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in Education and Academia, Family, Friends and Relationships, Finance, Markets and Economics, Identity & Culture, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and GovernmentWhen Theft Becomes Survival: Who Will Save Uganda?
Three years ago, I walked through a beautiful eco-resort hotel in Uganda with a European friend of mine who owned it. It was the kind of place any country would […] More
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General O: Echoes across Generations
The lake lay dark and silent, stretched before us like a vast sheet of black glass beneath the endless canopy of stars. Not a ripple disturbed the surface. The water […] More
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What If Hon. Lillian Aber Had Ignored Online Geeks?
Acoli wajo ni, lok nyar ki gamo. Kit ma dong Hon. Lillian ogamo lok oree matye iyamo ikum maa gi gin ki Judas Rapknowledge, wek bene wan wa gam. Late […] More
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The face of personal transformation and for many young people in Uganda, a beacon of hope.
The state of our affairs has left many young people desperately seeking greener pastures. Some have managed to flee the country, while others still languish in despair, hoping for better […] More
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IS THE TRADITIONAL CLERGY READY TO BE PART OF THE PEOPLE’S CRAVING FOR A GENUINE LIBERATION IN UGANDA?
In this article, I exclude the Full Gospel groups and the Pentecostals or the so-called Savedees, and all the other religious groups that President Idi Amin banned. I exclude them […] More
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in Education and Academia, Finance, Markets and Economics, Manufacturing and Industry, Politics and GovernmentUGANDA’S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DEBATES
Before President Tibuhaburwa Museveni captured the instruments of power in Uganda in 1986 through the barrel of the gun, with the assistance of Rwandan Tutsi refugees who wanted to use […] 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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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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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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Life in Exile: Act One; The Breaking of a Man
CHAPTER TWO: THE HEADLINE THAT WEEK That week did not unfold. It collided—unreasonably. Not in a single moment that could be pointed at and named,but in overlapping fragments. Things that […] More
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IS UGANDA TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF TANZANIA AND CAMEROON?
What is happening in Cameroon and Tanzania, or what happened in Libya, suggests that peace and stability, constructing buildings or providing amenities may not be enough to satisfy humanity. Humanity […] 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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in Fiction, Identity & Culture, Journalism and Media, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and Government, Travel and Adventure
Life in Exile: ACT ONE; THE BREAKING OF A MAN
Chapter Three: Zeitgeist After receiving words from Oburu—who claimed to have once known Peter Kaburu’s parents—I felt that familiar stirring that every journalist recognizes but rarely trusts: instinct. It did […] More
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Personal experience on how defenseless we are against the power of the state.
Just a few days ago, as I observed my beautiful 10-month-old baby, I was struck by how defenceless she was. Profound. And like all profound things, it made me think […] More
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UHURU SABABU NI WAMOJA: A Manifesto for a Wounded Democracy
“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” — George Orwell, 1984 (1949) I write this knowing my younger […] More
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“Uganda’s Vote is East Africa’s Future: Why Museveni Matters”
As Uganda goes to the polls today, what happens inside the country is not just Uganda’s business—it is East Africa’s business. Uganda’s stability, leadership, and governance affect the region in […] More
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Case for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
I dared to dream about what it would be like living in Africa when, rather than if, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) takes shape as one of the […] 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
