Guest column

COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  Kenyan police have exhumed over 100 of bodies from graves that have since been connected to a Christian pastor, who is being investigated on allegations that he directed his congregants to starve themselves to death. Many of the victims are believed to have been members of …

  New Delhi, India | SHASHI THAROOR – PROJECT SYNDICATE |   Last month’s murder, on live television, of the notorious gangster and former member of India’s parliament Atiq Ahmed has triggered anguished debates about how such an event could happen in a modern democracy. Along with the killers, who were apprehended …

COMMENT | Lydia Mirembe | A story is told of a young factory worker, whose hands were crushed as he operated a machine in the factory. Having lost both hands, he could not carry on with his job, and was forced to take early retirement. His employer sent him home with …

One of the key benefits of the SAATM is that it will increase the number of flights and airlines operating in Uganda, thereby increasing competition and lowering prices for consumers SPECIAL FEATURE |  DEREK NSEKO  | The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) is a flagship project of the African Union, …

COMMENT | Alfred Geresom Musamali |  The trending of former journalist Agnes Nandutu on social media this month reminds me of the late 1970s coffee smuggling through Chepkube and Cheptais sokos (markets) on the eastern side of the Uganda-Kenya border in the East African Community (EAC) (See Google Map). The …

COMMENT | Elizabeth K. Patience | As we crossed over to 2023, nearly all of us had visions, dreams, goals, targets and prayer requests for the year well stated out. Over the years, this has been the norm for most people but to no fulfilment at the end of the year. While …

As Africa becomes more connected, more of its citizens are participating in the global digital economy. That means they are growing accustomed to a global experience, and African enterprises must offer that same experience. COMMENT | VINCENT MAHER |  Africa faces a reckoning when it comes to its relationship with …

COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | “I think of you as the freest person I know…Then everyone you know is a slave.”This haunting line is from the Ayi Kwei Armah’s classic book, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, on the failure of post- independence African leaders. Enter Sam Mugumya. In 2014, …

COMMENT | PIUS WAMALA | Every 21st of March, Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate the International Day of Forests. Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, this day is meant to celebrate and create awareness about the importance of all types of trees and …

The majority of financially excluded women are in the informal sector and hard-to-reach areas, which requires innovative financing solutions to reach out to them – innovations in digital financial inclusion with a special focus on women is, therefore, necessary to improve the financial inclusion standing of the women COMMENT | …