Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Securities Exchange has unveiled the 2nd Annual USE University Challenge to impart students with knowledge on how to invest in the stock exchange. The competition is a simulation of activities that happen around trading in securities – bonds and stocks – listed on …
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Why Ugandans are struggling finding water yet water is everywhere Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Ugandans might be blessed with many lakes, rivers and streams on top of being one of only 13 countries in the world able to receive rainfall for at least eight months every year but a …
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Government can only govern if people comply with its demands, but why do people comply? THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | The German sociologist, Max Weber, argued that if the state is to exist, the dominated must obey the authority claimed by the powers that be. Then he …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | The Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) has named Kenya as host of its Senior Challenge Cup, two years since it was last held in Ethiopia. At an executive committee meeting held in Khartoum, Sudan the members expressed solidarity with Kenya over …
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By Andrew M. Mwenda While it is political choices that have fostered poor service delivery, it is reconfiguration of the civil service that will make service delivery possible Finally, President Yoweri Museveni has ended the anxiety that was eating up the ruling classes – politicians, business persons, civil servants, prelates, …
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By Andrew M. Mwenda Peaceful protest cannot be an end in itself; it must have an objective. The tactics must seek to persuade not to intimidate Over the last one month, opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye has made one of the most dramatic political comebacks in history. Having been humiliatingly …
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By Andrew M. Mwenda What Uganda needs to change is not just a political party; it needs a social movement whose organisation starts from the village. This has been the most peaceful campaign in Uganda ever but equally the most expensive in our history. President Yoweri Museveni requisitioned for Shs600 …
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