By Bob Roberts Katende Conservative Party president Ken Lukyamuzi is the current head of the opposition Inter-Party Cooperation. Bob Roberts Katende spoke to him about its recent retreat in Jinja. What’s your take on the appointment of Electoral Commissioners against the interparty cooperation’s call to have an input in composition …

By The Independent Team What better way to appreciate President Kagame for his new role as Rwanda’s Antonio Gramci. Antonio coined the term organic intellectual to refer to a people who realise they have a problem and fight to overcome them. He further argued that solutions to problems lie within …

By Molly Lister Fighting the stereotype, two wazungu experience the lesser-known side of Goma. It was around 11am on August 5 when a friend and I crossed the border into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma from Rwanda.  It was the start of roughly eight hours that …

By Bob Roberts Katende It was Uganda’s turn last week to host a conference that brings together Commonwealth speakers and presiding officers of parliament in Africa. Over 20 speakers and officials turned up for the six-day event at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The delegates were here to share experiences with their …

By Bob Roberts Katende Its many students dream to pursue one of the traditional courses at university: medicine or law. The lucky ones have seen their dreams come true. And many others are still in pursuit of their dream careers. Emmanuel Kiwanuka, 19, finished his Advanced Level education last year …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Three weeks after Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa wrote to his Kenyan counterpart, Moses Wetangula, seeking a meeting over the latest hurdle in the ownership dispute over Migingo Island, a solution remains elusive. In fact, according to Fred Opolot, the executive director of Uganda Media Centre …

By Odoobo C. Bichachi Kenyan lawyer-cum political consultant Erastus wa Mugo was the centre of attention at the Inter-Party Cooperation (IPC) meeting at the Paradise Hotel in Jinja last week as Uganda’s opposition parties struggled to find common ground ahead of the 2011 presidential and parliamentary elections. A renowned governance …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati But Ugandan exporters dismiss the US trade partnership The 8th forum for the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) held in Nairobi last week attracted a mammoth delegation that comprised the minister of trade, tourism and industry, Kahinda Otafiire, ministry officials and a group from the AGOA …

By Patrick Kagenda You have been accused of running down the chamber. What is happening? That is not true. If anything I have done a lot to make the chamber an established institution. I found the chamber being run without functional structures, affiliated to the National Enterprises Corporation (NEC) and …

By Roberts Katende In light of the endemic famine in Uganda and the need for sustainable solutions to the problem, the Deputy Director of World Food Programme in charge of Hunger, Sisulu Sheila visited Uganda last week. The Independent’s Roberts Katende talked to her about the new strategies. Below are …