By Rukiya Makuma It is 50 years since Amnesty International, one of the leading international human rights advocates, first started issuing annual reports about the state of human rights in countries around the world. The agency recently issued its 50th report and Michelle Kagari, deputy programme director of Amnesty International …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi As the Lord Mayor attempts to build bridges with the NRM majority in KCCA, his own opposition base is getting nervous Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago seemed to have a clear strategy concerning disagreements over running the city. He would position himself as a pro-people leader …

By Agather Atuhaire Does NRM’s overwhelming Parliamentary majority give it license to silence other voices in the regional assembly? Uganda’s Parliament risks frustrating commencement of the 3rd East African Legislative Assembly with its unwillingness to implement a ruling of the East African Court of Justice with respect to how Uganda’s …

By Agencies More than 10,000 people have fled from DR Congo to neighbouring Rwanda and Uganda following clashes between the Congolese army and rebels, officials said. Fighting raged on in the jungle region where rebel leader General Bosco Ntaganda — known as the “Terminator” and wanted in The Hague for …

By Annah Natukunda But Ugandan experts warn that its time here has not yet come On May 10, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that the antiretroviral drug TDF/FTC (brand name Truvada) be licensed for use as an HIV/AIDS vaccine, moving the world one step closer to a …

By Rukiya Makuma Analysts argue that an across-the-board pay rise is impossible to the large number of Uganda’s teachers What is a 15 percent pay increase against 24 percent inflation? To which category of teachers? How is it going to be administered? Is it realistic?” asked Teopista Birungi Mayanja, general …

By Dr. Robert Rutaagi The end of local marketing and the eternity of global marketing Sometime last year, the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) and other stakeholders, organised a splendid Industrial and Trade Exhibition whose theme was “Buy Local”. As I listened to and read through the local electronic and print …

By Agather Atuhaire With Parliament yet to resolve the battle over political party representation at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA),  The Independent’s Agather Atuhaire spoke to Lydia Wanyoto, an NRM member who has been at the assembly since its initiation in 2001 How is representation at EALA different from …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Why President Museveni’s promises on youth jobs must mature soon Since childhood, James Sekitooleko’s mother implored him to study hard, get a good job and be successful. After 17 years in school, Sekitooleko graduated with a bachelor of Tourism degree and thought he was prepared for …

By Agather Atuhaire NRM caucus agrees to key revisions as members fear suffering the law’s draconian provisions It is intriguing the ease with which President Yoweri Museveni – and the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Caucus – seems to have given in to Parliament on a bill that would have saved …