By Onghwens Kisangala Dr John Jean Barya, associate professor in the department of public and comparative law at Makarere University, comments on the political events in Uganda in an interview with The Independents Onghwens Kisangala. This is the second in a two-part series. FDC experienced some internal upheavals in the …

By The Independent Team ‘If Museveni reconstitutes the Protestant base through UPC,’ one analyst said, ‘he can easily become formidable again. He knows that the Catholics do not have a political party or a leader ‘” so they cannot be politically threatening. Sometime in October 1994, President Museveni held a …

By Agnes Asiimwe Moses Mapesa started as a game warden in national parks in 1988 and rose to become executive director, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in 2005. He has received several awards for his wildlife conservation effort, including the Fred Packard International Parks Merit Award and two vocational awards from …

By Michael Madill Rift Valley Railways (RVR) is off the rails. The January 15 deadline for RVR to meet a Shs100b ($50 million) investment commitment expired, triggering action by Kenya and Uganda to revoke RVR’s concession and to negotiate the construction of a competing rail line. Though RVR is fighting …

By Patrick Kagenda Traders say Finance ministry should not stick to blue skies strategies in the global financial storm On February 16, the Ministry of Finance had five ministers: top minister Ezra Suruma and his four ministers of state: Salim saleh (micro- finance); Semakula Kiwanuka (Investment); Kagimu Kiwanuka (Economic Monitoring), …

By Patrick Kagenda Simon Rutega, CEO of the Uganda Security Exchange, tells The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda that the absence of the National Social Security Fund distorts and depresses the long-term funds market How has the Uganda Securities Exchange been faring under the global economic slowdown? A global recession will obviously …

By G. Pascal Zachary Democracy has taken root in Africa,’ says Princeton Lyman, an analyst with the Council of Foreign Relations in Washington DC. And from the perspective of history, it does seem that the people of sub-Saharan Africa have entered a robust period of democracy. The trend toward multi-party …

By Mahmood Mamdani In this four-part series, renowned Ugandan scholar Professor Mahmood Mamdani examines the historical causes of Zimbabwe’s political crisis. It is hard to think of a figure more reviled in the west than Robert Mugabe. Liberal and conservative commentators alike portray him as a brutal dictator, and blame …

By Rosebell Kagumire Questions about the clandestine operations of Ugandan security agencies have once again been raised after a Canadian court denied asylum to a former worker of the Internal Security Organisation (ISO). Fahad Huthy Mutumba, 35, a Montreal resident, claims to have worked as an office clerk with ISO …

By Onghwens Kisangala The upheavals that preceded the FDC delegates conference over the partys suspension of Rubaga North MP Beti Kamya summed up one of Uganda’s core challenges: democracy and the question of Buganda.  The Independents Onghwens Kisangala discusses the issues with Prof. John Jean Barya, a top scholar in …