The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
COVER STORY
Muhakanizi , Isabalija `fight’ sparks Shs30bn UEGCL audit: Finance Ps controls government purse, but new Energy PS has Museveni’s ear
THE LAST WORD
Uganda’s real oil curse: How our overblown expectations of what oil is going to do for our country are likely to cause trouble
ANALYSIS
Fast tracking Uganda’s oil: Government, oil companies finally appear to be chasing some useful deadlines
FRANKLY SPEAKING
Sheebah on her music and fighting rejection: When Sheebah Karungi Samalie held her maiden concert that attracted multitudes of people to Hotel Africana People’s Space arena, it was a dream coming true for the 27 year old
RWANDA
A day in the life of Rwanda’s first lady: Rwanda, striving for gender equality, serves as an example of how a nation could be built by communities
TOURISM
There’s no better time to see Rwanda’s majestic gorillas: This year marks an amazing feat in wildlife conservation: 50 years of dedicated efforts to save Africa’s rare mountain gorillas. Spearheaded by the extraordinary work of the late Dian Fossey
ANALYSIS
Refinery offers golden opportunity: New $20m firm welcomed but analysts say government must strengthen legal and monitoring framework of mineral sector
BUSINESS
Tech entrepreneur reflects on challenges of cashless economy: Financial technology experts from 40 African countries are converging this month in, Lagos, the commercial city of Nigeria
BUSINESS
High expectations in coffee sector: Good prices, increasing production excite UCDA
HEALTH
Mental illness rising: New WHO report shows Uganda among hardest hit countries in the world
Why tuberculosis persists: Many of history’s greatest personalities; Eleanor Roosevelt, George Orwell, Franz Kafka all died of TB
OBITUARY
Entrepreneurial icon Katatumba succumbs to cancer of the colon
ARTS
Nnaggenda’s neo-traditionalism gets another life
MOTORING
Buying new tyres, to align, balance or not?: Buying new vehicle tyres in Uganda can be quite tricky.
