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By Joan Akello Prof. Edward Kakonge, National chairman of Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) talked to Joan Akello about politics and humanity. Any three things we don’t know about you? I believe in Jesus but not in religion or that there is heaven. So I want to maximize my life here; …

By The Independent team The Uganda Development Bank Ltd (UDB) recently unveiled its new corporate identity. CEO Patricia Ojangole talked to The Independent about the milestone, their operations, as well as other pertinent issues in the banking industry. What were the reasons behind UDB’s rebranding? Corporate rebranding was one of …

By Haggai Matsiko A behind the scenes look at what could be behind them 7:20 PM, March 30: A vehicle pulls up at a roadside fruit stall in Kiwatule, a fast growing suburb of Kampala city along the Kisaasi-Najjera Road. The fruit stall is near a tree shade, in front …

By Agather Atuhaire When Joan Kagezi, 47, the Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions at the war crimes division of the High Court, was on March.30 gunned down in front of some of her four kids, many could not hold back tears. It was her boss, Mike Chibita, the DPP, who …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How the debate on amending the Constitution to remove term limits is evolving in Rwanda and the issues to consider President Paul Kagame recently said he does not want Rwanda to amend the constitution to remove term limits. But I do not think this will stop …

By Morris DC Komakech The old parties and current antics no longer have the capacity to propel us to a conjoined future Nigeria has completed its multiparty elections where an incumbent gracefully conceded defeat in an election. It is an unprecedented “first” of its kind in that nation. In Uganda, …

By Prof. Morris Ogenga-Latigo NRM is repeating UPC’s folly based on directive that only NRM supporters must benefit Mr. President, from joining Makerere University as a Lecturer in 1990, I have given my whole to the promotion of agricultural transformation in Uganda. In the Faculty of Agriculture, professors Patrick Rubaihayo, …

By Flavia Nassaka Should Health ministry approve PrEPs for people at high risk of infection? Irene Nakyeyune is negative for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. So she did not feel any apprehension when she got pregnant. But that changed in April last year during one of her antenatal visits …

By Patrick Kagenda Group bars MPs Akena, Amongi and Ebil from contesting any public office With time running out for Uganda`s independence party; the UPC, to elect a new party president following the factional infighting, the rift within the party has taken a new dimension. A group of self-proclaimed UPC …

By Edgar Tushabe Muhairwe Leaders tell youth that party needs both activism and party building What is the relationship between political party activism and party building? Should there be the perceived conflict between the two? Those were some of the questions tackled on March 25 during the Forum for Democratic …