By Agencies Researchers find link between brain infections and climate in sub-Saharan Africa The amount of rainfall affects the number of infant infections leading to hydrocephalus in Uganda, according to a team of researchers who are the first to demonstrate that these brain infections are linked to climate. Hydrocephalus — …

By Haggai Matsiko The rebel MPs Museveni looks to purge as he hardens grip on party The effort which Uganda’s biggest political party, the NRM with its 262 majority in parliament, is investing to deal with less than five ‘errant’ MPs might be the latest sign of how the mighty …

By Ronald Musoke How corruption thrives as the rich and powerful delay justice Hearing of the corruption case against Geoffrey Kazinda, the former Principal Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister was scheduled to resume at the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala on Jan.7.  It failed – for the third …

By Joan Akello Is it the language or the product that matters in this high sales, low price segment? Six years ago, in 2007, Uganda’s leading vernacular newspaper, the Luganda language Bukedde, was selling an average of 14,000 copies daily. Its English language sister paper, The New Vision, was selling …

By Denis Musinguzi Nebanda’s death saga underlines need for fundamental government reforms The government’s incoherent and fairly uncouth reaction about the sudden and mysterious death of the Butaleja’s youthful and government-critical Woman Member of Parliament, Cerinah Arioru Nebanda, has exposed the worryingly deepening internal weaknesses within the ruling NRM government. …

By Zhang Monan The next decade will witness rising interest rates worldwide amid global economic rebalancing Since 2007, the financial crisis has pushed the world into an era of low, if not near-zero, interest rates and quantitative easing, as most developed countries seek to reduce debt pressure and perpetuate fragile …

By Agencies Scientists develop vaccine they say can temporarily brakes HIV A team of Spanish researchers say they have developed a therapeutic vaccine that can temporarily brake growth of the HIV virus in infected patients. The vaccine, based on immune cells exposed to HIV that had been inactivated with heat, …

By Haggai Matsiko Maj. Gen. Pecos Kutesa blames fights for money Outspoken UPDF Maj. Gen. Pecos Kutesa says the ongoing tiff between President Yoweri Museveni and parliament shows the danger of politics motivated by money. Gen. Kutesa who was one of the fiercest commanders of the war that brought the …

By Julius Odeke The Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu spoke to The Independent’s Julius Odeke about his plans for Uganda’s oldest institution of higher learning. You are a new VC of Makerere University, an old institution with high repute.  How are you planning to change it? The Vice Chancellor is …

By Moses Ngorok China has pursued a bold policy of reaching out to countries in Africa in ways that advance Beijing‘s agenda When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. A phrase repeatedly and calculatedly used in American diplomatic circles to emphasize America’s superior economy and bully …