Friday, 03 February 2012 20:02
By Stephen Kafeero
 Top engineering student dreams of generating cheap electricity
I do not compete with other people because it breeds jealousy. I instead compete with myself of yesterday in order to make a better person today,” says Tonny Ongin, the 27-year old Mecha [ … ]
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Friday, 03 February 2012 19:58
By Adetokunbo O. Lucas, MD
 Eliminating the menace of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Though much of the world has never heard of diseases like lymphatic filariasis or schistosomiasis, these and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a daily reality for many living in Africa and across the world. These terrible diseases aff [ … ]
Friday, 03 February 2012 19:52
By Samuel Olara
 Gaddafi’s death raises questions for the ICC over the brutal disregard for the rule of law by his executioners
Aisha Gaddafi, the daughter of the late Libyan dictator, has officially petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the circumstances under which her father Col. Muamm [ … ]
Friday, 03 February 2012 10:11
By Olivier De Schutter
 Every new bilateral agreement should be measured against how evenly spread its macroeconomic benefits will be
The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering is normally little more than a toast to the benefits of increasing global GDP, trade, and investment. But this year’s meeting came at a time when [ … ]
Thursday, 26 January 2012 09:48
By Donald Kamugisha
The government has absconded from its responsibilities and is hiding behind liberalisation that can ruin a country
Iread some of your articles with interest and they can be very informative. However I have come to the realisation that many of your claims are based more on theory than on the practicalities that would lead to the development of a country like Uganda. I agree for example with all you are saying in the article but are your solutions practical or would they only apply to an economics class at the university.
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 09:04
By Erik Solheim
 The most important of all financial flows are the illicit funds that pour out of so many developing countries
OSLO – Poverty is not only about not having enough money. It is also about exploitation and oppression, and about armed conflicts and wars that make it impossible to run a business, visit t [ … ]
Thursday, 26 January 2012 09:02
By Stephen Kafeero and Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi
 In an attempt to revive vibrant debate at Makerere University, the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) hosted former South African President Thabo Mbeki on Jan. 19. The Independent’s Stephen Kafeero and Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi captured the highlights of the question-and-answer session on [ … ]
Thursday, 26 January 2012 06:58
By Juliet Torome
 Africans don’t treasure their historical artifacts because they remind them of their rich civilizations’ supposed inferiority
The news that Yale University has agreed to return thousands of artifacts that one of its researchers took from Peru in 1911 reminded me of a party that I attended recently [ … ]
Saturday, 21 January 2012 10:59
By Patrick Matsiko wa Mucoori
 Our parliament needs to exercise a high level of legislative maturity and depth that stand above the ordinary mind
A man from a community, locally perceived as a very ignorant society in western Uganda,once saw a speeding car, with a bicycle wheel popping out of the boot. Literally, the boot had be [ … ]
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