BEIJING | Xinhua | China on Thursday released a national action plan to enhance human rights over the next five years at the ongoing 2026 Forum on Global Human Rights Governance, where attendees from home and abroad hailed China’s progress in this field. The National Human Rights Action Plan of …
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COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | Reader, on May 12th at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, President Yoweri Museveni will take his seventh oath of office. As I have previously noted, under his reign, Uganda’s economy has expanded, and, indeed, today Uganda is wealthier than at any time in its 64 years …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s financial sector is positioning itself for a structural shift toward sustainability-driven finance, with aBi Finance and its partners launching two initiatives that could reshape how banks and microfinance institutions measure risk, attract capital, and compete in a tightening global regulatory environment. Unveiled at Four Points …
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FRANKFURT | Xinhua | A promotional event for the English edition of the fifth volume of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China” was held here on Tuesday. The volume contains 91 of Xi’s works under 18 topics covering the period from May 27, 2022 to Dec. 20, 2024, including reports, …
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COMMENT | James Shikwati | African nations have since independence operated within a global system they did not participate in designing, one that often undermines their agency and development. The African nation-states continue to battle internal governance issues, corruption, and conflicts. The post Second World War liberal international order built on …
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Could adoption of continental mining vision propel country’s development agenda? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | It is an open secret that Uganda sits on a geological treasure map. From gold-rich belts in the country’s northeastern province of Karamoja to deposits of critical transition minerals now prized by global clean-energy …
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How electoral democracy has prostituted our governance and undermined the public spirit THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Uganda is facing a moral crisis, a loss of the public spirit in public service. Public policy and actions no longer embody the public spirit. Instead, they reinforce a pattern …
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The two countries are outpacing global heavyweights. Tanzania is propelled with a reformist push under a woman president, while Rwanda is institutionalising gender equality in various sectors. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Rwanda and Tanzania are emerging as Africa’s strongest governance performers, according to a new report. Chandler Good …
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While policymakers point to timelines and legal frameworks to justify readiness, the public often experiences these reforms as impositions rather than collaborations. That Auto-EPS took two decades to materialise but still managed to catch its target population off guard is evidence of a hollow civic process, more internal than inclusive, …
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The collapse of governance and the consequences for our country because of an aging president THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Uganda is in deep trouble. The center is no longer holding. The country is literally falling apart. And there is no rescue on the horizon. The NRM government lost …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
