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By Enock Nyorekwa Twinoburyo Increased Chinalisation of Uganda is expensive and could boomerang Economic ties between China and Africa have grown steadily as reflected in the increasing aid to Africa in recent years. The latest official disclosure of China’s aid indicated that it had provided over US$7 billion to Africa; …

By Yusuf Serunkuma Owning a phone can be more oppressive than not having one; let’s spare our high school children The argument for high school students to own mobile phones at school pitches two views: The calmest speaks the language of communication, that is, to friends and family.  The other …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Opening the black box of East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa to expose the initial conditions in each region in 1960 The Nobel laureate in economics, Robert Lucas, once said that when you begin thinking about development, you cannot stop. I suffer this disease as well. One …

By Robert Howse and Ruti Teitel Deal with Assad in international courts, not with military power As President Barack Obama made the case for military intervention by the United States in response to the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons, Americans and many others around the world were asking what …

By Kavuma-Kaggwa Every year, when the Baganda celebrate the restoration of their kingdom, the recall the role of Prince Badru Kakungulu The newly appointed Prime Minister of Buganda kingdom, Katikiro Charles Peter Mayiga deserves praise for visiting places of worship after his appointment in the high post by the Kabaka …

By Carol Graham Americans pride in their country’s status as the land of opportunity is under threat The United States has long been viewed as the “land of opportunity,” where those who work hard get ahead. Belief in this fundamental feature of America’s national identity has persisted, even though inequality …

By Bob Kasango We should never let our ideological differences and inclinations come in the way of our professional disagreements It’s not the rule of law, it’s the rule of lawyers: That’s the central message conveyed by the Uganda Law Society’s suspension of the Attorney General’s membership and the award …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How Gen. Sejusa has, through a series of letters, proven to be much less than what I always expected of him I read with disappointment a letter allegedly written by Uganda’s former coordinator of intelligence services, Gen. David Sejusa aka Tinyefuza, in late August in which …

By Silver Bugingo It’s ironical that instead of paying attention to ICGLR peace negotiations with M23, ,  Kinshasa looks to SADC All laws governing bilateral relations among sovereign states are premised on the standard principle of reciprocity, which states that: “Favours, benefits, or penalties that are granted by one state to the citizens or …

By Naomi Wolf Where they burn books – or smash computer hard drives, one might add – soon they will burn people The ordeal of David Miranda – the partner of Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald detained at London’s Heathrow Airport, interrogated for nine hours, and forced to surrender his electronic …