In The Magazine

By Patrick Kagenda As part of the AAR CSR programme that is done monthly in selected areas to give back to communities the AAR Acacia clinic in partnership with Nakasero Blood Bank over the just ended weekend organized a blood donation exercise and health camp at Nakumatt supermarket Bukoto. This …

By Julius Businge Uganda, East Africa’s third largest economy has been urged to appropriately utilize its natural resources so as to better position itself among the poor but growing economies in Africa and the world in general. Speaking at the opening of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) meeting held …

By Patrick Kagenda After the Uganda Communications Commission issuing a notice to all telecom operators to stop sending unsolicited SMS to their clients, UTL has come up with an innovation that will enable a client to block any unsolicited SMS. In a statement, Uganda Telecom said it has introduced Do …

By Patrick Kagenda The Speaker of Parliament Rebbeca Kadaga has pledged parliament’s support to industries that promote agro processing in Uganda. Kadaga said this while meeting the new Managing Director of Nile Breweries Limited (NBL), and Rwenzori Bottling Company (RBC), Greg Metcalf, at her office on Monday, June 23, 2014. …

By Haggai Matsiko Is she the reason Uganda’s most expensive parliament cannot deliver? The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, continues notching good ratings in opinion polls and among commentators on public affairs. However, the same cannot be said of her House and its 385 legislators.  In a recent poll by …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How Lincoln made history on slavery and Museveni succumbed to the pressures for social conservatism I have been forced by friends and fans to reply to Joseph Bossa’s otherwise good defence of former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (The Independent May 02-08 and Daily Monitor May 11). …

By Patrick Kagenda Impact of international travel ban to Kenya on arrivals to Uganda being watched Uganda’s tourism sector is keenly looking out for spill-over effects of security advisories against non-essential travel to regional flagship destination Kenya.   Amos Wekesa, the Chairman of the Uganda Tour Operators Association, says Uganda has …

By Yusuf K. Serunkuma Nothing wrong with artists trying to respond to the pervasive beat of western power, capital, and tastes Early this year, local Ugandan artistes brawled with radio and television music show hosts. The local music producers and singers were unhappy that local disk jockeys appeared to favour …

By Nicole Namubiru Why it’s a dangerous combination with chlorine and soap The feeling one derives from taking a warm bath on a very cold day is heavenly. On the contrary, taking a cold bath on an equally cold day feels like chewing sour herbs. But, how about, it is …

By Elizabeth J. Walt & John Dabney The power to surrender power When President Joyce Banda spoke at Nelson Mandela’s funeral this past December, she reflected on what she believed to be the most important thing that she had learned from Madiba, “leadership is about falling in love with the …