Saturday, 19 May 2012 14:47
By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi
Money, NRM intrusion and jostling for Besigye’s chair rock the main opposition party
The brush between Leader of Opposition Nandala Mafabi and FDC Members of Parliament reflects a deeper problem in Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Uganda’s l [ … ]
Prime minister’s presidential ambition seems to have ruined a perfect partnership
Two weeks before the 2010 delegates’ conference that saw Amama Mbabazi elected as secretary general of the ruling National Resistance Movement party, the National Executive Committee sat and agreed with party Chai [ … ]
At the centre of allegations that she received money from President Museveni and that she has been suspiciously close with the president, Kitgum woman MP Beatrice Anywar resigned her position as shadow minister for Energy, Oil and Mineral Development. She spoke to the Independent’s Agather Atuh [ … ]
Murders on the rise as gangs terrorise Kampala, Kiira, Mukono
Annet Kayondo died in the most brutal way a young woman could die. It is believed she was on her way to work at 6am on April 3 when her attacker or attackers pounced on her in Kigandazi Zone in Bweyogerere, a busy suburb of Kampala city. [ … ]
Oxfam and Uganda Land Alliance face deregistration
Two international organisations, Oxfam and Uganda Land Alliance (ULA), face de-registration for what government calls inciting violence over land issues.
On Thursday April 26, the Internal Affairs Minister, Hillary Onek, under whose docket the NG [ … ]
BIDCO project wreaks environmental havoc, hunger, and human rights abuse in Kalangala
The World Bank has come under attack after a new report has exposed how commercial projects funded by the Bank are causing poverty, human rights violations in Uganda sparking a barrage of criticisms.
President stuck as Mbabazi, Muhwezi rivalry divides NRM top organs; CEC and NEC
On April 19, four days before the NRM National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at State House Entebbe on April 24, Prime Minister AmambaMbabazi called a press conference at the party headquarters at Kyadondo Road in [ … ]
Sunday, 29 April 2012 12:42
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati
What could happen if other religious leaders joined him in calling for the President to quit?
When Catholic Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga gave his homily at celebrations of the 57th birthday of Kabaka Ronal Muwenda Mutebi II on April 13, he unusually quoted elaborately from a book written by Ang [ … ]
Eco-art gets its prize
On 17th April 2012, in Doha, Qatar, Ugandan Bruno Ruganzu stepped on the podium to claim the TED Prize for City 2.0 at the TEDx Summit. Ruganzu scooped US$10,000 prize, beating 700 competitors, includ...
