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By Stephen Kafeero Should government fear nurses, police, army? When Maj. Jessica Alupo, who is the minister of Education and Sports, famously failed to say which team the Uganda football team faced when it travelled the Moroccan city of Marrakesh as part of its 2014 Football World Cup qualification campaign, …

By Stephen Kafeero Jason Drew is an ‘Environmental Capitalist,’ he is the author of The Protein Crunch and The Story Of The Fly and How It could Save The World. He spoke to The Independent’s Stephen Kafeero about his passion for businesses that are environment friendly. For starters who is …

By Stephen Kafeero Maj. Jessica Alupo is the minister of Education. She spoke to The Independent’s Stephen Kafeero about government plans for ending the incessant teachers’ strikes. The teachers are calling for your resignation for failure to address their issues. Should we expect it? The matter of resignation is purely …

By Stephen Kafeero Corne Schalkwyk, a manager at Marasa Africa and Premier Safaris spoke to The Independent’s Stephen Kafeero about his pain and pleasure in the wild and the beautiful places. You are a manager at Marasa Africa and Premier Safaris plus other entities that you handle. How do you …

By Stephen Kafeero This call was made by AU Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Dr Anthony Mothae Maruping as representatives of African governments, United Nations Agencies, the African Union Commission and other strategic development partners concluded a two day meeting of the NEPAD Steering Committee in Centurion, South Africa. “Infrastructure development …

By Stephen Kafeero The new Minister of Health, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda spoke to The Independent’s Stephen Kafeero about his plans for the sector and what motivates him. You have served in different positions in cabinet. How do you manage these transitions easily? The principle point is service to the people …

By Stephen Kafeero Developers fleeing crowded and expensive Kampala hit Museveni’s backyard Who is Bob Kanabi? That is the question Vincent DePaul Kayanja, the mayor of the once quiet and cool Entebbe Municipal Council on the shores of Lake Victoria, has been asking a lot lately. The mayor wants to …

By Stephen Kafeero Dr. Muhammad Kigundu-Musoke, the chairman of the Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA), spoke to The Independent’s Don Stephen Mcleish Kafeero about the incessant strikes and the need to re-organise the internally generated funds to pay lecturers better. Let’s put the record straight, what do the staff …

By Stephen Kafeero U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the feed the future commodity production and Marketing Activity in Uganda. The projects will be implemented in 34 feed the future focus districts and aims to reach 400,000 farmers. The districts were selected using several criteria including their production …

By Stephen Kafeero The government has earmarked shs 44.08 billion to address salary short falls in the months of May and June. The most affected people have been teachers and police officers with the former threatening to go on strike while the management of the latter had to improvise with …