ARTICLES 2008-2015

By Ronald Musoke When Dominic Ongwen finally had his day at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Jan.26, the simplicity of his testimony contrasted sharply with the complexity of his case. Though Ongwen probably spoke for less than five minutes out of the 47 minutes that the entire event lasted, …

By Ian Katusiime When a graduate with the right theory meets an employer looking for practical skills By Ian Katusiime Makerere University’s 65th graduation ceremony was the usual excited hubbub of graduands in their black gowns and mortarboards and hoods of many colours. In the medley was Isaac who was …

By Flavia Nassaka When should you seek medical help? It is normal to forget. We all forget some things, don’t we? But what if you wake up and take a shower. Shortly after you forget you have had a shower, go back into the bathroom and shower again? What if …

By Joan Akello Dr. Martin Jerome Okech Aliker, retired dental surgeon talked to The Independent’s Joan Akello about golf and family What do we not know about you? That I cry very easily, especially when I see people suffering and my close relationship with my mother. I can’t eat or …

By Ian Katusiime Former army commander Gen. Elly Tumwine, who is an army MP, spoke to The Independent’s Ian Katusiime. At 29, do you feel the NRM has achieved its liberations ideals from the Bush War? To answer that you have to look at what has happened, how it has …

By Dicta Asiimwe Dicta Asiimwe spoke to Dan Fred Kidega, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) speaker about his plans to tackle the challenges at the regional body. What is your plan for EALA? The first and most important thing is to unite the assembly. You see, what transpired in …

By Haggai Matsiko What did the country do wrong? When he arrived in Kampala from Paris in October 2014, the tough talking new Total E&P (Exploration and Production) boss Francois Rafin had one mission on hand; securing a production licence. Where the man he was replacing, Loic Laurandel, had cooed …

By Flavia Nassaka Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have criticized the move by government through the ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Health to export highly qualified health workers including psychiatrists, ophthalmologists and neurologists to a Caribbean country, Trinidad and Tobago. While speaking to journalists on Feb.05, Denis Odue, a …

  By Flavia Nassaka How much time do you spend on your phone? If you are a typical user, you must be increasingly replacing making calls with text messaging; especially with the new technologies offering countless messaging apps like whatsapp, viber, and Facebook.  These offer such cheaper yet more efficient …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How it has facilitated a politics that has undermined the ability of public institutions to serve the common good To explain the dysfunctions in the public sector in Uganda, we need to understand how political power in our country is organised, how it is exercised and …