In The Magazine

By Peter Nyanzi Technocrats urge government to prioritize national values in long-term development plans Permanent secretaries and other technocrats want the government to put citizens and national values at the centre of any new plans if the society is to be transformed. The National Planning Authority (NPA) is spearheading the …

By Rukiya Makuma P7 pupils in rural schools cannot read P2 material Out of the 348,384 pupils of standard three interviewed across East Africa, only 15 percent can understand standard two reading and maths tests according to the latest UWEZO report released on August 15 in Kenya. The report states …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why the Western powers may keep financing Museveni even when some think he has passed his sale-by date My recent visit to Mogadishu and seeing what our troops have done there made me proud. Yet perhaps the greatest lesson from Somalia was not necessarily the good …

By Mo Yaxye Dreams from my mother confront reality in the home I didn’t know Somalia, Somali or Waryaa (as my Kenyan brothers/sisters would say) has been the identity I have been carrying for more than 30 years – an identity that I have come to accept but never understood. …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Why Kiprotich’s win could inspire many When Moses Cherodi, 15, joined the Kapchorwa Runners’ Club a year ago, he did it mainly because his friends who could run were members. A few times when Stephen Kiprotich was training, Cherodi says, he would run with him. And …

By Ernest Rwamucyo The opportunity to seek lasting stability shouldn’t be missed Since the outburst of the recent military mutiny in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda has been under intense accusation of purportedly supporting the group of mutineers known as M23. These allegations are based on a hastily …

 By Andrew M. Mwenda The world tends to hold him to very high, sometimes unrealistic standards Over the last one month, a rebellion has been ragging in eastern DRC against the government of President Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa. As I write this article, over 40 armed groups, some of them …

By Agather Atuhaire Cases pile up and corruption thrives as Uganda’s cash-strapped judiciary fails to attract judges Although up to 20 vacancies exist in the Supreme Court, Constitutional Court, and High Court, attempts to fill them are failing because qualified individuals are shunning the bench over poor pay and pension, …

By Agencies The Lancet, American Public Health Association, British HIV Association join AIDS Healthcare Foundation and other health advocates in concern over health impact of Gilead’s unproven HIV prevention pill AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), America’s largest HIV/AIDS nonprofit medical provider, on Aug. 10 reaffirmed its opposition to the Food and …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Hillary Clinton calls for review in strategy in the fight against HIV/AIDS When Hillary Clinton first came to Uganda in the mid 1990s, Uganda had, in her opinion, the best HIV/AIDS prevention and control programme in the world. The HIV prevalence rate had been drastically reduced …