COMMENT | Onyango Owor | It is no news that COVID-19 has rapidly spread across the world with the World Health Organization reporting more than 130,885 deaths globally. In these unprecedented times, how you protect yourself and your business from the legal implication of a virus with no vaccine should be …
Read More »Uganda can no longer afford to delegate healthcare funding to Development Partners
According to World Bank data, in 2017, Uganda’s per capita healthcare spending was at $38.4, which is little less than a half of the $78.3 average per capita healthcare spending of non-high income Sub-Saharan African countries COMMENT | Dr Bruce Tumwine Rwabasonga | It has been 108 days and two …
Read More »CORONA-VIRUS: How a small business can safeguard self
COMMENT | Michael Jjingo | Should the prudent entrepreneur prepare and position the business for the impact of the corona virus? True, many have speculated about the current corona virus outbreak sparking an economic recession and reversing the gains that the business community has harnessed over time. The moment is …
Read More »What is brotherly in the way China relates with Africans?
COMMENT | Rebecca Karagwa | I read from several sources to find out how African leaders and the AU have responded to the Africans being mistreated in China. What I found was that there hasn’t been any collective and serious response to such a humiliation that Africans in China …
Read More »How to ensure COVID-19 food access by persons with disabilities
The most recent 2014 population census indicates that 12.4 percent of the Ugandan population live with a disability COMMENT | Ambrose Murangira | The government of Uganda has started the distribution of food and essential items to the most vulnerable people across Kampala and Wakiso. This will be a measure …
Read More »What elections could look like in COVID-19 conditions
COMMENT | Crispin Kaheru | Imagine an election held during the ‘lockdown’ times of Covid-19. To begin with, people would have to practice social distancing. Candidates’ nominations would not be as flamboyant as they always are – with many people accompanying the candidate to the nomination center. The traditional campaign rallies would …
Read More »What the US can learn from Uganda’s COVID-19 experience on crafting a pandemic response
Uganda, as a result of previous experiences in combating epidemics like Ebola and HIV, has gained a global reputation as a leader in public health COMMENT | Dr Bruce Tumwine Rwabasonga | By now, everyone across the world has been impacted in one way or another by COVID-19. As expected, a …
Read More »The economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Uganda’s youth
As COVID-19 impacts reach everywhere in the country, low- and middle-income earning youth are racing to respond to this massive and fast-moving challenge. In this article, Musinguzi Laban assess the pandemic’s economic impacts on Uganda’s Youth. OPINION | LABAN MUSINGUZI | The economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis are …
Read More »FOCAC at 20: A solid, enduring partnership
COMMENT | Ronald Kato | This year, the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) marks its 20th anniversary. As it turns 20, FOCAC’s role in shaping Sino-African relations cannot be overemphasized. The forum is remarkable for many reasons. It shows China’s willingness to engage not just with individual African countries but with …
Read More »OPINION: How the Coronavirus will change the world
COMMENT | Wasswa Balunywa | World War II changed the world completely giving leadership to United States as the world’s leading economic power. The Soviet Union emerged to rival the US militarily until it’s collapse in the 1990’s. The United States remained as the only super power. Close to the …
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