By Julius Businge Budget priorities expected to enhance socio-economic transformation What should a Shs 15 trillion budget focus on in a country like ours?  A mini survey conducted by The Independent in Kampala on peoples’ perception about the budget found out that they were interested in seeing medicines in public …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why Uganda should move to privatise NSSF and other remaining publically owned or supervised enterprises Last week, Umeme issued a Secondary Public Offering (SPO) on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) to institutional investors (individual investors have their turn this week). The response by the market has …

By Jude Kagoro Re-interpreting the Uganda Police Force In the course of a six-month pre-field work preparation phase for research on the police practices in Uganda, I sat in my office at Bremen University in Germany reviewing articles on the force in the major Ugandan newspapers. In sum, the newspapers …

January Jan. 5: KCCA unveils $39billion Kampala Physical Development Plan (PDP) to cover the city’s development from 2012 to 2040 Jan. 7: 127 MPs sign petition to the speaker to recall parliament from recess to debate matters relating to the death of Butaleja Woman MP Cerinah Nebanda Jan7: Adam Kalungi …

By Joan Akello NTV’s tight turf tussle has turned lenses on some unusual strategies When new NTV Uganda Managing Director Aggie Konde Asiimwe took over in February she told staff: “I am happy to join the leading TV brand in the country that has come through the years. “I am …

By Morris Komakech The healthcare system requires restructuring to treat the community more than the individual A cloud of gloom has descended upon Uganda as global experts fear that the country is losing the gains it made in the early years in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Over the years, experts …

By Ivan Rugambwa New taxes to make Ugandans poorer, increase cost of doing business When the Finance Minister, Maria Kiwanuka reads the budget, she will announce a tax increment on fuel that experts fear will hike transport fees and prices for commodities. The increment was first announced on April 10, …

By Julius Odeke Outgoing French Ambassador Aline Kuster-Ménager spoke to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke. What has been your impression of Uganda? Before coming to Uganda, I read the book, My African Journey, written by Winston Churchill in 1906 describing Uganda as the “Pearl of Africa.” During my stay, I confirmed …

By Joan Akello The civil society is urging least developed countries (LDCs) to rethink signing treaties because they may get raw deals in the end. Ambassador Nathan Irumba the CEO of Southern and East African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) says the onus is on the negotiators for LDCs …

By Priscilla Muhairwe Leonah Mborimpa the Corporate communication Officer of NITA says “ National Information Technology Authority,[NITA] is partnering with Uganda Communication Commission and International Telecommunication Union on another project still in the pipeline to enable the effectiveness of innovation in the country to be called UG- CERT [Uganda- Computer …