In The Magazine

By Harold Brown The US is reducing defense spending and will likely avoid commitments of military forces in Africa The European Union already faces considerable risks concerning its structure, uncertain economic recovery, north-south imbalances, and British ambivalence about membership. Exposure to bad outcomes in Africa, with its myriad security problems, …

By Tracy Gwambe Hooliganism tramps issues as FDC’s Adeke wins at Makerere University Anna Adeke Anna is the new guild president of Makerere University after she swept the polls on March 4 with 6000 votes and won in all, except one, polling stations. Her nearest challenger, Okot Boniface managed 2000 …

By Haggai Matsiko Uganda is only country in region with ties to embattled South African power generation giant Just days after cash-strapped ESKOM failed to secure a much anticipated tariff hike in South Africa, power sector players in Uganda fear trickle-down effects as the energy giant seeks alternative funding. Eskom …

By Charles Onyango-Obbo The normal, the unusual, and very strange things about Kenya election Kenya went to the polls on March 4. It was the first election under the new and quite liberal constitution that was adopted in August 2010. For Ugandans seeking to understand how the election played out, …

Kenya’s deputy Prime Minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, has won the presidential election by a very tight margin. Mr Kenyatta garnered 6,173,433 votes out of 12,338,667 total votes cast in last Monday’s election giving him 50.03 per cent required to win while his main challenger Raila Odinga garnered 5,340,546 (43.28) per cent. These figures …

By Andrew M. Mwenda In his willingness to change his mind in the face of new facts, he embodied the finest traits of intellectual self-confidence I spent most of Saturday March 2 night staring at my computer at home trying to write an obituary of the First Deputy Prime Minister …

By Ian Katusiime Ugandan student Titus Mawana, 22 who emerged among the winners of Apps4Africa, a technology business challenge that was conducted online with participants from 27 countries in Africa. Mawana stood out alongside two other African students from Nigeria and Ghana. His initiative Ffene is a low cost business …

By Julius Businge The Bank of Uganda has for the fourth consecutive month maintained the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 12% in March, according to the Monetary Policy Statement issued by the bank on March 5. The Bank said inflationary pressures have remained below single digits and that meant maintaining …

By The Independent Team Kenyans will today choose a president, members of parliament and senators, county governors and members of the newly formed county assembly. The Presidential race that has eight candidates vying for the post has been seen by many observers as mainly a two-horse race with Prime Minister …

By Bob Kasango The Catholic Church has had three African popes. Is 2013, the year of Africa? On Feb. 28, Benedict XVI will become the first pope to resign in almost 600 years. That is not just tradition; it is dogma. In the past 1000 years, only four other popes …