Opinion

    COMMENT |  William Benthall | The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the way we shop and live our lives. With the ease of restrictions taking place now, there is maybe some thinking that our old habits may come back into play, but with the massive adoption of online purchases and …

  COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  The political temperatures are now close to boiling point. Traditionally December comes with hype of everything. A lot of activities are associated with the last quarter of the year, though December happens to be the climax. This December however is a special one in all …

The things Museveni needs to look at as he battles a youthful musician out to oust him THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | I have just been re-reading President Yoweri Museveni’s 1981 masterpiece on why he chose a protracted armed struggle to fight the government of Milton Obote. It …

COMMENT | Crispin Kaheru | It is high time that Presidential candidates sign an Election Peace Pact with the objective of securing a peaceful General Election due next month. Given the escalating circumstances, formal and informal institutions including: the heads of Government organs such as Judiciary, Parliament and the Executive, must …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | On 18th November 2020, Kampala was the epicenter of deadly riots that hit part of the country, and over 50 people died while over 100 sustained both serious and minor injuries. Businesses were interrupted, tyres burnt, roads illegally closed, women and children were caught up in …

COMMENT | Crispin Kaheru | The physical campaigns are just not cutting it. They’ve just failed to work as envisaged. Uganda’s election campaigns have turned into war-like movies especially in circumstances where the opposition is involved. I want to re-emphasize, these campaigns as they are, aren’t working.  The enforcement of the …

Why Bobi Wine is surging and what the president can do to stem the tide other than beating him up THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | There is a wave of excitement in favour of Bobi Wine and his bid for the presidency. The recent riots and their …

Biden was clearly elected by the vibrant and enterprising American people whom I love and respect so much. So it is fair to say that let him preside over them, not the rest of us COMMENT | Hussein Lumumba Amin | With all due respect, it is quite concerning to …

On Wednesday, Kampala went on fire after police arrested pop star turned politician/presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. The riots continued through yesterday (Nov.19). The partisans on either side are in overdrive. Critics of government post videos of police shooting at crowds where some people have, unfortunately, died. THE …

COMMENT | Moses Baguma |  One can argue that Museveni strategically chose Kyagulanyi as his main challenger some time back,  and therefore all efforts then, were intended to inflate him to be the leading opponent. Even if that’s true, we can’t deny that the journey from the day he was …