Why continent must strategically counter big powers through alliances and win-win deals COMMENT | Josephat Juma | The ongoing fever-pitch global tension and fear occasioned by competition among major political and economic powers of the world is not new. It dates back to naval wars to control sea trade routes, control global …
Read More »Safety and security tips for the festive season in Uganda
Do not lose it all in the last 10 days of the year COMMENT | Samson Tinka | As we enter the final bend to Christmas and New Year ’s Day celebrations, a lot is at stake including life, cars and other valuables. End of year festive celebrations in Uganda as …
Read More »NRM; a supposed revolutionary party, suffering internal lethargy
Ruling party is getting inundated with leadership inertia emanating from cabinet, parliament, and college of its leaders COMMENT | Ofwono Opondo | Mao Ze Dong, founder of the People’s Republic of China, in 1937 said active ideological struggle is a major weapon for combating liberalism and ensuring unity within a revolutionary party. …
Read More »The smartphone can equalize the World’s AIDS fight
e-health startups are attracting more funding to extend health services to the last mile frontier COMMENT | David Birungi | This year’s World AIDS day is being celebrated under the theme and call to action “Equalize”. The UN agency, UNAIDS, is urging every one of us to tackle inequalities that perpetuate …
Read More »Driving on the road to an AIDS-free Uganda
Driving on the road to an AIDS-free Uganda; Commemorating World AIDS day 2022 COMMENT | Allen Kagina | In the mid-1980s to early 1990s, the new NRA government of Uganda was grappling with the uphill task of reorganising a country ravaged by instability, economic adversity, and human capital inadequacies, among which …
Read More »COMMENT: We must encourage more employees to embrace voluntary retirement saving
“Not everyone who retires has difficulties with the transition, but those that have not planned are at a greater risk of mental and physical health problems” COMMENT | Lydia Mirembe | “It would be quite disheartening for an employer to find their retired employee living in despicable conditions. Every employer should …
Read More »Former MP Odonga Otto should stop misleading Ugandans on sports
COMMENT | Felix Okuye | Former Aruu County Member of Parliament Odonga Otto claims that if he was made the sports minister, Uganda would have already qualified for the World Cup, and would be regulars at the soccer finals. “If I were the Minister for Sports in Uganda, I would take …
Read More »UNEB needs clear policy on candidates who miss exams for no fault of their own
COMMENT | Alfred Geresom Musamali | Few people have felt the personal pain of missing a national examination like I did in November, 1973. I was blocked from sitting the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) due to a disagreement between my parents and the headteacher of the then Nyondo Boys’ Demonstration School …
Read More »Here is why Jackson Oboth got it wrong on Tororo
In his article, Oboth was insensitive to the feelings of our other ethnic groups such as the Banyole, Bagwere, Basamia, Iteso and Bagisu who consider Tororo equally their ancestral town. COMMENT | Alfred Geresom Musamali | In his article entitled “Tororo must start thinking big,” published in The Independent Magazine website recently, Jackson …
Read More »Tororo must start thinking big
COMMENT | Jackson Oboth | I recently had what I would like to call a rediscovery mission in Tororo. A one-week stay in our beloved ‘Rock Town’ opened my eyes to many things. Today, I will focus my comment on one aspect of our town – the development agenda of …
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