A lot can be done instead of the usual routine of waking up children to spend the day on TV cartoon networks COMMENT |Â Michael Jjingo |Â Ideas are easy; Implementation is hard – Guy Kawasaki. We need to get our younger generation to start craving to own a business at a …
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How the case of a former child soldier at the ICC exposed weaknesses in international criminal law COMMENT | Clare Frances Moran | Guilt and innocence are rarely clear-cut, even in the most heinous of crimes. The recent appeal of Dominic Ongwen, former commander in the Lordâs Resistance Army (LRA), shines a light …
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COMMENT | Nkwazi Mhango | I was left puzzled when I heard that Kenya that failed miserably to pacify Somalia, has now sent its army to fight M23 rebels in the DRC. A million questions have been generated by the decision. The first question is why Kenya alone? How did Kenya …
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How the nationalisation of Umeme is going to cause massive disruption in the distribution of electricity THE LAST WORD |Â Andrew M. Mwenda |Â The decision by the government of Uganda to nationalise Umeme is yet another disaster on the same scale as the one to absorb UNRA into the Ministry …
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Becoming an airline pilot is not an easy task, but with hard work and dedication, it is achievable. SPECIAL FEATURE |Â DEREK NSEKOÂ |Â Â The role of a pilot is one of the most exciting and rewarding careers in the aviation industry. Pilots are responsible for the safe and efficient operation …
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In Highly Indebted countries, it might require a combination of deeper debt reduction and longer time COMMENT |Â Dani Rodrik, Reza Baqir, and Ishac Diwan |Â This year may prove devastating for the developing world, as more and more countries find themselves engulfed in debt crises. Several (Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Russia, Suriname, …
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Why government and philanthropy need to steer incentives and resources toward three interconnected goals COMMENT |Â Sven Smit, Anu Madgavkar, and Kevin Russell |Â In November 2022, hundreds of corporate CEOs and heads of state convened in Bali, Indonesia, for the B20 global business summit. The topics on the agenda revolved around …
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Today, many people have made careers and fame from analysing problems with very few proposing even basic solutions COMMENT |Â Crispin Kaheru |Â In the first year of my job after university, one IT service provider nicknamed me, âMr. Solutionsâ. This was because every time we had a local area network challenge …
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COMMENT |Â Mike Ssegawa |Â When President Museveni was launching the National Medical Stores (NMS) pharmaceutical warehouse in Kajjansi, off Entebbe road, in November 2022, he made a statement on drug theft which should have woken us all up. The President said drugs bought by Ugandan taxpayers were on sale in the …
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Since responsibility to ensure safety of road users is on the government, victims action against it can succeed COMMENT |Â Michael Aboneka |Â Road accidents are on the rise like never before and it is important for us to interrogate the major causes. This is not the first time we are raising …
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