Tag Archives: Analysis

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Lake Victoria floods: What living in this historic moment means THE LAST WORD COVID’s nail in the EAC: How the East African Community may not survive the current pandemic and why this may …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY The truth about the COVID-19 food fights: The comedy, corruption, and politics ANALYSIS Delivering education online: Coronavirus underscores what’s missing in Africa BUSINESS Big deal: Tullow Oil to exit Ugandan market, sales its …

  THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last night, Sunday 19th of April 2020, I lost a young friend, Phil Manzi, to lymphoma, cancer of the lymph nodes! He was only 19! Why does death suddenly rob the world of such a young soul whose future was ahead …

How Museveni and his top security agencies executed the plan Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT TEAM | On March 11 President, Yoweri Museveni, called a security meeting at State House, Entebbe, consisting of all heads of intelligence, police and army including the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI). He declared that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Winnie Byanyima’s Rwanda diplomacy: How Besigye’s wife negotiated a deal between Museveni and Kagame THE WEEK Attack in the north: UPDF barracks in Zombo attacked THE LAST WORD Besigye as Museveni’s ally: How Uganda’s …

New Delhi, India | AFP | They hail from vastly different backgrounds — Donald Trump is the son of a property tycoon while Narendra Modi is a descendant of a poor tea-seller. Yet the two teetotallers, loved by right-wing nationalists in their home countries, share striking similarities that have seen …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Museveni action on shootings: Trigger happy Lt. Col Juma Seiko makes the UPDF the target THE WEEK In court: ISO Boss Bagyenda’s son gets 32 years for murder THE LAST WORD The passing of …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY New curriculum: Controversy over creating generation next Uganda THE WEEK UCC changes: Eng. Irene Kaggwa replaces Mutabazi as UCC Executive Director THE LAST WORD Uganda’s politics of fiction: How political competition in our …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Joint 2021 opposition candidate impossible: Why Bobi Wine, Besigye, Muntu can’t unite THE LAST WORD Inside Museveni’s 34 years: The pros and cons of the President’s long rule and what they portend for …

Case of Africa’s troubled richest woman casts new light ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | When the former long-serving leader of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe died on September 06, 2019, attention almost immediately turned to the wealth he is alleged to have looted while in office and those likely to benefit …