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Why government of Uganda, the AU and Western powers need to rethink their involvement in Somalia THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | On May 26, 2023, Al Shabab attacked a UPDF base in Somalia with devastating effects. UPDF said 54 soldiers were killed while Al Shaba claimed to have killed 137. …

Why it is vital to sustaining the livelihoods of communities with right investments, made in right ways and places COMMENT | KUDA MUKOVA | Despite the immense developmental gains that sub-Saharan Africa has seen over the past few decades, there is no doubt that much work remains to be done. According …

Biden will be remembered as another American president who preaches democracy while supporting repression COMMENT | FAWAZ A. GERGES | As the war in Gaza enters its fourth month, many in the Middle East and across the Global South have been struck both by the ferocity of Israel’s military campaign and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPNDENT | On January 30, executives Huawei Technologies executives said, DigiTruck project, launched in October 2023 in the Teso Sub-region, had equipped over 1000 youth, women, Jua-kalis, and local district officers with digital skills, empowering them to engage in e-commerce. The skills have helped the beneficiaries to …

When anti-democratic parties are small, a ban doesn’t seem worth it but is impossible when large COMMENT | JAN-WERNER MUELLER | What should democracies do about parties that use elections and other democratic means to destroy democracy itself? One well-established, but not universally accepted, answer is to ban the party before …

Uganda’s private sector constitute of about 90% SMEs generates over 75% of the GDP Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda Development Bank, the country’s national Development Finance Institution, has signed a Loan Portfolio Guarantee agreement with the African Guarantee Fund (AGF), to scale up lending to SMEs, Women, Youth-affiliated businesses, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) together with 11 United Nations (UN) agencies launched a three-year joint programme that will lead to the collection and analysis of data and statistics which are geared towards improving planning and budgeting in Uganda. The program, which will cost …

Many refuse to contemplate today’s bleak prospects, just as liberals in 1933 predicted that Hitler would quickly fail COMMENT | MARK JONES | On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. To his supporters, it was a day of “national revolution” and rebirth. Germany, they believed, needed the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Feb.1, Airtel Uganda awarded 14 top-performing pupils in four of their adopted schools in the recently released Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results. The announcement was made at Airtel Uganda offices by the company’s Managing Director, Manoj Murali. The event underscored the importance of collaboration …

Local representatives of Transparency International respond to often raised queries whenever the annual CPI is released COMMENT | Lilian Zawedde Senteza | Every year, Transparency International; the anti-corruption NGO, disseminates results for its country specific global Corruption Perception Index (CPI). This year, the results were released on Jan.30. These highlighted how different …