Why Kampala abstained from condemning Russia at last year’s crucial UN general assembly vote THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | On June 27, NBS journalist Canary Mugume had a screening of his documentary on the war in Ukraine at the residence of the Swedish ambassador in Kampala. Canary had been to …
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COMMENT | Alfred Geresom Musamali | Uganda should consider selling, leasing or demolishing its National Theatre because the target audience has since the lifting of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown shifted from watching nightly paid small shows at the theatre. Instead, they now wait for annual free mega shows at …
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COMMENT | Jackson Oboth | Your Excellency, I will start by congratulating you upon winning yet another battle – the battle against COVID- 19. I am the age mate of your son Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba (Gen.MK) so for that matter, I qualify to be in the bracket of your children, not …
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How Besigye’s failure to inspire Ugandans out of Museveni’s failures led to Bobi Wine’s narrow ethnic base THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The government of President Yoweri Museveni is old and exhausted. It has no zest for anything new or imaginative. Lacking its own project of national transformation, it now …
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Why government’s biggest problem is not the size of its debt but its cost of borrowing THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Uganda’s 2023/24 budget, like all previous ones in the last few years, has generated a lot of controversy about the role of public debt in our national life. Growths …
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COMMENT | NORMAN SOLOMON | On the first day of March 2022, visitors to the New York Times homepage saw a headline across the top of their screens in huge capital letters: ROCKET BARRAGE KILLS CIVILIANS It was the kind of breaking-news banner headline that could have referred to countless …
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COMMENT | HASSAN SHIRE | On 31 May 2023, talks aimed at resolving the crisis in Sudan – now in its tenth week, broke down in Jedah, Saudi Arabia, after the government side suspended its participation, accusing its rival – the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of violating an earlier agreed-upon …
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How Western threats of sanctions are bad for the struggle for the rights of homosexuals in Uganda THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last month, Uganda passed the most draconian and barbaric anti-homosexual law in the world. The law has a death sentence for some acts of homosexuality but does not …
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mn COMMENT | CLEVER NICHOLAS | In the world of business, the flow of money is the lifeblood that keeps operations running smoothly. However, there is a growing menace that silently cripples countless businesses: late payments. This insidious practice wreaks havoc on companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), impeding growth, …
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Why UPDF, the AU and Western powers should let Al Shabab take over power in Somalia THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week, Al Shabab militants made a devastating attack on a UPDF base in Somalia. They claimed to have killed 138 of our soldiers and taken many more hostage. …
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