Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the ruling National Resistence Movement intensifies its campaign to retain the country’s presidency in 2026, a third party member has risen to claim ownership of the slogan, Jajja Tova ku main. The slogan which gained popularity late in 2022 states in its complete form …
Read More »Did Uganda refuse Iranian refinery offer?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda turned down an offer by the Islamic Republic of Iran to build a mini refinery that should have refined oil from the Albertine region. It is emerging that the geopolitics around oil and gas played against the Iranian offer as the government of Uganda …
Read More »UNAIDS says AIDS can be ended by 2030
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new report by UNAIDS shows that there is a clear path that ends AIDS by 2030. That path according to UNAIDS Executives Director, Winnie Byanyima will also help prepare for and tackle future pandemics and advance progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. “The …
Read More »Gun violence, brutality dominate ULS quarterly report
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gruesome acts of gun Violence together with brutality of citizens have dominated the second quarter State of Rule of Law Report by the Uganda Law Society-ULS. The rule of law report is published by ULS periodically to show the legal fraternity’s commitment to monitor and …
Read More »A world of cronyism and corruption
To eliminate it, we must first improve our understanding of its mechanisms and incentive structures COMMENT | KAUSHIK BASU | Imagine the following scenario. A political outsider wins a critical election by promising to root out corruption. Even if that is a sincere intention, upon assuming office, they will quickly realise …
Read More »Accountant General warns banks on insider jobs in cybercrime
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commercial Banks and the government have justified the digital integration in the cash management systems despite the negative effects, saying the benefits will in the long run outweigh the disadvantages. Banks have over the last few years closed traditional banking halls and some have closed …
Read More »Energy transition is fueling power transition
It means seizing this moment of peril and possibility to ensure that women and girls fulfill their potential COMMENT | GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON | In the battle to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and avert the worst impacts of climate change, the world has a vast resource that remains largely untapped: women. Preventing …
Read More »Nigerian president declares state of emergency over food security
Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in response to high inflation threatening food security in Africa’s most populous country, the State House said Thursday. Dele Alake, a spokesman for the president, revealed this at a press briefing in the capital of Abuja, …
Read More »The axis of denial
To escape politics of denial, we cannot just cling to multi-party democracy but build social consensus COMMENT | SLAVOJ ZIZEK | The wife of a drunkard is in bed with her lover when her husband unexpectedly stumbles in and climbs under the sheets. “Darling, I’m so drunk that I see six …
Read More »Elon Musk’s tyranny at Twitter
The Political-Economic implication of surrendering unregulated authority to the whims of an eccentric billionaires COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITI SSERUWGI | Twitter owner Elon Musk on July 01 announced the “Rate limit exceeded” policy on the online social networking service. This means that you have reached the limit for the number …
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