Top stories in the Independent this week: COVER STORY Buganda land wrangles: Next fight between Kabaka, Museveni? THE LAST WORD Uganda’s declining growth: Why we need to think of how to develop national capacity to manage our economy. NEWS ANALYSIS Kaweesi murder investigation: Kayihura in tight corner as Museveni demands …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Uganda’s bad economy
IN THE INDEPENDENT: Why Ugandans are poorer today than yesterday The lead stories In the Independent this week: ANALYSIS Why is the Catholic Church losing followers?: Figures from the 2014 National Population and Housing Census show that, in the last 10 years, the percentage of Ugandan identifying as Catholics has …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Stella Nyanzi’s obscenity war
In The Independent this week: COVER STORY Stella Nyanzi’s obscenity war: Museveni runs to defend wife in pile of blunders THE LAST WORD On Museveni-Besigye talks: How the opposition leader has blundered on the chance to promote his political project – if he has any ANALYSIS What happened to PAC?: Dormancy of …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Museveni faces family pressure to quit
In the Independent this week: COVER STORY Divided State House: The inside story as President Museveni faces family pressure to quit. BUSINESS Next big thing at MTN: Company plans to widen data usage, lower tariffs. ANALYSIS Sex life of Ugandans: Population survey reveals most sexually active, violent at home and …
Read More »THE INDEPENDENT: Kaweesi case divides police, CMI, ISO
In The Independent this week: COVER STORY Kaweesi case divides police, CIID, CMI, ISO: Main investigator was sidelined by Kayihura NEWS ANALYSIS Motor vehicle inspection deal: Is the mandatory vehicle inspection exercise manned by multinational company, SGS worth it for Uganda? THE LAST WORD Africa through North Korean eyes: Why …
Read More »THE INDEPENDENT: Possible clues behind Kaweesi murder
In the Independent this week: COVER STORY Killing Kawesi: A look at the man and possible clues to the assassination of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP), Andrew Felix Kaweesi, one of the topmost officers of the force. THE LAST WORD Why Museveni will rule for life: How, barring a major …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Muhakanizi’s UEGCL audit blocked
In the Independent this week COVER STORY UEGCL saga: Muhakanizi dam audit blocked: Details of accusations against Isabalija emerge. THE LAST WORD Rethinking Africa’s development: Why our intellectual elites need to begin an entirely new conversation about our nations. NEWS ANALYSIS Lessons from Burundi’s SADC move: EAC member states must …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: FDC faces break-up
COVER STORY: FDC faces break-up: Whatsapp war as Nandala quits Besigye camp against Muntu THE LAST WORD Trump’s war with the press: How the new US president is bursting the Washington bubble and annoying the nation’s hypocrites ANALYSIS After Park Yard evictions: Can Hamis Kiggundu deliver on his promise? BUSINESS …
Read More »The Independent: Muhakanizi, Isabalija ‘fight’ sparks 30bn audit
COVER STORY Muhakanizi , Isabalija `fight’ sparks Shs30bn UEGCL audit: Finance Ps controls government purse, but new Energy PS has Museveni’s ear THE LAST WORD Uganda’s real oil curse: How our overblown expectations of what oil is going to do for our country are likely to cause trouble ANALYSIS …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Hunger in Uganda?
COVER STORY Hunger in Uganda: Does country have a food or policy problem? THE LAST WORD Uganda’s agricultural crisis: How politics, not the drought, explains the current famine our country is experiencing. ANALYSIS Secrets of ongoing registrations: Link to President Museveni unknown birthday and why many Ugandans don’t like that. …
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