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Role of central banks: Kasekende caught between bulls and bears Central banks need to do something about market failures. The question is what? That was the focus of discussion at the Bank of Uganda organised debate on `The Role of a Central Bank in a Market Oriented Economy’ on July …

One of Africa’s richest men, Kampala property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia says no bank is interested in taking the property of a client who defaults on a loan. In an exclusive interview, Sudhir told The Independent that when clients default on loans and banks are forced to foreclose, there are usually …

Is Uganda on course? For the second time in 16 years, the International AIDS conference was held on the African continent.  From July 18 to 22, the conference brought together over 18,000 HIV/AIDS researchers, policy makers, members of the civil society and people living with the disease in the South …

What is driving soldiers to kill, commit suicide? Recently, on June 6, Sergeant Isaac Obua, a UPDF soldier attached to Makindye Military Barracks in the southeastern division of Kampala sent the nation in shock when he shot and killed seven people including children. He was shot and killed by his …

The death on July 16 of John Bosco Kyeyune, the renowned leader of the Mt Sion Prayer Centre Bukalango – also known as Mukajanga- could not have come at a more crisis-filled moment for the Catholic Church of Uganda. Earlier in March, Archbishop Lwanga had suspended Mukajanga over activities related …

How corruption has disabled mechanisms through which the business community can fight for better tax laws THE LAST WORD: By Andrew M. Mwenda Uganda’s ratio of taxes to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has remained almost stagnant for 19 years. In 1997, it was 11%. Since then it has risen to …

Many rituals are performed to prepare a girl for marriage in Uganda. In most tribes, this role is mainly played by the girl’s paternal aunty. Some of the rituals are very painful and are done as soon as a girl becomes an adolescent. Being a Munyankole girl, Eunice Musiime had …

  COVER STORY: Mukajanga’s death, Fr. Kibuka’s move The Independent explains why the sudden death of John Bosco Kyeyune, also known as Mukajanga, the Charismatic leader of the Mt. Sion Prayer Centre Bukalango, and the decision of Fr. Jacinto Kibuuka, to quit the Catholic Church after a row with Kampala …

Christine Lins is the Executive Secretary of Ren 21, a global renewable energy multi-stakeholder policy network. She spoke to Ian Katusiime about the prospects of renewable energy in Africa. Please break down for us what it means for the world now to have 147GW of renewable energy? Record renewable power …

Besigye gets bail. But for how long before the police pounce again? It was the usual scene of wild excitement when opposition leader and former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye was was granted bail by the High Court on July 12. Besigye left the court atop his Pajero waving to his …