Guest Writer, Author at Daily Express

Uganda’s political divide and the death of compassion

By Wabusimba Amiri In Uganda today, it is no longer guaranteed that grief will be met with empathy. Increasingly, when a prominent...

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Health

The Relevance of Nutrition in Surgical Recovery

Post-surgical recovery hinges on optimal nutrition to accelerate wound healing, support immunity, and reduce hospital stay durations. Surgical recovery is a critical...

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OP-ED

Is NRM govt weaponising poverty against Ugandans?

“In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be...

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Opinion

Money in Politics: Why voters should embrace manifestos over bribes

By Emmanuel Opio Can a poor man ever triumph in a political contest? This question echoed through a recent conversation among elders...

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OP-ED

Oweyegha-Afunaduula: How Uganda’s Opposition Became Enablers of the Regime

By Oweyegha-AfunaduulaCenter for Critical Thinking and Alternative Analysis Uganda has been politically independent since 9th October 1962, but its people remain largely...

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OP-ED

Africa’s Pan-African Renaissance: Youth Activism, Digital Advocacy Reshape Africa’s Unity

By Akansasira J Victor The birth of Pan-Africanism as an ideology can be traced to the late 19th and early 20th centuries,...

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OP-ED

Peasants produced presidents, now the rich produce addicts

By Steven Masiga Mbale, Uganda: There was a time when narcotics and local liquors like waragi were associated with poverty-stricken slums, Kitoro,...

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OP-ED

The Place of Political Militarism in the Governance of Uganda

“In Africa, the conservative realism of the military mind met the liberatory spirit of the decolonising mind’ – Read an excerpt from...

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Exclusive

“Stop Lying to Uganda!” – Sironko locals rebuke Nambozo over election claims

Sironko, Uganda: The recent National Resistance Movement (NRM) District Chairperson elections in Sironko have peeled back the curtain on political desperation, exposing...

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OP-ED

Who Raised You? The Sudden Rise of Single Parenthood in Uganda

By Odeke Bazel Once upon a time in Uganda, asking “Who raised you?” had a straightforward answer: Maama ne Taata. Today, that...

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OP-ED

All of Us are Soldiers

By Daniel Kakuru When I was nine or thereabouts, I ate poison – rat poison – and refused to die. You want...

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OP-ED

Lawyers should be armed with words, not swords

By Steven Masiga Lawyers across the world are trained to tear down their adversarial opponents using words—not swords. In making court arguments,...

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OP-ED

Boosting Uganda’s Economy: The Power of Export Promotion

By Bagarukayo Abdu Uganda’s economic growth and development can be significantly enhanced by promoting exports and reducing imports. By embracing export promotion,...

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OP-ED

Why a peasant father once slapped his son who was a Ugandan Minister

By Steven Masiga Sometime in the mid-1980s, a peasant father from Bugisu made the long journey to Kampala with one mission: to...

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OP-ED

Mobutu’s Looting Legacy Crossed into Uganda

By Wilfred Arinda Nshekantebirwe It has been said—by a voice lost to time but forever etched in truth—”The state decays, but the...

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OP-ED

Marching Boots or Marching Rights? A critical look at the UPDF Amendment Act

By Odeke Bazel It begins, as most things in Uganda do, with an announcement that is less of a suggestion and more...

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OP-ED

Politicians must heed President’s warning on election violence, hooliganism

EDITOR: President Yoweri Museveni, in his capacity as the commander-in-chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), chaired meetings of the UPDF...