In The Magazine

By Laurent Fabius The gravity of the situation there is leading the UN to speak of the threat of genocide In the course of its young history, the Central African Republic has known many dark hours. Now the country is facing its worst crisis. In this failed state, entire swaths …

By Ellady Muyambi Government’s resort to the use of force or threats in the Lukwago case will culminate in disaster I am compelled to write this article after viewing ugly and worse scenes on our national TV stations and reading concocted stories in our newspapers on the impeachment of the …

By Andrew M. Mwenda As mayor, he needs to strike a balance between the competing demands of his electoral base and his job Last week, Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago was impeached by 29 to three votes in the Capital City Council. However, the High Court later declared his impeachment hurried …

By Paul Kagame Few were less comfortable with the prospect of sainthood than Nelson Mandela himself. “One issue that deeply worried me in prison,” he wrote in Conversations with Myself, a collection of his writings published in 2010 “was the false image that I unwittingly projected to the outside world: …

By Joan Akello Unlike last year, where there was a scandal in the Office of the prime Minister that caused public spat, in a rather quiet event, Civil society celebrated the first anniversary of the Black Monday Movement,(BMM) on Dec 2. However, after months of distributing newsletters, creating online videos …

By Joan Akello Sophie Makame, the new French Ambassador to Uganda arrived three months ago but it was only yesterday that she held a press conference to unveil the French government’s plans for Uganda. “My priorities will be in security, sustaining the trend of French investments, gender and environment which …

By Julius Businge Bank of Uganda today (Dec. 3) announced a marginal fall in the central bank rate (CBR) by 50 basis points from 12% in November, 2013 to 11.5% in December. While announcing the new rate before the media, Central Bank Deputy Governor, Louis Kasekende said the reduction was …

By Julius Businge Bank of Uganda has officially announced the commencement of the East African Cross Border Payment System (EAPS) that links the real time gross settlement systems (RTGS) of the EAC member countries. Joyce Okello, the director payments and settlement at the Bank said the platform went live on …

By The Independent Team The leaders of five East African countries on Saturday afternoon signed a monetary union protocol kicking off plans to have a common currency for the block within 10 years. The move is expected to boost regional trade with in the EAC block which is expected to …

By Stephen Kafeero Impasse as Judiciary, Museveni tangle over Kampala City Lord Mayor “Effectively, he is still the Lord Mayor but I doubt that he will be able to succeed in forcing himself on the Council.” Constitutional lawyer Ladislaus Rwakafuzi’s words could prove ominous for Minister for Kampala, Frank Tumwebaze, …