In The Magazine

By Haggai Matsiko How close links to Mbabazi  cost Chinese US$3bn deal When Uganda’s Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi visited China in June last year, he met with Wang Yilin, the chairman of China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC).   At the time, The Independent heard from sources that the two discussed …

By The Independent Team One of Uganda’s leading comedians of Pablo Live says some people find him extremely hilarious, and others dead boring and annoying. Pablo reveals why he lives each day like it is his last How different is Kenneth Kimuli from Pablo? There is a thin line between …

By Haggai Matsiko Loic Laurandel served as Total Exploration & Production General Manager for four years. The Independent’s Haggai Matsiko spoke to him about his tenure before he left for Bolivia. As you depart, if someone asked you, `how is the oil sector in Uganda?’ what would be your summary? …

By Andrew M. Mwenda East Africa has been billed as the next manufacturing hub for global markets. Will our politics allow it? The South Korean ambassador to Uganda, Park Jong Dae, recently referred me to an article by George Friedman in the online journal, Geopolitical Weekly titled The PC16: Identifying …

Kawanda researchers refute allegation of using Ugandans as guinea pigs Ever since news broke in mid-June that Australian and Ugandan researchers had genetically engineered the so-called `superbanana’, claims have been aired that the enriched banana is nothing new and that Ugandans have been consuming it for a long time. Most …

By Joseph were From American protégé to near pariah When former President Idi Amin Dada died in August 2003, an American professor, Dr Ralph Nurnberger, published an article in The magazine of International Economic Policy under the title; “Why Sanctions (Almost)Never Work”. Dr Nurnberger, who is an expert on foreign …

By Flavia Nassaka More women, and men, flirting with disaster The beauty salon in downtown Kampala was recommended to me by a friend as  a good spot to get a basic cleaning of my face by a professional beautician.  Irene Nangobi, who runs the clinic, has built quite a reputation.  …

By Mark Esposito When the job market rewards whom you know more than what you know – the well-connected With Thomas Picketty’s controversial book Capital in the Twenty-First Century topping several bestseller lists, income inequality – which has been on the rise since the 1970s – is once again capturing …

By Morris DC Komakech Despite the increase in global wealth, global inequalities have also expanded We have reached that phase of life where our imagination of foreign cultures, traditions, and certain practices should have changed for good. The technological boom in the last two decades has fused the world, bringing …

By Esther Dyson All participants should identify for themselves or their organisation what the purpose of the conference is This is conference season – a critical time for building brands, making connections, and shaping industries. Indeed, though people increasingly learn and interact online, we retain a fundamental need to engage …