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in Finance, Markets and Economics, Manufacturing and Industry, Politics and Government, Transportation & Transport Vessels
WAS IT A WISE DECISION OF THE UGANDA GOVERNMENT TO GO INTO VEHICLE MAKING
There was a time in the 1960s when the economy of Uganda was doing much better than the economies of countries that came to be known as the Asian Tigers […] More
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RECLAIMING THE FUTURE OF BUSOGA
Submitted to the Joint Abasoga Nseete National Students Association Conference held in Conjunction with the Balunywa Leadership This article is a vital piece of scholarship – a compelling synthesis of […] More
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in Agriculture, Farming and Gardening, Business and Entrepreneurship, Career and Employment, Education and Academia, Fiction, Health and Medicine, Identity & Culture, Innovation, Science and Technology, Journalism and Media, Politics and Government, War and Conflict, Writing and LiteratureReality Under Siege: When AI Rewrites the World
In the beginning, artificial intelligence was a distant marvel — something spoken about in TED Talks and foreign tech expos. In Uganda, it arrived quietly, tucked inside mobile apps, banking […] More
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIOT AND PROTEST: THE CASE OF UGANDA
I don’t usually argue with my children whose ages range from 35 to 54. We exchange ideas. I occasionally I continue reaching them and they continue learning in an andragogical […] More
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General O: When the City learns to Listen and Watch
Kampala is a city of many ears and many eyes. She never sleeps. She wakes before she speaks, and when she does, it is a whisper—soft, precise, deliberate. She listens, […] More
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ANYAMATA AZIKWANJE SADZATHA
Someone has merely glanced at the title of this piece and is already fuming, ready to fire off a thousand angry paragraphs. Ndilemba mchizungu mukhaule. One thing politicians relish, almost […] More
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General O: The Collapse
Prev: General O: The Ritualist and the Reckoning News about Mr. Tumbo a ritualist and serial killer crossed border into Felix’s time line, this news was hurting, he questioned himself […] More
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Life in Exile: PROLOGUE
THE EXIT OF PETER KABURU It did not begin with an arrest. It did not begin with confrontation. It began with a silence inside the system—one so subtle that at […] More
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Vote to shape Uganda’s future by voting MPs who care about technology and the economy
This week is consequential for Uganda’s power structure in the next 5 years as NRMOnline goes to the polls. The next Parliament will have to deal with regulations and policies […] More
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General O: Valentine gambit
Weeks earlier, I had met Major Felix Okello — a man whose mind could span continents in strategy, yet remained anchored by duty and expectation. He would have loved to […] More
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UGANDA: ELECTIONS FOR POWER RETENTION, CONTINUED CONQUEST, OCCUPATION AND DOMINATION
Uganda elections are and have always been NRM and Tibuhaburwa Museveni-focused and conditioned since 1986, solely for power retention as long as possible and well into the future. This is […] More
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VIOLENT POLICIES, VIOLENT LAWS IN GENERATING AND SUSTAINING VIOLENCE IN UGANDA
VIOLENT POLICIES, VIOLENT LAWS IN GENERATING AND SUSTAINING VIOLENCE IN UGANDA By Oweyegha-Afunaduula Center for Critical Thinking and Alternative Analysis Anger is not the problem, violence is… we can use […] 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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FAMILY AND POLITICS
They almost chased me out of our family WhatsApp group because of politics. Imagine that, expelling someone from his own bloodline over colours on a party flag. I refused, of […] 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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General O: A Rodent within the state
The eastern sun rose over the windy city, casting a soft glow on the streets. Another day, another life. An African pastor, far from home, navigating foreign soil — the […] More
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THE FACE OF A LOSS
From a very young age, I have been fortunate to find myself in spaces that many only dream of, spaces of politics, power, and leadership. Often, it is my skills, […] More
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in Career and Employment, Community & Opinion, Education and Academia, Politics and Government, Self-help and InspirationThe Boys Beneath the Mango Tree
In the golden heat of an Arua afternoon, the mango tree behind the community center cast a wide, forgiving shadow. Beneath it, a group of boys sat—some cross-legged, others sprawled […] More





















