The 31st remembrance of the Genocide against the Tutsi renews a global commitment to `Never Again’ COMMENT | JOSEPH RUTABANA | This April, as the world joins Rwandans in commemorating Kwibuka31, the 31st remembrance of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, we are called not only to reflect on the horror …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | Not long ago, I hailed an Uber in Kampala, expecting nothing more than polite small talk. But what the young driver told me lingered far beyond that ride: “Uganda is not my home; it’s my business place. I wake up, go out to …
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The current wave of aid cuts in the United States and Europe, along with the resulting financial crisis, should serve as a wake-up call to African countries COMMENT | IFEANYI M. NSOFOR | A global storm is gathering – and Africa is directly in its path. Under President Donald Trump, the …
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The execution of 15 Gaza medics and rescuers demonstrates just how normalised the dehumanisation of Palestinians is COMMENT | AHMED NAJAR | Fifteen members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society and Civil Defence were killed. Not fighters. Not militants. Not people hiding rockets or weapons. They were aid workers. Humanitarians. Medics …
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COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Following the enactment of the Petroleum Supply (Amendment) Act, 2023, Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC) has since December 1, 2023 held the exclusive role of importing petroleum products, which would subsequently be distributed to oil marketing companies (OMCs). There were initially questions …
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US President Donald Trump is threatening to impose yet more sanctions on Russia, in order to pressure President Vladimir Putin to accept a ceasefire deal in Ukraine COMMENT | NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA | The US and Russian delegations that just met in Istanbul had made it clear that they were …
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COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | Politics and development are deeply intertwined in practice, yet they are conceptually distinct and studied separately in most institutions of higher learning. Political science typically examines questions of power, governance, authority, and statecraft, while development studies explore economic growth, poverty reduction, social transformation, and human …
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How Shakespeare can help us shift from the accumulation of wealth, power and status to a search for our deeper purpose COMMENT | PAUL YACHNIN & LAURETTE DUBE | From greed for resources and money to technology run amok and a politics of domination, hatred and fear of others, our world …
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Dr Okoth: We need to change a situation where a cross- section of our people in the Eastern Uganda are forced to remain home to die when faced with the need to seek more sophisticated medical treatment by travelling to Kampala – or Nairobi. COMMENT | DR ANTHONY OKOTH NDIRA …
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COMMENT | RODRIGO DE CASAS | A recent report by Vital Strategies urges governments to end all collaboration with the alcohol industry in drink-driving prevention (See story below). While we fully support accountability and scrutiny in public health, recommendations based on ideology – rather than evidence – risk undermining life-saving work. …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
