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By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi UPC me off MP Betty Amongi walks tight rope between two party camps Shortly after the February presidential which he lost, opposition Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) President, Olara Otunnu, summoned Betty Amongi, who had won the Oyam South MP seat. Otunnu’s intelligence had alerted him that …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Activists for Change (A4C) National Coordinator Mathias Mpuuga, organisers of the Walk-to-Work campaigns that paralysed Kampala and neighbouring towns in April and early May spoke to The Independent’s Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi about a new round of protests. Why are the new protests necessary? I wouldn’t call …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Nothing new. Same promises. Little will be implemented Leader of Opposition Nandala Mafabi shared his views about the budget the new finance minister Maria Kiwanuka presented on June 8 at the Kampala Serena Hotel with The Independent’s Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi. What struck you most about the …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Rtd Col. Dr Kizza Besigye was the presidential candidate for the Interparty Cooperation, a grouping of some opposition parties in the Feb. 18 election. He is contesting the outcome of the election. The Independent’s Eriasa Mukiibi spoke to him You have said the election was stolen. …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Telecom leader explains why it’s not panicked by competitors clawing at its market share Since Warid Telecom announced a 50 percent call tariff cut mid-last month, the competition have, as expected, responded with similarly severe call tariff calls. Most mobile telephone service operators now charge Shs …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Telecom leader explains why it’s not panicked by competitors clawing at its market share Since Warid Telecom announced a 50 percent call tariff cut mid-last month, the competition have, as expected, responded with similarly severe call tariff calls. Most mobile telephone service operators now charge Shs …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi But what makes Uganda’s lone nominee for Africa Microfinance Institution of the Year awards tick? If Ruth Wamulo, 55, of Iganga town in eastern Uganda were on the African Banker of the Year awards panel, she knows she would close her eyes to all the other …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi I recently moved from New York to Nairobi to protect you better; to be closer to you,” declared Tom Rhodes of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) at a press briefing at Hotel Africana on September 23. Rhodes was part of an international joint mission on …