NEWS ANALYSIS

By Haggai Matsiko Charity NGOs or money making machines? When it first went viral with over 100 million viewers, a video about catching the notorious warlord Joseph Kony had swung Uganda into celebrity limelight. But when Kony 2012 producer, Jason Russell of the NGO, Invisible Children, suffered a mental meltdown …

  By Peter Nyanzi Workers turn to mass action to protect savings Fed up with government’s apparent lack of concern for their welfare, workers in Uganda are resorting to mass action in a bid to put pressure on the government to protect their pension savings in the National Social Security …

By Haggai Matsiko Invisible Children’s ‘Kony 2012’ viral campaign draws unfriendly fire If videos would kill, Lord’s Resistance Army rebel leader Joseph Kony would be dead by now.  Within just four days, a video—Kony2012— that aims at having him arrested by the end of this year, had gone viral with …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi What if Musisi’s NRM councillors can do it? When Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago showed up in Council Hall for a scheduled meeting on March 7, the ceremonial mace was missing. An agitated Lukwago mounted a hunt. No meeting of Kampala Capital City Authority’s (KCCA) can …

By Haggai Matsiko & Mubatsi Asinja Habati Corruption feared as laws vest too much power in executive over contracts The government has abandoned a key legislation for the oil sector—the Oil Revenue Management Bill—without which revenues from the sector might end up managed poorly. The government had promised to table …

By Pearl Natamba The ugly training ground for future leaders is not about to change Makerere University Students Guild elections are a big, boisterous, binge that often overflows onto the streets of Kampala city. Friday March 9 was typical. The winner of this year’s race, Ivan Kata, had just been …

By Agather Atuhaire Experts allege importation of faulty turbines. Is investors denial enough? When the Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Irene Muloni, announced a new power tariff on Jan. 12, she assured Ugandans that the tariff will reduce once all the five units of Bujagali Hydropower Dam have come …

By Independent Team The past courts the future. Why? An insight into the President’s visit to Kisumu. Why exactly did Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga visit President Yoweri Museveni at State House, Entebbe on March 5? That was the second time the two were having a tete-a-tete in a space …

By Annah Natukunda Women and girls demand accountability for maternal and infant deaths The complaint was filed by a 17- year- old girl from Kamwokya–Kisenyi, a suburb of Kampala city. She wants an explanation for the death of her newborn baby at Mulago National Referral hospital. Once the teenager found …

By Miriam Mukama Women’s Day theme shows benefits of educating the girl child Ajok Eva just got 20 points in the recently released Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE). She is happy but not satisfied with her results, she thinks she would have done better if only she had enough …