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Dear Bobi Wine, everywhere is ‘booked’ and don’t argue
The Acholi say, latin ki cwinyo pwony kii ba ddero (an orphan hears good advice from behind the granary). Honourable Bobi Wine, wherever you are, hear this and understand it […] More
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Uganda at 62: Independence or a Change of Colonial Masters?
Today marks 62 years since Uganda officially became independent from British colonial rule, a milestone that, on the surface, represents freedom, self-determination, and national pride. But as we celebrate with […] More
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Navigating the path between politics and religion: Lessons from Archbishop Joseph Kiwanuka
Archbishop Joseph Nakabaale Kiwanuka Memorial Lecture delivered on 6th March 2025 at Pope Paul VI Memorial Hotel-Ndeeba under the theme: “Religion and Politics” When I accepted the invitation to […] More
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It’s time to tap opportunities MK brings but prepare your big metallic container
It’s not unusual to see young boys and girls running to the well to fetch water, just after the rain. The well often survives because the water from the roofs […] More
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If Bobi Wine has no content, how did he get us drunk?
Every time her mum was mad about her actions, she would shout at her: ‘Mbwa ggwe’ (you dog). It was indeed the case that Nakato was cantankerous, but she was […] More
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Pause renaming Ugandan roads after celebs for 100 years.
It is now becoming routine that every time an influential person dies, we want to find a city road to rename after them. Honour is different from legacy. If their […] More
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PUBLIC EDUCATION – A PUBLIC GOOD THAT SHOULD NOT BE ELIMINATED BY PROJECT 2025
In Uganda, we still value academic education far more than public education, even when new developments such as the World Wide Web and Artificial Intelligence have minimal respect for academic […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Family, Friends and Relationships, Identity & Culture, Politics and GovernmentOn the Ugandan Nepo Baby.
Dear @ZeeroBrain and @BuniChristopher I have been meaning to write to you but eh. Eh. Things have been so tough. Never have I been in a hole that required me […] More
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FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA.
Ever since the old scramble for Africa by European countries, with distant participation of the United States, which had just liberated itself from British Colonialism and Imperialism through the power […] More
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in Finance, Markets and Economics, Identity & Culture, Innovation, Science and Technology, Politics and GovernmentIMAGINING THE FUTURE OF AFRICA BY 2123
Before I make you acquainted with my imagination of the future of Africa by 2123, which is 100 years from now, let me explain why I preferred Imagining to Thinking […] More
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OUR PARLIAMENT
I asked different creative storytellers to write about our parliament in their own way, their own style. This is what they wrote. Baz Sempebwa (Ernest Bazanye) Abiriga farts. You know he […] More
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UGANDA, and the East African Community: A case for demand-led growth in the economy.
A tonne of sugar costs $705 to transport from Kakira to Nairobi. From any other market, including Brazil, the least cost of transportation for a tonne of sugar is $840! […] More
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Jajja: Genius strategist or impediment to growth?
The final IDA19 Replenishment meeting took place in Stockholm, Sweden from Dec 12-13, 2019. The final figure agreed for the period 1st July, 2020 to 30 June, 2023, was a […] More
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Of $2.8 million and the Kadaga meltdown
Ms Rebecca Kadaga is the speaker of Uganda’s General Assembly. Her position accords her the title “Honorable”, which means “deserving of respect or high regard”. She is always addressed as […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Family, Friends and Relationships, Identity & Culture, Minorities and People with Disabilities, Politics and GovernmentON HOMOSEXUALITY, ABORTION AND THE HYPOCRISY OF OUR NATIONAL OUTCRY – PART 1: This Thing Called Homosexuality
When the Anti-homosexuality Bill 2009 (and later 2014 Act) was passed by parliament almost a decade ago, then Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga described it as the House’s Christmas gift […] More
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Who votes for who? Are Uganda’s elites useless?
Opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye has argued that elites in Uganda are the most useless group in the country. Let us test this thesis and seek to prove what it […] More
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Jim Muhwezi’s latest money heist!
Fast and Furious is a successful media franchise whose movies feature raucous street racing, brawling, amorous liaisons, and simmering rivalries. For more than a decade now, successive movie releases feature […] More
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The Trouble with Uganda’s Political Activism
Uganda’s political activism is in an ideological crisis. The imagination of freedom continues to produce disarray within the political parties and public intellectuals. One of the questions of contention relates […] More
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