OP-ED
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1.8KOweyegha-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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1.8KAfrica’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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1.7KPeasants 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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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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2.6K2026 Elections: Why the RDC Club is fast becoming Uganda’s Top Leadership Academy
Kampala, Uganda: Close to forty (40) Resident District/City Commissioners (RDCs/RCCs), their deputies, and assistants are rumored to have already requested President Yoweri...
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1.8K“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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1.7KWho 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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732All 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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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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1.8KBoosting 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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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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2.2KMobutu’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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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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1.4KPoliticians 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...
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A Testimony from the Basement: In Solidarity with Eddy Mutwe
By Daniel Kakuru They started by shaving his beard, as if stripping him of manhood itself. Cold razors, colder than their hearts,...
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The Village Has Voted, But What Did It Say?
By Odeke Bazel In the grand political comedy that is Uganda’s democracy, nothing delivers both satire and seriousness like the recently concluded...
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FDC’s Game of Thrones: Six Thrones, One Crown, and a Nation Watching
By Odeke Bazel If Uganda’s opposition were a cocktail, it would be shaken, not stirred, and garnished with a dash of drama....
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1.7KWhat Ugandans need to learn from General Muhoozi’s unique politics
By Edgar Barigye I have often found myself pondering the social media presence of General Muhoozi, given the numerous abusive posts I...
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2.3KBobi Wine’s Tribal Hypocrisy: A Failed Attempt to Rewrite History
By Hakim Kyeswa Bobi Wine’s recent letter to the elders of Ankole and Kigezi, dripping with sudden concern about ethnic tensions, would...
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1.6KNRM’s Big Turnout in Buganda Shows Strength as Opposition Weakens
By: Hakim Kyeswa The huge number of people participating in the ongoing National Resistance Movement (NRM) structure elections across Buganda is a...
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2.2KAndrew Mwenda: The legacy of Rajiv Ruparelia
By Andrew Mwenda On Saturday May 03 around 2.20am, fate struck. Rajiv Ruparelia, son of Uganda’s richest couple, Sudhir and Jyotsna Ruparelia,...
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7.1KMidwives as active and first responders of climate crisis
Opinion, Editorial: With increasing climate crisis globally manifesting in various ways, such as rising temperatures, extreme weather events of heatwaves and floods,...
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Uganda’s Path Forward: Unity in Diversity Over Fragmentation
By Bagarukayo Abdu As Uganda considers the creation of new districts, it’s essential to weigh the potential benefits against the risks of...
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Will NUP Survive its Own Revolution?
By Odeke Bazel When the National Unity Platform (NUP) erupted onto Uganda’s political landscape, it ignited a wave of hope: a youthful,...