July 31

• Uganda: Uganda's Annual Inflation Up to 5.1 Percent

  Uganda's annual inflation rate for the year ended July 2013 increased to 5.1% from a revised figure of 3.6% a month earlier, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) announced on... Read more »

• Uganda: African Economies Open for More World Bank Support

  Uganda is among the other African countries that will continue to receive financial support from the World Bank so as to grow its economy to better levels. Read more »

July 30

• Uganda: Economic Growth Is About Forcing People to Work, Say Expert

  Lawrence Bategeka, the acting principle at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) at Makerere University has urged government to force Ugandans to participate in productive... Read more »

• Uganda: Investigate Black Monday Activists and NGO's - Kayihura

  The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has said that the black Monday movement and NGO's need to be investigated to determine how much money they get as opposed to what they are... Read more »

July 29

• Uganda: Standard Chartered Bank Staff Supports Mothers in Mulago

  Over 30 staff of the Corporate Banking Department of Standard Chartered Bank have contributed money to the tune of Shs 4million and bought 100 baby kits to new mothers at Mulago... Read more »

• Uganda: World Bank, DFID to Release Tourism Report

  The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities (MTWA), in partnership with The World Bank and DFID will be launching a report on the current status of the Tourism Industry in... Read more »

July 26

• Rwanda: Kigali Gets Top Foreign Varsities

  Education policy to ensure knowledge economy by 2020 Read more »

• Uganda: How Museveni Uses the Army

  Recent promotions in the army have re-ignited the continuous debate of how President Yoweri Museveni uses the forces to stay in power. Hundreds of low rank officers, from 2nd... Read more »

• Uganda: Teachers, Police Officers to Get Their Delayed Salaries By Monday

  The government has earmarked shs 44.08 billion to address salary short falls in the months of May and June. The most affected people have been teachers and police officers with the... Read more »

• Uganda: Young Couple Asks Museveni to Help in Tracing Lost Baby

  A youthful couple that allegedly lost one of their twin babies at Mulago Hospital's Maternity Ward last year has asked President Museveni to intervene and save their young family... Read more »

• Uganda: Managing the Social Cost of Sickle Cell Anemia

  On many days Faith Talemwa, 24, enjoys doing the things young women her age like to do. But on some days, Talemwa suffers such debilitating pain she can barely get out of bed. She... Read more »

• Uganda: I Totally Believe in the Cultural Heritage of Buganda [interview]

  Mayiga spoke with The Independent about what his new role as Katikkiro means both to him and the Kingdom and what the Baganda and Uganda may expect from his tenure. Read more »

• Uganda: Islands Get Nearer

  By MV Pearl, a new ferry, Kalangala District - comprising dozens of islands on Lake Victoria - is just 30 minutes away from the mainland, but for a first time visitor, it's... Read more »

• East Africa: Row Brews Over Kenya's Europe Deal

  A row is brewing between Kenya's new government and her regional counterparts over its readiness to sign the European Union's Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs). Read more »

• Rwanda: The Secret to Rwanda's Success [opinion]

  The circus and bizarre media headlines on the mess and resultant belligerent battlefields in the neighbouring Eastern DR Congo are back. But, at least this time, Rwandan citizens... Read more »

• Uganda: Odoki Speaks Out On Re-Appointment

  On February 4, 2005 while launching his book, 'The Search for National Consensus' at the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe, then-Chief Justice Benjamin Joseph Odoki made a... Read more »

• Uganda: Land Grabbers At Centre of Kampala Woes [interview]

  Yusuf Nsibambi is the chairman of the Kampala Land Board spoke to The Independent's Stephen Kafeero about disagreements with KCCA and the future. Read more »

• Uganda: Kigali Lessons for Kampala [analysis]

  Recently, I was privileged to be part of the team that successfully launched Vision East Africa Forum (VEAF) - Rwanda Chapter in the capital Kigali. VEAF is a regional-wide civil... Read more »

• Uganda: Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga

  Everything seems muted in the spacious office of the new prime minister of the powerful Buganda kingdom, Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga, at Bulange palace in Mengo, Kampala. F Read more »

• Uganda: Damming the Nile and Reservoir Induced Seismicity [opinion]

  Is Karuma dam on track now? Perhaps yes. Bujagali took ages to come on. But opponents of damming will not give up! Through local compatriots like Oweyaaga Afunaduula (New Vision, 8... Read more »

• Uganda: The Price of Politics

  And so it was that inside the New Vision of Monday July 22 was a printed list of our ministers - a 78-strong cabinet - up from 71. The biggest "ministry" is the Office of the Prime... Read more »

• Africa: Securing Africa's Land for Shared Prosperity [column]

  Acaled-up land registration and legal recognition of the rights of squatters on public lands, would improve lives Read more »

• Uganda: Absa-Barclays Merger Gets BoU Nod

  With all regulator requirements fulfilled to complete the $ 2 billion merger of Absa, South Africa's largest retail bank, and Barclays Africa, attention is now shifting to the... Read more »

• Uganda: Onatracom Gets Rescue Plan

  Rwanda to place loss-making public transporter under private managers Read more »

July 22

• Uganda: Four Confirmed Dead After Building Collapse

  Four people have been confirmed dead and others injured in Kampala after a part of Nice Times building next to Magoba Arcade caved in. Read more »