In The Magazine

By Andrew M. Mwenda African Development Bank President, Donald Kaberuka, spoke to The Independent’s Andrew Mwenda about the future of African economies and Uganda. Since the mid-1990s, we have seen sustained economic growth across most of Africa. What role has AFDB played in that transformation? Is AFDB relevant to growth …

By Julius Businge The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has recorded Shs3 trillion as its asset base for the period ending November 2012, the Fund’s  Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba told a press conference in Kampala on Nov. 6. Byarugaba said over the past 12 months, despite the harsh economic conditions, …

By Sarah Namulondo The health ministry and the Palliative care association of Uganda with support from the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) have launched a report documenting palliative The book which was officially launched by the permanent secretary of Ministry Of Health Dr. Asuman Lukwago carries the history …

By Ronald Musoke The US Ambassador, Scott DeLisi will officially launch the Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) programme at Makerere University Hospital on Dec.11. The service has been made possible by the Makerere University Joint AIDS Programme (MJAP) with technical assistance from the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …

By Julius Businge Denis Mashanyu, the forex trader at Standard Chartered Bank says the Uganda shilling weakened against the US dollar during the week that ended Dec. 7 closing 2690/00 from the previous close of 2675/85. Mashanyu said the move came after the central bank cut the central bank rate …

By Sarah Namulondo Four HIV/AIDS patients have died in Amuru district after taking expired ARV’s for eight months. The drugs which were clarified as expired by medical doctors were Nevarapine, Devodine and Namovadine tablets. The relatives of the deceased said that over the period of eight months the deceased started …

By Mugumya Amooti The opposition party’s spirit, character and practices have set an extemporary precedent in Ugandan politics Following the Nov. 22 successful and peaceful Delegates Conference, during which they elected a new party president, Uganda’s leading opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) deserves a warm hug. Other …

Many states in this world have corrupt officials. In Uganda, the corrupt have a state Over the last year Uganda has latched from one major corruption scandal to another. The paradox of our nation’s corruption is that although it goes on with impunity, it does not go on with impunity. …

By Julius Businge Uganda will tomorrow-Dec. 7 host the 6th National Competitiveness Forum at the Kampala Serena Hotel starting at 8:00am, under the theme: Youth in Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Economic Transformation. The Keynote speaker for the Forum is Professor Ricardo Hausmann from the center of International development at Harvard …

By Julius Businge The ministry of trade, Industry and cooperatives has started registration of all foreign traders in the Greater Kampala (Kampala Capital City Authority, Mukono and Wakiso districts), the ministry announced in a local news paper on Dec. 5. “The ministry has received persistent complaints from the business community …