NEWS ANALYSIS

By Haggai Matsiko Scourge leaves country with Shs 2.6 trillion swindled The low key start on Oct.22 of criminal proceedings against three cabinet ministers; Sam Kutesa, Mwesigwa Rukutana, and John Nasasira, who are confidantes of President Yoweri Museveni, is the latest sign that the fight against corruption has shifted. On …

By Independent Team How Godfathers protected main player in the grand theft On Monday, November 28, 2011, a man identified as Benon Byamukama of Kitovu LC I in Mbarara walked into Cairo International Bank main branch on Plot 30 Kampala Road to open a savings account as a member of …

By Ronald Musoke Its developers are being criticised for using O-level students as ‘guinea pigs’ A recent move by the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) to overhaul the O-Level curriculum and have it in use by 2015 has drawn mixed reactions. The main feature of the reforms is a whittling …

By Agencies A new report by Canadian researchers challenges the widespread belief that rape is increasingly being used as a “weapon of war.” The report released on Oct.10 by a research team from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver said there is no compelling evidence to support this belief or claims …

By Independent Team Muntu leads Nandala, but many delegates still undecided Former Army Commander, Gen. Mugisha Muntu holds a slight lead in the race for the presidency of Uganda’s biggest opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), according to a pulse-check poll done by The Independent early this month. …

By Joan Akello Justice James Ogoola has a knack for waxing poetic at the smallest opportunity. The Chairperson of the Judicial Service Commission and former principal judge got a grand opportunity when he was asked to speak on the Rule of Law in Uganda on the Rule of Law Day, …

By Julius Odeke It was Uganda’s day.  No doubt about that.  The traditional dancers who graced the 50 year anniversary celebrations at Kololo Independence Grounds on Oct. 9 gave the ceremony an African touch that excited spectators. Black, yellow and red were the favoured colors of all who were at …

By Haggai Matsiko Museveni launches `century of Uganda’ There are times when it looks like the success or failure of an important occasion hangs on the outcome of a single event in the ceremony. Amidst the unprecedented excitement, pomp, and pageantry at celebrations to mark Uganda 50 years of independence …

By Haggai Matsiko The entry way to opposition leader Kizza Besigye’s home in Kasangati, a Kampala city suburb has become familiar even to those who have never been there. Most have seen the pinkish-red walls of the brick-red tiled bungalow on TV as heavy deployment of police attempt to keep …

By Independent Reporters Bishop Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira, Bishop Namirembe Diocese There are so many good things that have been done over the last 50 years. But in the same vein, there are so many bad things that have equally happened because to err is human. “We should ask God for …