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By Joan Akello A mother, wife and the Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority. Who are you in two sentences? I am ambitious. I am a learner. What one thing has kept you? Faith. I believe that my life is given to me to live for Christ What attracts people …

By Joan Akello The French embassy in Uganda estimates that over 80 per cent of refugees have arrived in Uganda in the last five years. The majority of the 310,000 refugees in Uganda originate from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while some 90,000 are from South Sudan and others …

By Joan Akello Why is police and parliament keeping it hushed up? Since The Observer newspaper broke a story about an attendant in the office of the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga sustained injuries as he was opening a letter that `exploded’ in his face, there have been calls for …

By Joan Akello Deputy Inspector General of Government Who are you in two sentences? A lawyer, father of two and husband of one wife, Catherine. My passion is human development. Why are your interests about people? People have skills, talents but operate without reaching their full potential. The motivational talks …

By Joan Akello Woman is accused of stealing and selling Ugandan babies in Juba Sarah Namubiru, a laboratory administrator at MBN Clinical Laboratories in Kampala is in the eye of a maternity storm but she, surprisingly, is quite calm. She is stuck between two women; HamidahMusitwaWalika and Mary Namukwaya Musumika, …

By Joan Akello Experts explain why the government should first focus on good governance On June 26, the Anti-corruption Court in Kampala found the former principle accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Godfrey Kazinda, guilty on 29 counts including fraud and forgery and sentenced him to five …

By Joan Akello Former opposition Forum for Democratic Change chairman, Sam Kalega Njuba, died Dec.13 of intestinal complications at Nsambya Hospital in Kampala. He was 72 years old. The lawyer, politician, and academic had been battling illness. Former FDC President, Dr Kizza Besigye said Uganda has lost a wonderful man …

By Joan Akello Prof. Ndiege seeks to reconcile an institution haunted by its past Prof. Isaiah OmoloNdiege, the vice chancellor of Uganda’s second biggest university, Kyambogo, has the unenviable task of running a combination of former technical college, a teacher training institute, and a school of special education like a …

By Joan Akello Unlike last year, where there was a scandal in the Office of the prime Minister that caused public spat, in a rather quiet event, Civil society celebrated the first anniversary of the Black Monday Movement,(BMM) on Dec 2. However, after months of distributing newsletters, creating online videos …

By Joan Akello Sophie Makame, the new French Ambassador to Uganda arrived three months ago but it was only yesterday that she held a press conference to unveil the French government’s plans for Uganda. “My priorities will be in security, sustaining the trend of French investments, gender and environment which …