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By Miriam Mukama Women’s Day theme shows benefits of educating the girl child Ajok Eva just got 20 points in the recently released Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE). She is happy but not satisfied with her results, she thinks she would have done better if only she had enough …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Twaweza speaks out about its impounded `change’  calendars Uganda police could have impounded a consignment of 700,000 calendars because they have messages of “change”, a word that is apparently anathema to the force. Twaweza, the publisher of the calendars that bear photographs of politicians and celebrities, …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Trying to overcome a deficient professional class through education and by cultivating a performance-based society Last week, New Vision reported that Rwanda is recruiting teachers from Uganda to teach in its schools. Many Ugandans may have seen this as an opportunity to get a well paying …

By Andrew M. Mwenda His move is a masterstroke that eclipses political differences and diverts public attention from real issues to imaginary problems Recently, Ndorwa East Member of Parliament, David Bahati, re-tabled the kill-all-gays Bill before parliament. After his presentation, where he claimed to be the moral vanguard of our …

By Peter Nyanzi Extravagance, high expenditure eroding workers’ savings As the NSSF top bosses sing high praises about their financial statements for 2011, financial experts have started punching holes in it. In a statement issued last week, NSSF managing director Richard Byarugaba said for the first time in 10 years, …

By Johannes Jütting Fostering societies in which people feel protected, trust one another, and efforts are rewarded is the key to realising its members’ dreams In the twentieth century, the American dream of a middle-class life inspired the world. Now, in the twenty-first, we are moving at high speed toward …

By Emmanuel Keith Kisaameh Government should not be tempted to throw money  at a problem and think of it as a solution Unemployment is without doubt a leading development challenge in Uganda, engulfing people from all age brackets and making the fight against it noble. With the recent Makerere University …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Uncertainty over Baryamureeba’s vice chancellor job taints the university Between 2001 and 2005, Venansius Baryamureeba’s name was synonymous with the bright future of Uganda’s oldest university, Makerere, in Kampala. He was the smart young head of the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology. When he took …

By Pearl Natamba Suspension of UNBS boss, Terry Kahuma, exposes how failures at nation’s quality standards body endanger unsuspecting consumers Kigozi Sebaggala, the executive director of the Uganda Manufacturers Association, bought a neatly packaged 50-meter electricity cable from a shop in downtown Nakasero to use at his father’s burial. It …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Francis Mwijukye has been an aide of Dr Kizza Besigye, the leader of Uganda’s biggest opposition party, the Forum for Democratic change (FDC) since 2001. He has been by Besigye’s side during numerous clashes with police. On Feb. 21 police shot Mwijukye with a rubber bullet …