Tag Archives: Uganda

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Speaker Anita Among has tweeted for the first time since May, confirming reports that she is now free from house arrest and will not face criminal charges. She said she will soon be back in parliament. “I take this opportunity to thank …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government needs to establish a comprehensive methane emissions management framework before commercial oil production begins, the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) has warned. In a new briefing titled Strengthening Uganda’s Oil and Gas Sector Methane Emission Abatement, NRGI says Uganda is approaching oil production without …

  COVER STORY | For a decade, President Yoweri Museveni has promised, and repeatedly proclaimed, Uganda’s arrival in the lower-middle-income club. The World Bank keeps saying not yet. Behind the numbers lies a deeper contest over growth, population, political legacy and who gets to define Uganda’s economic progress, reports Ronald …

  COMMENT | STELLA OKETCHO |  Uganda’s Parliament has, over the years, developed several standing committees that have stood out for the weight of the responsibilities entrusted to them. Among the most prominent are the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on Public Accounts (Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises), …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN | Following the arrest of Erias Lukwago, the deportation of Martha Karua and mass withdrawal of the other defense lawyers, treason suspect Obeid Lutale has turned to his daughter to represent him in front of the trial judge Emmanuel Baguma. Mariam Lutale, the daughter of treason …

  Kampala, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Joseph Kasozi leads the 94th Johnnie Walker Uganda Amateur Open by 1 stroke after battling on a rain-affected course on day one at the Uganda Golf Club. Kasozi sunk birdies on holes 1,5,8,10,14 and 15, with a bogey on hole 12, as he carded an …

NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | The idea of moving Uganda’s capital from Kampala to Nakasongola has returned to the national conversation, reviving a debate that has periodically surfaced in Ugandan politics and physical-planning circles. The latest discussion centres on whether government should gradually relocate political and administrative functions from Kampala …

  COMMENT | RONALD AMANYIRE | The crackdown on taxis labelled as being in dangerous mechanical condition has produced the entirely predictable outcome: passengers stranded across the city and an immediate surge in boda‑boda use. That alone exposes a simple truth which is that even in their poor state, these …

  Transition to Muhoozi’s UPDF generation nearly complete   Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Nineteen generals of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) retired from active service on August 20 in what is likely one of the army’s biggest senior-level retirements in recent years. It also marked the end …

    On one side are people building ownership in the economy; on the other are people financing consumption with borrowed money.   COMMENT | MITCHELLE MUGYENI | Everyone assumes Uganda’s next financial fault line will be the old one: rich versus poor. Look closer at the numbers, and a …