In The Magazine

By Jimmy Siya Oluka Joseph 57 an employee of Terrain Services Ltd narrowly survived death on Friday October18 after he was hit by an over speeding Boda-boda motorcycle along Entebbe road near Mildmay Uganda which left his right leg broken. He was rushed to St. Raphael of St. Francis Hospital …

By Kaushik Basu Study shows the bulk of poverty eradication is driven by economies’ overall income growth The World Bank has set two new goals for itself: ending extreme and chronic poverty in the world by 2030, and promoting shared prosperity, defined in terms of progress of the poorest 40% …

By Yury Fedotov The UN estimates that seven in ten women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence during their lifetime As many as 12 women are killed by their partners or family members every day in Europe alone. In 2008, more than one-third of all murders of women in Europe …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the International Criminal Court is seeking to usurp our sovereignty and why progressive Africa should reject it Last week, the African Union summit in Addis Ababa resolved to ask the UN Security Council to defer the case against President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya at the …

By Independent Team For over two decades, he has been contributing to the growth of business and industry in Uganda Sudhir Ruparelia, the chairman of the Ruparelia Group of Companies, who has for over two decades been contributing to the growth of business and industry in Uganda, has finally been …

By Independent Reporter Six stress management strategies everyone must learn It almost certain that we have all been there before – feeling stressed and burned out. Stress – a biological and psychological response experienced on encountering a threat that we feel we do not have the resources to deal with …

By Stephen Kafeero Promising new vaccine under trial provides hope to millions British pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline, says a malaria vaccine could be on the market by 2015. This would be the first vaccine for the disease that has claimed millions of people especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. The global NGO, Malaria …

By Ronald Musoke So why do some doctors there say the hospital is getting better? At around 11 O’clock on Oct. 7, the most vivid scene that symbolises Mulago Hospital’s current pitiable state unfolded as a high profile delegation visited one of the two maternity wards on the fifth floor …

By Ronald Musoke Two years ago the Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) filed a petition in the Constitutional Court seeking to secure a declaration that non-provision of essential maternal health commodities in government health facilities leading to the deaths of thousands of  expectant mothers is an infringement …

By Peter Nyanzi But having Oulanyah as Speaker poses new dangers Since his election to the lofty position of Deputy Speaker of Parliament on May 19, 2011, Jacob Oulanyah has rarely appeared on radio or TV talk shows. He has turned down almost all invitations. But on Saturday Oct.05, he …