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By Peter Nyanzi For 100 new buses to rot away in the city is a gross national shame and embarrassment for all Ugandans What emotion do you get at the sight of a mass of Pioneer buses rotting away in the parking lot of Namboole Stadium? Every time I see …

By Dickens Kamugisha Common woman is greatest loser in judicial-political battle in Uganda The  High Court ruling in September that faulted the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) for bringing an application on behalf of those displaced by the government oil refinery in Hoima casts a dark shadow on the …

By Joan Akello Joyce Nabbosa Sebugwawo, national party chairperson Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has today announced that its fifth National Delegates Conference will be held on December 6 at Namboole National Stadium. Initially the party’s management and National Executive Committee had scheduled this meeting for Nov. 21. While the …

Dr. Eddie Mukoyo, the Assistant Commissioner, Resources, at the Ministry of Health has said Uganda’s remarkable fight against epidemics such as Ebola and Marburg is to a large extent down to the ministry’s swift adoption of mobile health applications. Dr. Mukoyo was speaking at this month’s Mobile Monday Kampala (MoMoKla) …

By Julius Businge  India’s Bajaj Auto Limited has doubled the number of its Bajaj motorcycles imported in Uganda to 70, 000 a year, according to a top official. Speaking in Kampala, the capital city Manish Thapar, the company’s head of East Africa business said Uganda is one of their key …

By Flavia Nassaka MPs earn big, but are deep in debt Cash flow equals income minus expenses. Some members of Uganda’s parliament clearly skipped that personal finance management class. Among them are Felix Okot Ogong, Nakato Kyabanji Katusiime, Florence Kintu, and Simon Peter Aleper. All of them earn quite a …

By Flavia Nassaka Progress made on immunisation but maternal, child health lagging Starting next year, the Ministry of Health is to introduce a new polio vaccine for children, according to the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunisation (UNEPI) Programme Director, Dr Robert Mayanja. Dr Mayanja was speaking to The Independent …

By Flavia Nassaka The Medical Research Council (MRC), a body under the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), is this year marking 25 years of operations in Uganda. Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu, the director, spoke to Flavia Nassaka about the current state of medical / health research in the country. Briefly, what …

By Independent Team Move could avert costly conflict Continuing backroom deals between President Yoweri Museveni and his former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi are fuelling speculation that open conflict between them can still be averted. However, analysts warn that if the fallout between the two is not handled properly and escalates, …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the discourse on press freedom in Rwanda has missed the promising developments in that country Last week I attended President Paul Kagame’s lecture at Chatham House in London. It was without the usual hecklers i.e. mindless anti-Kagame fanatics. It attracted the more refined minds of …