Tag Archives: Analysis

In this week’s THE INDEPENDENT COVER STORY Unmasking TVO: An investigation reveals who really is behind Facebook character. THE LAST WORD Why are Ugandans so angry?: How economic success has tended to create more political trouble for Museveni than comfort. ANALYSIS Corruption growing in local governments: Auditor General names most …

  COVER STORY MPs catch Shs500bn ‘mistakenly’ given to defense budget: Museveni was planning to use money to buy spying equipment, say MPs NEWS ANALYSIS Why Kenya lost fight for AU top job: And why East Africa lost more over outdated voting habits at continental body THE LAST WORD Why …

COVER STORY  Museveni’s eye on intelligence: What ISO boss Barya’s fall, many reshuffles mean. THE LAST WORD In defense oil cash bonanza: Why it was morally right to reward public officials for winning Shs1.6 trillion worth of government revenues. SPORT The rise of Denis Masinde Onyango: The Independent reflects on …

THE LAST WORD Economic growth Vs development: Don’t judge Uganda by where it is but by the speed at which it is growing. COVER STORY Scandal over Museveni’s Shs 6bn ‘handshake’: Stars of anti-corruption fight caught in secret deals with President. SPORTS What does Uganda Cranes need more in Gabon: …

COVER STORY Kizza Besigye’s biggest mistake: On Feb.2, Kizza Besigye, the former Presidential flag bearer for the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), called the press to announce a new pressure group he is calling the People’s Government Network. THE LAST WORD ECOMOG’s Gambian gamble: The likely dangers of the Western …

In this week’s issue of The Independent: COMMENT Yahya Jams: Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s decision to cling to power after initially conceding defeat in the Dec.01 election might be a result of his fear about how the victorious opposition might treat him. That has lessons for those opposing President Yoweri …

COVER STORY: Makerere University in the age of emotion and blackmail: Apparently, the university’s top management organ; the University Council, adopted paying the incentives without a proper budget. If it had budgeted, it would have realized that the incentives scheme was neither affordable nor sustainable as it is supposed to be …

Rwenzururu Omusinga Mumbere – Villain or victim? COVER STORY Inside Kasese massacre: What the government feared from Mumbere. COMMENT Killings in Kasese: Why Museveni in 2016 looks exactly like Obote in 1966 and how Kabaka Mutebi’s handling of the 2009 Buganda crisis yielded better results than the Rwenzururu King Mumbere’s …

IN THE INDEPENDENT THIS WEEK COVER STORY Kanyamunyu murder case: Why the police can’t win THE LAST WORD Andrew Mwenda on healthcare in poor countries: Why nations that are different exhibit similar health service dysfunctions ANALYSIS Tension as ISO fails to pay salaries for 6 months, Lacks operation funds: The Intelligence …

COVER STORY What next as Uganda President Yoweri Museveni loses `cadre judges’?: Chief Justice Bart Katureebe will be 70-years old in 2020 and, under current law, he must retire then. That is four years away but already anxiety is mounting about who will replace him. NEWS ANALYSIS Danger from Museveni’s …