ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Patrick Kagenda The Uganda Securities Exchange last week launched the Securities Central Depository System (SCD) that will pave the way to electronic trading. The software to run the system that will link the USE to the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange and the Nairobi Stock Exchange was provided by …

By Patrick Kagenda No official numbers yet but word on the street is that National Insurance Corporation’s Shs 7 billion Initiation Public Offer (IPO) was over-subscribed. “This IPO went very well under the circumstances of a small amount of shares issued. When you have an issue this small worth only …

By Bob Roberts Katende How Mao’s winning DP ticket has top politicians worried Norbert Mao, the new leader of one of the factions of the Democratic Party, is a stocky man with steady stare. When walking, his deliberate pace gives the impression of one who knows where he is going. …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Since her return to Rwanda as a presidential candidate, Victoire Umuhoza Ingabire has animated media interest. The main issue in her campaign is her claim that ‘those who killed the Hutu in the 1994 genocide have not been tried.’ This is another way of saying the …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati But should National Drug Authority be celebrating that? A new report has found that 26 per cent of anti-malaria drugs in use in Uganda are substandard. That should be very bad news for a country where on average 12 people, mostly children, die of malaria every …

By Rukiya Makuma The womens movement in Uganda yearns for renewal Dr. Sarah Ntiro, Rhoda Kalema, Specioza Wandera Kazibwe, Miria Matembe  and others  They had there time, held the stage  and gathered lots of support from the women in the country;  but now  some might say –  the time has …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati & Joshua Masinde Is it cynical to say opposition leaders should use adverts in the media, emails, sms, and fliers? While in Pader recently, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President Kizza Besigye was scheduled to be hosted on the local radio station, Luo FM radio. He …

By Joseph Were and agencies On which side will BoU intervene, if at all? The weakening of currencies in the East African region against the U.S. dollar experienced in the last two weeks is likely to persist, according to analysts. Dollar demand by offshore investors and the corporate sector to …

By Patrick Kagenda When Kenyan Vice president Kalonzo Musyoka visited Kampala last month, the Rift Valley Railways-run Nalukolongo locomotive workshop was part of his itinerary. News has since emerged that the RVR had paid the governments of Kenya and Uganda $2 million and $1 million respectively in the long awaited …

By John Njoroge The Independents John Njoroge attended a press briefing by the new U.S. Ambassador Jerry P. Lanier. Excerpts. What is your opinion about Uganda’s preparedness for the 2011 general elections? We are anxious that the preparations move forward. We know that there are some questions about a number …