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in Finance, Markets and Economics, Health and Medicine, Politics and Government, Transportation & Transport VesselsMr President, open boda bodas NOW
Last night, President Yoweri Museveni claimed boda bodas are not an effective means of public transport! Who decides this: the president, a committee of experts or commuters? Ugandan commuters have […] More
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How to gracefully fall off a boda boda.
You know how it is on those boda boda commutes…every once in a while, you end up sharing the journey with someone who seems to be going in the same […] More
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in Energy and Electricity, Finance, Markets and Economics, Transportation & Transport Vessels, War and ConflictAn oil tanker moves at the speed of a bicycle.
I’m serious. A fully loaded supertanker, four football pitches long, carrying 2-3 million barrels of crude, cruises at 10 to 15 knots. That’s 18 to 28 km/h. The same speed […] More
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Boda Boda Riding 101
The Iranians and Persians are excellent at the art of negotiation. -Donald Trump Boy please, have you met a Ugandan? #Bodariding101. You can thank me later. Or send me Mobile […] More
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in Innovation, Science and Technology, Law, Crime and Justice, Politics and Government, Transportation & Transport Vessels
The Digital Plates Dilemma
On the morning of Wednesday, November 1st 2023 something groundbreaking at the time, happened somewhere in Uganda. Security Minister Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi and Works and Transport Minister Gen. Katumba […] More
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THE DISATRAGEDY OF UGANDA’S ROADS SUBSECTOR
Perhaps it is good for everyone who reads this article to start off by knowing the difference between tragedy and disaster. Many storytellers use them interchangeably without attempting to show […] More
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“That’s my seat.”
I always find it funny when in a bus, a person comes to me and almost triumphantly announces while pointing at the window seat next to me, “That’s my seat.” […] More
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WHEN I IMAGINED DEATH IN A SMALL AIRCRAFT CRASH IN MASAI MARA, KENYA, 1981.
When in 1981 the coornator of The Biology of Conservation in the Zoology Department of the University of Nairobi, Dr Ian Deshmukh, told my First Year Masters group ( which […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Energy and Electricity, Environment & Climate, Innovation, Science and Technology, Transportation & Transport VesselsUganda’s Green Industrial Powerhouse: Morrison Rwakakamba Applauds GOGO Electric’s Innovation and Job Creation.
WEDNESDAY MAY 13TH 2026. LUNCHTIME NEWS GOGO Electric factory which fabricate world-class electric motorcycles and batteries with 600 Ugandans has become exceptional inspiration to Uganda’s innovation and industrialisation. This was […] More
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in Career and Employment, Community & Opinion, Environment & Climate, Innovation, Science and Technology, Law, Crime and Justice, Manufacturing and Industry, Minorities and People with Disabilities, Politics and Government, Transportation & Transport Vessels, Travel and AdventureThe Bribe That Broke The Bridge
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Career and Employment, Community & Opinion, Education and Academia, Finance, Markets and Economics, Law, Crime and Justice, Manufacturing and Industry, Minorities and People with Disabilities, Politics and Government, Self-help and Inspiration, Transportation & Transport Vessels, Writing and LiteratureThe Graduate’s Hustle
I stood on Makerere’s lawns in 2023, my economics degree in hand, the sun warming my cap and gown. The air buzzed with hope—dreams of boardrooms, tailored suits, and a […] More
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in Finance, Markets and Economics, Manufacturing and Industry, Politics and Government, Transportation & Transport VesselsWAS 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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How to cross a Ugandan road
I am walking along Waliggo Road on a Saturday morning, nearly 9 am. Walking fast, listening to music. I see a girl. She is speaking to me. I bend lower […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Family, Friends and Relationships, Pets and Animals, Transportation & Transport VesselsWho is Kenya Airways greatest competitor?
Penning my Journal, just a thought about life, there were two friends out camping in the Ruma National Park and they saw a hungry leopard heading for their campsite. As one […] More
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in Building and Construction, Career and Employment, Education and Academia, Innovation, Science and Technology, Politics and Government, Transportation & Transport VesselsENGINEERS 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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in Comedy and Satire, Education and Academia, Law, Crime and Justice, Transportation & Transport VesselsFrom Teachers in Hedges to Traffic Banter: A Life of Inappropriate Accusations and Laughter.
I met a chaotic traffic officer today. I don’t know, but that woman could make a good gossip First of all, she accused us of skipping the lights. I believed […] More
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The Roads That Recognize Us: What Crazy Kennar’s Transport Skit Reveals About African Cinema and the Algorithm
The most important African film released recently may not have been a feature film at all. It may have been a comedy sketch about public transport. Crazy Kennar’s viral Public […] More
