In The Magazine

By Julius Businge The Uganda shilling tumbled 2.2% against the dollar touching 2670/80 in the week ending Nov. 23 from the previous close of 2605/15. The central bank intervened in the early morning session on Friday-Nov. 23 to halt the slide as demand for dollar surged. Denis Mashanyu, the forex trader …

By Dani Rodrik The symptoms are there that the US will ultimately be undone by the poor quality of its democratic discourse With its presidential election over, the United States can finally take a breather from campaign politics, at least for a while. But an uncomfortable question lingers: How is …

By Joseph Bossa A historical perspective shows need to build confidence and trust with firmness Kampala has not lived up the expectations of a capital city. There are people who argue that it is irredeemable and that Uganda should establish a new capital city somewhere else. Others assent that it …

By Christopher Blattman If corruption hurts growth, why have economists not found much evidence for it? Should foreign donors care about corruption in developing countries? Or is corruption an Anglo-American fetish? Corruption infuriates me as much as the next person. It is despicable, pure and simple. But Westerners care about …

By Okello Lucima Critics miss the remarkableness of the US directive on Uganda’s 2011 election that Otunnu wrenched from Congress Yoga Adhola’s ‘Otunnu is an empty suit’, (The Independent, Oct.5), made many wild claims. His central thesis and assertions that Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party President Olara Otunnu’s Harvard and …

By Independent Investigations Team CID takes hold of Shs 800bn worth of Oloka, Obey properties, over 256 land titles attached Early one morning last month, one Kenneth Tulomwe was arrested by police as he drove out of his gate in Muyenga in a brand new double cabin pick-up truck he …

By Julius Businge President Yoweri Museveni has today, Nov. 23 urged the COMESA member states to support the integration process within of the COMESA bloc to enable it record positive achievements. Museveni advised member states to copy what developed countries did, especially China so they can have their economies in …

By Julius Businge Andrew Seguya has been appointed as the substantive executive director of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), according to the UWA statement. The appointment was confirmed by the Minister of Tourism Maria Mutagamba. The position fell vacant in 2010 following the sacking of Moses Mapesa and other officials …

By Sarah Namulondo President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has blamed Uganda’s poor economy on Amin’s expulsion of Indians from Uganda. He said that characters like Idi Amin disturbed the relationship between Uganda and India. The president said if the Indians were not expelled Uganda’s economy would be very far with their …

By Sarah Namulondo The parliamentary committee of presidential Affairs has summoned the inspector General of police Gen Kale Kayihura to explain why he has failed to provide security to Owino market. The committee decided to summon Kayihura after KCCA officials told committee members that the Authority failed to conduct a …