Without placing allegations of human rights abuses in context, it is easy to call Obama or Cameron delusional despots. Last week, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, while on twitter, got into a heated exchange with a British journalist, one Ian Birrell. The journalist was accusing him of human rights violations, …
Read More »Farewell Republic of Uganda, welcome Rwakitura kingdom
And so, we have finally neared the summit of our journey from the Republic of Uganda to the Kingdom of Rwakitura under the Kaguta dynasty. The crowning moment of this journey was two weeks ago when President Yoweri Museveni appointed his wife, Mrs Janet Museveni, to cabinet. That there has …
Read More »Why industrial transformation failed in Uganda and Africa
By Juma A. Okuku President Museveni continuously talks about the need for Uganda to industrialise. In the third part of our Insight series, Juma A. Okuku looks at the African experience and tries to answer why we have so far failed to industrialise. The first part was published in Issue …
Read More »Let us liberalise social security
The principle of negotiation is that a bad deal is always better than no deal at all. Debating every investment deal to its grave is not a formula for success. The battle over National Social Security Fund (NSSF)’s purchase of land belonging to security minister, Amama Mbabazi is a classic …
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