By Richard Byarugaba At the end of the 2009 fiscal year, the balance was Shs95 billion, by end of the 2011 it had dropped to Shs28 billion Our attention has been drawn to recent press reports regarding Shs28 billion reported by the Auditor General as being held in a suspense …

By Sandrine Perrot From now on, non-profit organisations will strive to meet the benchmarks it set On April 20 hundreds of thousands of young activists worldwide covered the walls of their town with posters of Joseph Kony to make him famous. They were responding to the call of the young …

By Agaba Rugaba An unfortunate misdiagnosis of our socio-economic challenges I believe the Return-term-limits campaign offers nothing fundamental to our country’s socio-economic transformation efforts.  Its crusaders, ranging from the opposition political parties, Members of Parliament, Civil Society and church leaders, all seem to suggest that our political and social economic …

By Agather Atuhaire Justice Irene Mulyagonja was recently appointed Inspector General of Government. She spoke to journalists soon after her vetting by parliament. Agather Atuhaire has excerpts. Congratulations upon your appointment, what does that mean for you and your career. Thank you. It is humbling but let me inform you …

By Andrew Mwenda and Mubatsi A. Habati Renowned political philosopher, Mahmood Mamdani, speaks to The Independent’s Andrew M. Mwenda and Mubatsi A. Habati about how the West is learning from the rest as Africa is caught at its weakest point. Tell us about the occupy movement in the West. What …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Why did Uganda lose 25 elephants last year? Questions are being asked about how Uganda, which has the tiniest number of elephants in the region, lost 25 of them in one year, 2011. Whistle blower reports to the auditor general from the media, Civil Society Organisations …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Museveni re-opens controversy but Madhvanis have a stronger hand this time President Yoweri Museveni’s order on April 12 that the Madhvanis be allowed to develop a golf course on one of their luxury lodges has officials of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and National Environment Management …

By Alfred Stepan and Etienne Smith The army has a tradition of non-intervention and let the president know the result had to be respected Many commentators doubted whether democracy in Senegal, a country whose population is 95% Muslim, would survive its most recent presidential election, in which the incumbent, Abdoulaye …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Outspoken Church of Uganda Kampala Diocese Assistant Bishop, Zac Niringiye, spoke to The Independent’s Mubatsi Asinja Habati about his crusade for the restoration of presidential term limits. There are people who think you are a politician putting on a cleric collar. What do you think? Religion …

By Andrew Mwenda and Mubatsi A. Habati This continuation of a conversation between The Independent’s Andrew Mwenda and Mubatsi A. Habati and leading political philosopher, Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, focuses on regional issues. Prof. Mamdani, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Burundi have troops in Somalia. It is the first time Kenya has …