Tag Archives: The Independent

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 …

COVER STORY Opposition against Museveni growing?: Attacks on security installations, poverty, transition politics mark 2016 ANALYSIS Cracks in Museveni relations with donors: Professors show why Museveni will win ANALYSIS What’s wrong in education?: Sixth Uwezo survey finds learning outcomes consistently low COMMENT On-job training for graduates: Facilitate transition from education …

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 …

COVER STORY: Makerere Breaking up the future? : The Makerere University campus in Kampala has been a quiet and abandoned place since President Yoweri Museveni on Nov.01 ordered it closed after a strike by lecturers demanding pay was joined by a strike by students demanding lectures. THE LAST WORD Museveni’s …

COVER STORY: Chinese angry with Museveni An investigation by The Independent shows that sparks are flying between President Yoweri Museveni and his Chinese lenders, Exim Bank, on one hand and between Ministry of Energy officials and of the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd (UEGCL) on the other. Trouble is over …

COVER STORY: President Yoweri Museveni and his technocrats are struggling to find a serious investor for the refinery project that only two years ago, major Russian, Chinese and South Korean banks and companies worth billions of dollars were fearlessly fighting for. THE LAST WORD: Andrew Mwenda wades into the war …