author of the `Crude continent: The struggle for Africa’s Oil Prize’ and CEO of Global Pacific & Partners spoke to The Independent’s Andrew Mwenda. Assuming president Museveni called you and said look, Duncan I want you to be my advisor, how do I …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The changing face of the Ugandan army and what it says about Museveni’s plans for the future Imade my career in the late 1990s and early 2000s in large part by investigating and reporting on corruption and incompetence in the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF). The …

By Julius Businge Business owners query new taxes on ICT, education, health, agriculture Francis Kamulegeya, the senior country partner for PriceWaterHouseCoopers in Uganda says “you cannot grow a sector without taxing it”. Kamulegeya’s view flips the common belief that “you cannot grow a sector without giving it incentives”. But Kamulegeya’s …

By Agencies Normal life had come to a standstill as people take pains to avoid physical contact with each other An epidemic of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa is now “out of control” with more than 60 outbreak hotspots, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said. …

By Agencies Scientists have said they may have unravelled how chronic stress leads to heart attack and stroke: triggering overproduction of disease-fighting white blood cells which can be harmful in excess. Surplus cells clump together on the inner walls of arteries, restricting blood flow and encouraging the formation of clots …

By Kanayo F. Nwanze An open letter to African Union heads of state on the occasion of the 23rd African Union Summit Judging from the daily outpouring of commentary, opinions and reports, you would think that there were two African continents. One of them is the new land of opportunity, …

By Flavia Nassaka Dependence on drugs that bring short-lived efficacy starts when you disobey prescription orders Sania Benezeri is diabetic and at one time she had so much pain in her legs that she could not sleep. In addition to her diabetes dose, the doctor prescribed for her some valium, …

By Kavuma-Kaggwa This time, commemoration of Buganda’s ` day of darkness’ had special significance On May 24, 2014 the Baganda from all areas of Buganda converged at Mengo Palace to remember May 24, 1966, the day of “darkness”, when Milton Obote, who was the Executive Prime Minister, ordered his troop …

By Julius Businge MazenMroue, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Uganda will soon be leaving Uganda to settle in his new position of Chief Operations Officer of MTN Irancell, MTN Group announced on June 25. He will be succeeded in Uganda by Brian Gouldie, the Chief Marketing Officer of MTN …

By Julius Businge The Government of Uganda through the National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) is committed to uplifting the standards of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry to benefit the country in terms of job creation and economic growth. Speaking at the BPO standards dissemination workshop in Kampala on …