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How prejudices have eclipsed facts in the NSSF investigation leading to unnecessary confusion THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | When the speaker of parliament, Anita Among, established a Select Committee of Parliament to investigate NSSF, I knew the battle for the truths about the Fund was lost. This is because when …

Senior Presidential Advisor on the Media and Public Relations, John Nagenda, died March 4 aged 84 Kampala, Uganda | Andrew M. Mwenda | Senior Presidential Advisor on the Media and Public Relations, John Mwesigwa Robin Nagenda, is dead. He died March 4 at Medipal Hospital in Kampala aged 84. He was as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Council on Thursday unanimously resolved to halt the issuance of contracts to casual workers for cleaning the city. The decision was reached in the KCCA council meeting chaired by Deputy Speaker Nasur Masaba on Tuesday following a resolution presented by the Lord …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Wandegeya on March 08 apprehended a group of women who were protesting against illegal arrests and detention of Ugandans, especially their husbands. The group comprised 10 women, mainly National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters. The group claimed that Women’s Day means little to them …

Experience suggests the 18th century Enlightenment vision of individuals emancipated of nature was flawed COMMENT | Corine Pelluchon | Enlightenment ideas of scientific rationalism and technological domination have led us to the edge of an abyss. Unless we embrace a new Enlightenment one that places ecology and care at its core  we …

It is obscene to blame Ukraine for Russian acts of destruction or its resistance as a rejection of peace COMMENT | Slavoj Žižek | Last May, before being newly re-elected as president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, bear …

The Ugandan government and other stakeholders ought to prioritise to boost economic transformation COMMENT | Michael Mukasa | Over the past three decades, the internet has become an integral part of our daily lives. Technology has transformed the way we communicate, obtain information and do business. However, the benefits of the internet …

Private credit and infrastructure investments across African markets rose 118% to record levels in 2021, as borrowers looked beyond domestic risk averse banks Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private equity has dominated Africa’s investment landscape for decades, popularised by huge venture capital (VC) deals in the continent’s ever-expanding tech sector. But …

Experts worried that there hasn’t been progress in over 2 years Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | The prevalence of modern contraceptive use among women of reproductive age has been on the rise in the past years but experts are worried that it is not making progress. According to results from the …

Revisiting Kony Invisible Children saga Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | “White saviour complex is the the idea that people of colour, whether in the Global South or in the West, need “saving” by a Mzungu – white western person or aid worker. Accusations of white saviourism often include …