Are religious people happier than non-religious people? Kampala, Uganda | KAYONDO HUBERT NGAMABA | What makes people happy? This question can be difficult to answer. Happiness has been discussed throughout history. Philosophers, thinkers and activists, such as Aristippus, Aristotle, Zhuangzi, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Jeremy Benthan and Bertrand Russell, have considered happiness …
Read More »God gave me a huge bag of love
By Priscilla Namanya Gerald Karuhanga, 33, Youth MP for Western Uganda spoke to Priscilla Namanya Any things we do not know about you? I am a soft hearted person with a simple character who has a lot of empathy for others. I was born in a humble setting. There was …
Read More »Don’t kill in God’s name
By Andrew M. Mwenda Gedanken is Latin for ‘thought experiments.’ Romans must have borrowed it from the Greeks; it is Socrates who began the practice of questioning dogmas and assumptions. Whenever Athenians claimed to have delivered justice or to have been honest, Socrates would ask, ‘totee?’ or ‘what is it? …
Read More »Bahati: Don’t usurp God’s power
By Andrew M. Mwenda Member of Parliament for Ndorwa East David Bahati wants homosexuals imprisoned for life or hanged. I am deeply conscious of the fact that the vast majority of Ugandans support him. But debate on homosexuality is being conducted largely out of ignorance and prejudice. For example, a …
Read More »