President Yoweri Museveni has made sweeping changes in his envoys and special presidential advisors appointing former Kampala Mayor Nasser Ntegge Sebagala as his Senior Presidential Advisor General duties and Kirunda Kiv... Read More

The couple strengthens investment ties at a timeLi Jianbo remembers the first time he set foot in Rwanda, back in 1989. The young college graduate had landed his first job as an engineer for China Road and Bridge Corpora... Read More

Consolidating Makerere’s core mission: the pursuit of scholarshipThe Makerere of today is a product of two historical periods:  its early establishment during the colonial period and its reform under neo-liberal influenc... Read More

Hillary Clinton calls for review in strategy in the fight against HIV/AIDSWhen Hillary Clinton first came to Uganda in the mid 1990s, Uganda had, in her opinion, the best HIV/AIDS prevention and control programme in the ... Read More

How the UPDF generals are tackling the new challengeOn July 26, I boarded a plane to Mogadishu, Somalia “to visit our troops” as the Americans would say.On the same flight was Lt. Gen. Andrew Gutti, overall commander of ... Read More

High appetite by subscribers signals bright future for new initiative on local stock marketThe manner in which the Note programme issued by the African Development Bank (AfDB) has been received on the Uganda Securities E... Read More

Kasese, Bundibugyo tense  ahead of by-electionOn the morning of June 30, the king of the Rwenzururu, Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere Iremangoma, received an unusual phone call from President Yoweri Museveni. The Omusinga... Read More

In the past few weeks, there have been simmering tensions among the Bakonzo, Basongora and Bamba/Babwisi in Kasese and Bundibugyo districts over the jurisdiction of Rwenzururu kingdom. The Independent’s Mubatsi Asinja Ha... Read More

Lukwago wins hearts as minds change over Musisi Kampala Capital City Authority Executive Director Jennifer Musisi scored sweet victory on July 9 when the High Court threw out, with costs, a suit by city Lord Mayor Erias ... Read More

Increased adaptation of mobile applications is driving unprecedented growth in mobile phone acquisitionShailendra Naidu, the chief commercial officer of Warid Telecom, carries a Samsung Galaxy S2 mobile phone he bought m... Read More