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COMMENT: By Paola Subacchi Once seen as modern witch doctors with exclusive knowledge, economists are now despised `experts’ Is the economics profession “in crisis”? Many policymakers, such as Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s chief economist, believe that it is. Indeed, a decade ago, economists failed to see a massive …

A Ugandan citizen has dragged United Kingdom’s Visa and Immigration department to the Kampala High Court for orders compelling the UK to compensate him over loss of his passport and other travel documents. Moses Kabanda says he wants sh60 million being expenses he incurred to replace the lost passport. Kabanda through Nexus …

VIDEO: Rtd Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye, former presidential candidate for the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has briefed party supporters in London, UK on the political situation in Uganda. Addressing hundreds of waiting FDC P10 members at the Hilton Hotel in London, Besigye encouraged the supporters to remain hopeful change will …

The imminent closure of Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp will stretch Uganda’s already meagre resources for refugees, Hilary Onek, the country’s minister of relief, disaster preparedness and refugees has said. “Uganda is experiencing an influx of refugees who have been living in neighbouring countries but have now been chased,” Onek said. …

By Aloysious Kasoma Victoria University is set to lose support from the United Kingdom citing constraints of freedom of speech and homosexuality in Uganda. The UK based University of Buckingham posted the statement on their website on 8th January 2013 that they have been in discussion with Victoria University and …

By Independent Team   Museveni awards Shs 200 billion deal at midnight On July 25, 1996 Consolidated Sales Corporation (CSC), an offshore company, submitted an offer to the Ministry of Defence in Uganda proposing to supply MI-24 attack helicopter gunships. CSC’s representative in Uganda, Emmanuel Katto, gave the offer to …