A new Mulago arises: The challenge the new hospital will face and what can be done to protect it from Uganda’s politics THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week, I visited the new specialised maternal and neonatal center being constructed at Mulago Hospital. With a built up …
Read More »George Mutaabazi: On why poor people are a problem
George Mutaabazi, the chairman of Lwengo district, is a man of action. He came under the spotlight after flogging residents who are also his voters for laziness. He whipped whoever he found drinking early in the morning. He also passed a bylaw that prohibits any resident from constructing grass-thatched houses. …
Read More »STAYING ALIVE 5: (re)viewed
Staying Alive 5: (re)viewed UCI AT 50: The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) that started on August 8, 1967 is celebrating 50 years. One of the activities in the month-long celebrations is a launch of a book this week – STAYING ALIVE – that documents the journey of Uganda Cancer Institute …
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Staying Alive 3: Signs of life UCI AT 50: The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) that started on August 8, 1967 is celebrating 50 years. One of the activities in the month-long celebrations is a launch of a book this week – STAYING ALIVE – that documents the journey of …
Read More »STAYING ALIVE 2: Very Important People & Very Important Objects
Staying Alive 2: Very Important People and Very Important Objects UCI AT 50: The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) that started on August 8, 1967 is celebrating 50 years. One of the activities in the month-long celebrations is a launch of a book this week – STAYING ALIVE – that documents …
Read More »STAYING ALIVE 1: Meeting Marissa and some of the founding fathers of Uganda Cancer Institute
Staying Alive 1: Meeting Marissa and some of the Founding Fathers of the UCI UCI AT 50: The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) that started on August 8, 1967 is celebrating 50 years. One of the activities in the month-long celebrations is a launch of a book this week – STAYING …
Read More »STAYING ALIVE 4: On Safari
Staying Alive 4: On Safari UCI AT 50: The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) that started on August 8, 1967 is celebrating 50 years. One of the activities in the month-long celebrations is a launch of a book this week – STAYING ALIVE – that documents the journey of Uganda …
Read More »THE LAST WORD: The Kenya, Rwanda elections
KENYA, RWANDA: How voting in these two East African nations reflects our understanding of democracy THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | East Africa has recently witnessed two presidential elections – in Rwanda and in Kenya. The two nations are different. Rwanda is a small country with one …
Read More »KABENGE: Top lawyer and jack of all trades
Julius Kavuma Kabenge, an advocate, has been a law don at Makerere University in Kampala for the last 26 years. He is also widely known in the world of Ugandan sports; especially football and kickboxing, not as a player but a financier. Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | …
Read More »Defying the odds, defining oneself
How Africans have been mentally enslaved to hate everything about themselves and how Rwanda is defying it THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda |“In these bloody days and frightful nights when the urban warrior can find no face more despicable than his own, no ammunition more deadly than self hate …
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