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Shining a light on homelessness

Solutions for the large number of people who spend their nights on Kampala city’s sidewalks, verandas, corridors, and trenches COMMENT | MICHAEL WOIRA | This week, I took a midnight walk around Kampala to experience the city during the early hours. I traversed from Ben Kiwanuka Road towards the Old Taxi …

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Our noisy parliamentary theatre

Why the sacred institution has become a resting place for populists elected for their noise-making abilities   COMMENT | MICHAEL WOIRA | In the heart of any functioning democracy lies its parliamentary system, a sacred institution entrusted with the responsibility of shaping the nation’s destiny. However, recent events have painted a …

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Political party drama and democracy

Why comedy of well-crafted theater scripts has unfolded within FDC which used to be regarded as one of the best COMMENT | MICHAEL WOIRA | In the world of politics, what we learn in theory often doesn’t match up with what actually happens in practice. Speaking as someone who studied political …

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The Lumbuye ideology and our opposition

  Its purpose is to support political goals and catch attention of those few people who are easily being misled COMMENT | MICHAEL WOIRA | We are now in August and our elections were held in February and the swearing ceremony for the rightfully elected president was also concluded some …

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COMMENT: Taxing social media

Social media should be regulated because it gives out so much information all day long but destroys common sense COMMENT | MICHAEL WOIRA | I know any increase of taxes, as is being proposed by the government in the 2018/19 Financial Year, is a thorny issue. However, I believe in better …

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COMMENT: Deal with fake drugs

National Drug Authority should handle the issue of counterfeit drugs through monitoring systems and the law COMMENT | MICHAEL WOIRA | The Uganda National Drug Authority and the Ministry of Health need to urgently reexamine the systems and processes they use to examine all drugs that are being sold by public …

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