COLUMNISTS

By Andrew M. Mwenda I spent the first week of this month in Dubai. Now I first visited Dubai in 1996. It was, I thought then, a big city. I have since visited this desert town almost every year since 2002. But compared to today, the Dubai of 1996 was …

By Morris DC Komakech Militarise agriculture, education, rural economies, and breaking the spirit of the country The Pope has decried the rampant conflicts in and around the world, calling it “piecemeal World war III”. War is not a game; it destroys lives and livelihoods, ravages homes, and stalls the very …

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Systems must be put in place to ensure political accountability and minimize double standards The decision by the African Union (AU), after more than five years of preparation, to confer jurisdiction over international crimes, such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, on the African …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why American media should listen to the views of Rwandans about freedom in their country A month before the Africa-America Summit in Washington DC, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda shuffled his prime minister (who was from the same Rwanda Patriotic Front political party as the president) …

By Dani Rodrik How do politicians who are unresponsive to the interests of the vast majority of their constituents get elected? It is hardly news that the rich have more political power than the poor, even in democratic countries where everyone gets a single vote in elections. But two political …

By Magelah Peter Gwayaka Legal framework should provide for proper funding and accountability mechanisms for all oil revenues Since the confirmation of commercially viable quantities of oil in Uganda in 2006, a lot of debate has gone into answering two important questions: What will be the role of the State …

By Geraldine Ssali Busulwa Contrary to some sentiments, NSSF investments in Umeme were made in good faith and did not break any laws I feel obliged to reassure our members by clarifying on the numerous misrepresentations being attributed to various witnesses called to the ongoing Parliamentary probe particularly in regard …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Six reasons why Pastor Martin Sempa and his army of religious homophobes go against the teachings of Jesus Since the Constitutional Court declared the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) unconstitutional in a case where I was a petitioner, there has been a lot of hate mail against me …

By Joseph Were Big money deals expose political power fights The scandal over the award of the contract to upgrade the 74km Mukono-Katosi road to an alleged fake company, Eutaw Construction Company Inc., has exposed how corruption can be the handwork of top-level politics. It gives a glimpse of the …

By Morris Komakech Science is important but scientific practice without theory is false science Going by President Yoweri Museveni’s wishes, Uganda will soon become a nation of robots and scientists. For the nth time, the President has condemned Arts subjects for causing rampant youth unemployment. Many writers have pitched in …