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General O: The Wilderness Trial
Prev: General O: Subsurface Silence Behind Enemy Line The rebel stronghold collapsed without sound, but the environment did not rest.Okello remained in position. The rebel stronghold had collapsed without sound, but […] More
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MASIRE: THE LOST 2017 INTERVIEW
In June 2017, just two weeks before his passing, Botswana’s second president, Sir Ketumile Masire, sat down with storyteller and actor Donald Molosi for what would become his final recorded […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Health and Medicine, Innovation, Science and Technology, Politics and Government
Where PV Regulation in Africa is Headed: Insights for 2026
This is the third year in a row that I am providing an outlook on PV regulations in Africa. To refresh your memory, here are the editions for 2024 and […] More
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Business Continuity Planning in Pharmacovigilance: A Real-World Case from an Internet Shutdown in Uganda
This month brought an unprecedented challenge in my provision of pharmacovigilance services to clients, due to a complete internet shutdown in Uganda, where I am based. The shutdown began on […] More
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General O: The Monkey King and the Broken Lance
It was a Monday morning—one of those mornings that feel ordinary until they redefine everything you thought you knew about danger, power, and survival. I remember the knock. Not loud. […] More
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General O: Container 13B with a Tear Drop
A few weeks earlier, the Parliament and its subordinates had sat in bitter argument over the surveillance system. Charges were pressed. Calls for personal decertification filled the chambers. Every minister, […] More
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General O: Area 56
The coordinates were never meant to be read by ordinary navigation systems. To understand them correctly, one had to return to an older discipline—one that existed long before satellites, digital […] More
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Uganda at a Crossroads: Strengthening the Rule of Law in a Changing Society
Uganda today stands at a critical moment in its legal and constitutional development. As the country continues to grow economically and socially, the demand for a strong, independent, and trusted […] More
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The Silent Gavel: Anita Among’s Covert Pilgrimage to Rome (Part One)
Anita Among’s knees were red and swollen from over half-an-hour of kneeling before the Sistine Chapel’s painting of The Last Judgment. Her face was puffy from crying, eyes bloodshot. Smudges […] More
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Gay or not Gay, Activist or not Activist: There is Nothing “In-between”.
As a young Ugandan storyteller, I have always thought, though naively, that there would never come a time when I have to address a sect of activists who do not […] More
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OUR HISTORY, OUR SILENCE (ADAFERANJI)
If Malawi were in Europe or America, John Chilembwe would probably be a towering national hero. There would be a grand museum dedicated entirely to his life. We might still […] More
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in Building and Construction, Career and Employment, Education and Academia, Innovation, Science and Technology, Politics and Government, Transportation & Transport Vessels
ENGINEERS IN COMMAND: Why Uganda’s Vision 2040 Demands Technical Leadership
There is a question that rarely gets asked in Uganda’s political conversations, yet it may be the most consequential one of our times: Who should govern a nation that has […] More
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DEAR VOTER
The season is back In which we give a verdict About the service of men To their respective region, country at large All to be done, in the polling booth […] More
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Corruption has truly killed Uganda
Scholars have always said that, a nation is not destroyed by its enemies, but by the corruption of its own leaders. When corruption becomes normal, suffering becomes permanent. For decades, […] More
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INSULT CHAKWERA IF YOU WANT BUT…
Many people became angry with Chakwera because he accepted defeat too quickly. They say he should not have accepted losing so easily. They say he handed over government like Santa […] More
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ECHOES IN MATOOKELAND: WHY POLITICAL WRITERS ARE THE TRUE GUARDIANS OF OUR CONSCIENCE
“Let Them Wail. Uganda Belongs to Us.” When the Commander of the Defence Forces (CDF) of Uganda dropped that phrase onto Twitter/X on the Saturday of 27th June 2026. It […] More
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in Fiction, Identity & Culture, Politics and Government, Religion and Spirituality, Thrillers and Horrors, Writing and Literature
Life in Exile: Act Three – The Return of Shadows(Chapter Seventeen: The Ghost and the Cave (part IV))
Chapter Seventeen: The Ghost and the Cave (part IV) As Peter struggled to recover, my own thoughts began connecting the scattered pieces of a puzzle that had haunted us since […] More
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in Community & Opinion, History & Heritage, Identity & Culture, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and Government
Enforcing Ugandans onto the Fateful Path of Maoris, Aboriginals and Red Indians: A Comparative Study of Colonisation-by-Proxy and the Instrumentalisation of Law, Policy, and Knowledge
Abstract: This article examines the hypothesis that post-1986 Uganda is being deliberately steered toward the same demographic, cultural, and ecological fate experienced by the Maoris of New Zealand, Aboriginals of […] More























