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By Agather Atuhaire NRM favourite for speaker loses to a “rebel” as parties assess damage, victories and future The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party was supposed to be the ultimate victor in the election of Uganda’s delegates to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Of the nine seats, it took …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Varsity left short of 1,200 lecturers Makerere University is daunted by vacant academic staff posts leaving its few lecturers overloaded and fatigued, a 2011 value for money audit report by Auditor General reveals.  The university is supposed to have 2,491 academic staff in its eight colleges …

By Agather Atuhaire Mutual suspicion undoes the fragile unity of the Parliamentary opposition and hands victory to the NRM A conflict between opposition parties Forum for Democratic Change and Democratic Party has destroyed any hope of opposition unity and jeopardized equitable party representation in the East African Legislative Assembly. On …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Research World International (RWI) published its first ever political opinion poll on May 22 which has become controversial. Dr. Patrick Wakida, who is the chief researcher and RWI chief executive, spoke to The Independent’s Mubatsi Asinja Habati. What motivated you to do this political poll? It …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Hardly two months after an Afrobarometer opinion poll indicted President Yoweri Museveni’s management of Uganda and provoked the ire of First Lady Janet Museveni, another poll has arrived at a similar conclusion: Most Ugandans want the old man out. Near the top of the list of …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi As the Lord Mayor attempts to build bridges with the NRM majority in KCCA, his own opposition base is getting nervous Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago seemed to have a clear strategy concerning disagreements over running the city. He would position himself as a pro-people leader …

By Agather Atuhaire Does NRM’s overwhelming Parliamentary majority give it license to silence other voices in the regional assembly? Uganda’s Parliament risks frustrating commencement of the 3rd East African Legislative Assembly with its unwillingness to implement a ruling of the East African Court of Justice with respect to how Uganda’s …

By Agencies More than 10,000 people have fled from DR Congo to neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda following clashes between the Congolese army and rebels, officials said. Fighting raged on in the jungle region where rebel leader General Bosco Ntaganda — known as the “Terminator” and wanted in The Hague for …

By Annah Natukunda But Ugandan experts warn that its time here has not yet come On May 10, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that the antiretroviral drug TDF/FTC (brand name Truvada) be licensed for use as an HIV/AIDS vaccine, moving the world one step closer to a …

By Rukiya Makuma Analysts argue that an across-the-board pay rise is impossible to the large number of Uganda’s teachers What is a 15 percent pay increase against 24 percent inflation? To which category of teachers? How is it going to be administered? Is it realistic?” asked Teopista Birungi Mayanja, general …