Analysis & Opinions

A parent with a child at St. Francis Primary School, Ntinda has expressed concern about what she described as excessive drilling of candidates in the lead-up to their Primary Leaving Examinations. Available information indicates that at St. Francis Primary School, just like many others across the country, teachers continue to

On September 27, President William Ruto of Kenya named 22 Cabinet Secretaries with whom he is going to run the country for the next five years.  According to the 2010 Kenyan Constitution, the President is allowed to appoint not less than 14 and not more than 22 Cabinet Secretaries. This is

Ndayishimiye (Right) and Kenyatta at the meeting in Bujumbura The Institute of Security Studies, ISS. has cast doubt on the success of the armed and political interventions into the Democratic Republic of Congo crisis if the process does not involve Rwanda. The East African Community leaders have heeded the warning

Lt. Col Ahmed Kashilingi Lt. Col Ahmed Kashilingi who passed away on Thursday morning, is listed in The Uganda People’s Defence Forces Act 2005 as one of the 15 permanent members of the Defence Forces Council. These were the senior members of the NRA on January 26, 1986. Other than

Traders in Kikuubo, Kampala. Business conditions for Uganda’s private sector were unchanged at the start of the fourth quarter of the year, following two months of improvement, the latest Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released today reads in part. The headline Stanbic PMI for October was 50.0, the no-change mark

By Denis Jjuuko Somebody who had spent half the year planning for an event with many visitors expected in the country told me that most of his delegates had decided not to come for health reasons. They feared the outbreak of Ebola in the country and decided that they would

President Museveni (R) and Ruto Kenya’s new government took full charge of affairs on Thursday, following the swearing-in of the cabinet ministers. All ministers except Peninah Malonza, who was nominated for Tourism, Wildlife, and Heritage, successfully went through the vetting process by the vetting committee that concluded work on Tuesday.