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COMMENT | BENJAMIN AGABA | Social media has been awash with beehive idiotic activity in the past month, mostly announcing either the serious illness or the death of some prominent person, including members of the first family. President Yoweri Museveni himself,  and the First son, Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba have …

COMMENT | OSCORD MARK OTILE  |The co-operative movement comprises of over 800 million people globally, and is found in almost every country. A co-operative is an association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise. …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | For the whole of last week, Deputy IGP Paul Okech and his team updated the country on the hunt of the suspected killers of Gen Katumba Wamala’s daughter Brenda Nantongo and driver Haruna Kayondo. The updates showed how joint security teams made breakthrough after breakthrough, as they …

  COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Prof Kaddu was my lecturer at Makerere University in 2008, and one thing he taught us outside the normal syllabus was to take advantage of every situation. This Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have virtually disrupted every sector including politics, religion, social settings and even …

The internal party deficiencies and external, legal,constitutional framework they should address to be effective COMMENT | DEUS MUKALAZI MUBIRU | In Uganda, multi-party democracy was opened up after over two decades of ban.  This move towards pluralism was a first step towards a competitive party system in Uganda. Today, a …

COMMENT | Ronald Kato | China presents us with a complex – if impossible question. How does a country so big, so diverse, and not exactly rich manage to get things done so efficiently, so quickly? On July 1, today, China’s governing party, the Communist Party of China (CAPC) marks 100 …

COMMENT | XINHUA | Though the White House touts its commitment to a lasting peace in Afghanistan, the grim reality on the ground shows that by invading the country first and then trying to run away in haste, Washington is irresponsibly creating a security black hole in Afghanistan. As Afghan …

COMMENT | Patricia Kiconco | It’s easy for any business to tout away how it runs on a customer-centric approach and how customer is king. Appreciating the value of the customer to any business is one thing but how an organization structures its interaction with the customer, and the measures devised …

  COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Ugandans like amplifying bad news. In fact, false, bad news, factious, inaccurate news circulate like wild fire, especially on social media. It is a trend one observes even in traditional media, especially the major TV stations. The good news really struggles to find its way into …

  COMMENT | BENJAMIN AGABA | Dear President Yoweri Museveni, your recent remarks at the State of the Nation address and the reading of the national budget, both at Kololo Independence ground, have caught my attention. These are about employing children from rich families and appointing fishermen to your cabinet …