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By The Independent Team Joel Sebunjo, 30, is a folk East African musician who has been recognized worldwide for his skill in playing the West African instrument, the Kora. What or who is the greatest love of your life? Music and travel. What is your idea of perfect happiness? In …

By The Independent Team Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi was in Boston, USA recently on a private visit and spoke to Ugandan Diaspora News Online Editor, Ronnie Mayanja. Excerpts follow: How would you describe your relationship with the First Family in Uganda in light of the recent allegations and reports that …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How Museveni has centralised and personalised while at the same time decentralised and institutionalised it with the help of his opponents Last week, a very successful Ugandan businessman invited me visit a big project he is doing in collaboration with the government on one of its …

By Joan Akello The activists say criminalisation is counterproductive to HIV prevention strategies as it will serve only to target, persecute and punish people living with HIV.  This is after members of parliament passed the HIV Prevention and Management Bill 2010 on May 13. “Uganda is already facing a serious …

By Patrick Kagenda Uganda`s minister for works and transport Engineer James Byandala has advised Ugandan contractors to emulate the working standards of international companies engaged in the construction of the Ugandan infrastructure. Byandala said this while on his recent visit of the Hoima-Kaiso-Tonya road being constructed by Turkish construction company …

By Waney Squier Have we been wrongly imprisoning parents on the basis of a flawed hypothesis? The most tragic event that can befall new parents is the sudden, unexpected death of their baby. Perhaps the only thing worse is the parents being wrongly accused of causing the death, and indeed …

By Mariette Le Roux Scientists find something special within young blood that can improve many aspects of ageing Young blood may hold the long-sought cure for the decline of the ageing brain, according to research which showed injections of juvenile mouse blood boosting learning and memory in older rodents, scientists …

By Stefan Heck and Matt Rogers Forward-thinking entrepreneurs are already reaping the benefits of this fast-moving revolution The world is on the threshold of the biggest business opportunity in a century, rivaling both the first Industrial Revolution, which transformed labour productivity, and the second, which mobilised unprecedented amounts of capital …

By Jude Kagoro A modern police force and justice system can only be founded on well-structured and functioning social institutions The trinity doctrine that is central to the Christian faith defines God the father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as co-eternal and one of the same essence—the three are …

By Haggai Matsiko  Museveni’s sole candidature stumbles, amidst money fights President Yoweri Museveni has a heck of a job restoring order in his ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ahead of the 2016 polls.  The fallout with his Premier and party Secretary General Amama Mbabazi over the latter’s perceived …